Show HN: HIC – Same-Ring Isolation, 4ns IPC, Runs on 8086

Category: infrastructure

Tags: microkernel, formal-verification, security

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 6, Utility: 4)

HIC is a formally verified microkernel with a three-tier privilege architecture, aiming to provide strong isolation and fast IPC (4ns) even on legacy hardware like the 8086. Its combination of formal verification, a novel hierarchical isolation design, and a claim of extremely low latency is highly ambitious and technically impressive, though currently niche.

Target audience: kernel developers, security researchers, systems programmers

Repository: https://github.com/DslsDZC/HIC · C · NOASSERTION · 11 stars

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