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REAL-TIME COMPUTING IS A WIDE OPEN RESEARCH AREA OF INTELLECTUALLY CHAL- LENGING COMPUTER SCIENCE PROBLEMS WITH DIRECT PAYOFF TO CURRENT TECHNOLOGY. IN THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART, THERE ARE FEW RESULTS TO ENABLE DESIGNERS TO HANDLE THE TIMING CONSTRAINTS OF REAL-TIME SYSTEMS IN AN EFFECTIVE MAN- NER, AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH EMPHASIS BEING PLACED ON BUILDING THE PROPER SCIENTIFIC UNDERPINNINGS TO ACHIEVE THESE NEEDED RESULTS. HENCE, THIS PAPER HAS SIX MAJOR OBJECTIVES. THEY ARE: - TO CONVINCINGLY ARGUE THAT REAL-TIME COMPUTING IS A SEPARATE, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE THAT IS NOT BEING COMPREHENSIVELY COVERED BY ANY OTHER DISCI- PLINE SUCH AS OPERATIONS RESEARCH OR COMPUTER SCIENCE, - TO DISCUSS THE FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC ISSUES OF REAL-TIME COMPUTING, - TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART IN REAL-TIME COMPUTING - TO STATE AND THEN DISPEL THE MOST COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS OF REAL-TIME COMPUTING, - TO ENCOURAGE INCREASED RESEARCH IN REAL-TIME SYSTEMS, AND - TO PROPOSE A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR AVOIDING A CRISIS IN THE NEXT GENERA- TION REAL-TIME COMPUTING SYSTEMS. REAL-TIME COMPUTING IS THAT TYPE OF COMPUTING WHERE THE CORRECTNESS OF THE SYSTEM DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON THE LOGICAL RESULT OF THE COMPUTATION, BUT ALSO ON THE TIME AT WHICH THE RESULTS ARE PRODUCED. REAL-TIME COMPUTING SY