Gen2/Gen3 Feature Comparison

Feature	Gen2	Gen3	Notes
Low level assembly access	✅	✅	Before X# now x64 NASM + ARM64 GAS assembly.
ACPI	✅	✅	LAI (Lightweight ACPI Implementation) via C interop.
Interrupt Handling	✅	✅	x64: APIC (Local + I/O). ARM64: GIC.
Memory Management	✅	✅
Driver support	✅	✅	PCI and MMIO
Garbage Collection	✅	✅	Mark-and-sweep GC
Filesystem	✅	🟡 In progress
.NET core library features	🟡	🟡 Partial	Core types work (String, Collections, List, Dictionary). Math, Console, DateTime, Random, BitOperations plugged. Missing: System.IO.File.
Plug system	✅	✅
Test Framework	✅	✅
Debugger	✅	🟡 Partial	Source link + variables bugs in vscode
CPU/FPU accelerated math	✅	✅	x64 only: x87 FPU (sin/cos/tan/exp/log/atan)
Cosmos Graphic Subsystem	✅	✅	UEFI GOP framebuffer via Limine only.
Network interface	✅	✅
Timer / Clock	✅	✅
Keyboard Input	✅	✅
Mouse Input	✅	✅
Audio interface	🟡	❌	No audio, sound, or speaker support.

Additional Gen3 Features

Beyond Gen2 parity, Gen3 brings new capabilities:

Feature	Status	Notes
NativeAOT Runtime	🟡 Partial	Full NativeAOT compilation with runtime, no IL2CPU.
ARM64 Support	✅
Limine Boot Protocol	✅
Threading & Scheduler	✅	Priority-based stride scheduler (x64 + ARM64). lock keyword supported.
Feature Flags	✅
Cosmos Vs Code Extension	✅

Future Releases

Features planned after first release:

Feature	Status	Notes
SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing)	❌ Not Started	Multi-core AP boot, per-CPU scheduling, load balancer.
USB Support	❌ Not Started	XHCI/EHCI host controller drivers, USB HID (keyboard/mouse), mass storage.
HTTPS	❌ Not Started	TLS/SSL implementation, certificate handling, secure sockets.
Generational GC	❌ Not Started	Replace current mark-and-sweep with generational collector (Gen0/Gen1/Gen2) for better performance.
Code execution	❌ Not Started	Userland WASM VM