Yes, you could use Minoca to manage GPIO and other low level hardware. One area where we're working to excel is power management. There's so little in the OS th

Yes, you could use Minoca to manage GPIO and other low level hardware. One area where we're working to excel is power management. There's so little in the OS that we're able to go very idle, and stay there for long periods. Another area we're focused on is component level servicing: being able to update components within the kernel while maintaining a high degree of stability. To user mode we'd like to present a largely compatible interface, while in the kernel we want to innovate using new designs and a clean slate.