Evolution and future prospects of fundamental software.

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Title:	Evolution and future prospects of fundamental software.
Authors:	LIAO, Xiangke¹, TAN, Yusong¹ ystan@nudt.edu.cn, JIA, Zhouyang¹, WANG, Shangwen¹, JIAN, Songlei¹, LI, Bao¹
Source:	Computer Engineering & Science / Jisuanji Gongcheng yu Kexue. May2026, Vol. 48 Issue 5, p761-769. 9p.
Subjects:	Computer operating systems, Compilers (Computer programs), Software engineering, Digital technology, Real-time computing, Systems software, Human-computer interaction, Software architecture
Abstract:	Fundamental software acts as the vital link between hardware platform and software application. It is essential for building computing architectures and sustaining a strong technology ecosystem. This paper firstly reviews the history of fundamental software, explains how its technical architecture has expanded and evolved into platform-based model, and traces its business evolution from a simple hardware accessory to the central core of the ecosystem. Information technology is now entering a four-element integrated space that combines the physical world, the virtual world, human society, and intelligent machines. In this new trend, the paper delves into the paradigm restructuring that the new generation of fundamental software platforms faces in terms of software form, system architecture, human-computer interaction, and engineering methods. Furthermore, it analyzes the key technical challenges that intelligent operating systems encounter in open environments when addressing real-time tasks, exceptional resilience, continuous evolution, and physical security. Finally, the paper discusses a novel intelligent fundamental software stack jointly constituted by intelligent operating systems and intelligent compilers, the Internet of intelligent agents, compilation optimization, and intelligent development environments, fundamental models and world models, and causal data lake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Fundamental software acts as the vital link between hardware platform and software application. It is essential for building computing architectures and sustaining a strong technology ecosystem. This paper firstly reviews the history of fundamental software, explains how its technical architecture has expanded and evolved into platform-based model, and traces its business evolution from a simple hardware accessory to the central core of the ecosystem. Information technology is now entering a four-element integrated space that combines the physical world, the virtual world, human society, and intelligent machines. In this new trend, the paper delves into the paradigm restructuring that the new generation of fundamental software platforms faces in terms of software form, system architecture, human-computer interaction, and engineering methods. Furthermore, it analyzes the key technical challenges that intelligent operating systems encounter in open environments when addressing real-time tasks, exceptional resilience, continuous evolution, and physical security. Finally, the paper discusses a novel intelligent fundamental software stack jointly constituted by intelligent operating systems and intelligent compilers, the Internet of intelligent agents, compilation optimization, and intelligent development environments, fundamental models and world models, and causal data lake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	1007130X
DOI:	10.3969/j.issn.1007-130X.2026.05.001