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Chip vendor joins Eclipse, ports dev tools —
Jun. 18, 2008 —
 Freescale Semiconductor announced it is porting its Linux-compatible CodeWarrior development tools to the Eclipse open architecture platform. Freescale is also joining the Eclipse Foundation and will work with Power.org and Wind River on the Eclipse Target Communication Framework project, says the company.
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Nokia completes Trolltech acquisition —
Jun. 18, 2008 —
Finland-based handset manufacturer Nokia announced that it has completed its acquisition of Trolltech. The Norwegian software firm's development talent -- together with its Linux-compatible "Qt" application development framework -- is likely to help Nokia improve its cross-platform support, and expand its presence in the Linux mobile device market. ...
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Open source push email vendor scores funding —
Jun. 18, 2008 —
Funambol announced a new $12.5-million funding round to promote its open-source, push email and personal information management (PIM) synchronization software for mobile devices. Meanwhile, the company is pushing forward with versions of its Linux-compatible software for the iPhone, Blackberry, AOL's IM, and soon, Android. ...
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Scanning camera runs Linux —
Jun. 17, 2008 —
 LynuxWorks announced that its Linux distribution was used in a new high-speed industrial camera system from Accu-Sort Systems. The AccuVision 6010 Long-Range Camera System (AV-6010) is designed as a line-camera scanning and sortation system for postal routing, warehouse, and other distribution environments, says Accu-Sort. ...
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ARM11 SoC gains dev kit —
Jun. 17, 2008 —
 Freescale Semiconductor is shipping a product development kit (PDK) for its ARM11-based i.MX31 system-on-chip (SoC). The kit includes a CPU module, a "Personality" (peripherals) module, a debugging device, and board support packages (BSPs) for either Linux or Windows CE. ...
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Movie download device runs embedded Linux framework —
Jun. 16, 2008 —
 Trolltech announced that its graphical framework for Linux device development was used by Roku in the on-demand movie streaming device it recently built for NetFlix. The Linux-based NetFlix "Player" sells for $100, and uses Trolltech's Qt for Embedded Linux, formerly Qt Core, formerly Qt/embedded. ...
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Multi-core networking SoCs tout low power consumption —
Jun. 16, 2008 —
Freescale Semiconductor has announced a pin- and software-compatible successor to its Linux-compatible PowerQUICC line of network processors. Based on one to eight e500 cores clocked from 400MHz to 1.5GHz, the power-efficient "QorIQ" processors will be fabricated with 45nm process technology, and offer built-in support for virtualization. ...
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Linux-based telecom platform boasts in-service upgrades —
Jun. 16, 2008 —
Enea announced version 2.0 of its Linux-based Enea Accelerator Platform for IP-based services built on carrier-grade infrastructure. The soup-to-nuts platform now offers support for "fine-grain in-service software upgrades" for mixed-application version upgrades, says the Swedish software company. ...
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Wind River readies virtualization stack —
Jun. 15, 2008 —
Wind River will enter the virtualization software market, focusing on networking, consumer electronics, and industrial automation, it said. The company will in August begin beta-testing a hypervisor and tools aimed at letting customers flexibly deploy Linux, VxWorks, and other RTOSes symmetrically or asymmetrically on one or multiple physical processor cores. ...
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Linux top OS in MIDs —
Jun. 13, 2008 —
Linux will be a top OS in MIDs (mobile Internet devices), suggests a report from Forward Concepts. The report, aimed at quantifying MID-related opportunities for chip makers, identifies TI and Qualcomm as well-positioned in an emergent market expected to reach 40 million unit shipments globally within four years. ...
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uClinux console servers add open source UPS mgmt —
Jun. 13, 2008 —
 Opengear has integrated uninterruptible power supply (UPS) monitoring tools in its uClinux-based remote access equipment. Opengear's console servers (pictured at left) now include tools derived from the open source Network UPS Tools (NUT) project, says the company. ...
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MontaVista expands in France and Spain —
Jun. 13, 2008 —
MontaVista Software has signed up a value-added distributor to expand its sales and support organization in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Asia) region. Its deal with embedded supplier ANTYCIP will especialy strengthen MontaVista's presence in France and Spain, says the Silicon Valley-based vendor of Linux distributions and development tools. ...
