News & Updates

The v0.4 release is the largest kernel update to date. The statechain audit log records every phase transition, memory access, process creation, and system call in an append-only chain — no entry can be removed or altered without breaking the chain. ANOM privacy mode adds a hardware-level memory isolation switch that prevents cross-process phase leakage. The scheduler has been rewritten to use the biquadratic phase algebra directly, eliminating the priority-queue approximation used in v0.3. Full changelog and migration notes are in the GitHub release.

The Phase Computer GPL Board R1 schematics are live. This is the full-featured research platform for Golden Phase OS — GPL ISA execution unit, four hardware phase-state registers (Φ0–Φ3), PhaseFS-compatible flash, and a PhaseLink header. KiCad source files, a bill of materials, and a bring-up guide are all in the hardware/ directory of the main repo. The board is designed to be fabricated at any standard PCB house. R2 will add the ANOM hardware switch and a secure element for the SSH operator channel.

The original whitepaper overstated several claims — particularly around hardware physics and comparisons to production operating systems. v2 corrects this with precise language: Golden Phase OS is a real, working software system built on a novel biquadratic algebra. It is not a physics simulation, not a Windows or Linux replacement, and not yet running on production silicon. The honest version is the strong version. The architecture section now includes per-layer file references, a five-layer dependency diagram, and a new design-principles appendix covering strict layering, algebra-first design, and auditability.

The GPL assembler and disassembler ship as standalone CLI tools in the tools/ directory. The assembler takes GPL source files and produces binary output compatible with the KairOS loader. The disassembler takes binary and produces annotated source with phase-state annotations on every instruction. Both tools are written in pure Go with no external dependencies. The assembler supports all 8 instructions in the GPL ISA, all three operand encodings, and inline phase-state assertions. The disassembler adds a --trace flag that shows the phase-state register values at each instruction boundary.

After several months of internal development, the full Golden Phase OS codebase is now public under GPL v3. This includes the KairOS kernel, the GPL assembler and disassembler, the complete test suite, and the mathematical specification. The project is in active development — the kernel runs, the assembler works, and the test suite passes. Hardware support is in progress. Contributions, bug reports, and forks are welcome. The whitepaper and all technical documentation are available at goldenphase.info/docs.