The TRON project was started by Professor Dr Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo in 1984.
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11 Facts About TRON project
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The TRON project's goal is to create an ideal computer architecture and network, to provide for all of society's needs.
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Industrial TRON project derivative was one of the world's most used operating systems in 2003, being present in billions of electronic devices such as mobile phones, appliances and even cars.
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TRON project does not specify the source code for the kernel, but instead is a "set of interfaces and design guidelines" for creating the kernel.
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TRON project framework defines a complete architecture for the different computing units:.
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The TRON project was organized by both the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Education.
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However, Scott Callon of Stanford University writes that the project ran into some issues, such as BTRON being incompatible with existing DOS-based PCs and software.
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The TRON project was additionally at least a year behind schedule and didn't perform better than earlier systems although that had been promised, which was possibly affected by the OS having been made by a firm that hadn't written one before.
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TRON project was included along with rice, semiconductors, and telecommunications equipment in an April 1989 list of items targeted by Super-301.
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Callon opines that the TRON project had nevertheless run into such difficulties that the US intervention allowed the government to save face from cancelling the TRON project.
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