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Linux maintainers woo device developers —
Jun. 12, 2008 —
Linux's first-ever official "embedded maintainers" have invited device developers to get involved in the kernel development process. Doing so will pay dividends when it comes time to spin a product variant or firmware update, say Paul Gortmaker and David Woodhouse, in a stereo interview with Linux Weekly News. ...
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Mozilla previews Firefox Mobile —
Jun. 12, 2008 —
 Mozilla Labs has posted a video preview, source code, and an online demo of its forthcoming mobile web browser. Code-named "Fennec" for now, Firefox Mobile features an innovative full-screen, finger-friendly interface with iPhone-like "kinetic" scrolling, and a Mac-like "expose" feature for tabs. ...
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New spec promises HD-TV over existing home wires —
Jun. 12, 2008 —
An emerging gigabit-speed, triple-wire technology called G.hn could ship in 42 million units by 2013, says ABI Research. Under development by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and promoted by a group called the HomeGrid Alliance, G.hn is billed as an HD IPTV-capable successor to current powerline networking standards. ...
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Quad-core PowerPC workstation runs Linux —
Jun. 11, 2008 —
 Terra Soft Solutions announced a development workstation billed as the heir to the Apple PowerMac G5 Quad, except more open. The Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) PowerStation offers four PowerPC cores clocked at 2.5GHz, up to 32GB RAM, and four bays for serially attached SCSI (SAS) drives. ...
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Bell, SuperMicro sued over GPL —
Jun. 11, 2008 —
 The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed two more copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of the developers of the Linux-based BusyBox utility suite. The suits have been filed against Bell Microproducts and SuperMicro Computer for alleged GPL violations, according to a Linux-Watch story. ...
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Linux thin clients add virtualization —
Jun. 11, 2008 —
 Igel Technology announced that firmware for all nine of its Linux-based thin clients models has been upgraded to support the Citrix XenDesktop Appliance virtualization technology. The upgrade also includes support for several dictation and speech recognition technologies.
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World's fastest supercomputer runs Linux —
Jun. 10, 2008 —
 IBM announced the completion of a one-petaflop supercomputer that runs Red Hat Linux. Twice as fast as the previous record-setter, the IBM Blue Gene, the Roadrunner uses a hybrid design that combines 6,948 dual-core AMD Opteron chips with 12,960 Cell processor engines. ...
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X86 WiFi mesh routers run Debian Linux —
Jun. 10, 2008 —
 Saxnet is shipping three versions of its Debian Linux-powered wireless mesh-networking router. The standard Meshnode III offers a self-organizing transmission system with up to four 100 mW 802.11a/b/g radios, while a "Power" version ups the Wattage to 600 mW and a "Custom" version adds hardware customizability. ...
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Real-time JVM rejiggered for multicore —
Jun. 10, 2008 —
 Aonix announced a symmetric multi-processing (SMP) version of its Linux-compatible real-time Java virtual machine (JVM) for military and telecommunications applications. PERC Ultra SMP optimizes PERC's garbage collection techniques for complex SMP environments, says Aonix, with an eye toward increased efficiency and lower interference with application threads. ...
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$150 board sports Cortex-A8 —
Jun. 09, 2008 —
 A small group of Texas Instruments (TI) employees is readying a low-cost development board with an open hardware design. The $150 "Beagle Board" powers up over USB, and aims to provide embedded developers and hobbyists alike with access to the "highest performance ARM-based system-on-chip available today." ...
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Linux IPC stack adds protocol negotiation —
Jun. 09, 2008 —
Enea has upgraded its Linux-compatible interprocess communications (IPC) services software for distributed telecom systems. Linx now incorporates features that improve service availability, says Enea, including protocol/feature negotiation, priority messaging, and support for the new in-service upgrade capability in Enea's carrier-grade Element middleware. ...
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MontaVista does the Vision thing —
Jun. 09, 2008 —
 MontaVista Software has opened registration and issued a call-for-papers for its Vision 2008 Embedded Linux Developers Conference. Scheduled for Oct. 1-3 in San Francisco, the second-year annual event will feature over 35 presentations and breakout sessions on topics of interest to embedded Linux developers, says MontaVista. ...
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Smartphones, Linux gaining share —
Jun. 09, 2008 —
Two just-published market research reports bode well for Linux's future in the market for higher-priced smartphones. J.D. Power reports that rising smartphone sales are driving handset prices higher, while ABI Research predicts Linux will take a 23 percent share of the smartphone ...
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