Microsoft acquires Express Logic for its real-time internet of things operating system

Microsoft announced that it’s acquired Express Logic, a 23-year-old San Diego, California-based developer of real-time operating systems (RTOS) for internet of things (IoT) and edge devices powered by microcontroller units (MCUs), for an undisclosed amount. The Seattle company notes that Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS — which is designed to scale from resource-constrained, battery-powered devices with less than 64KB of flash memory to much more powerful hardware — has over 6.2 billion deployments, making it one of the most-deployed RTOS in the world.