Marcia Savage, in Computer Reseller News, writes . . .

Marking another milestone in development of its first 64-bit chip, Intel Corp. last month began shipping prototype systems based on the processor to OEMs and operating system vendors. The chip, formerly code-named Merced and now called Itanium, is the first processor in Intel's 64-bit architecture (IA-64) for high-end servers and workstations. (more…)

Charles Babcock, of ZDWire Interactive Week writes . . .

Breaking new ground, Linuxcare, a Linux support organization, has signed a contract with Motorola Computer Group, a unit of Motorola, to provide support for embedded systems using Linux. The contract is another sign of embedded systems vendors' interest in Linux for communications, Internet appliances, imaging and industrial automation… (more…)

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (company press release) — MontaVista Software Inc., developer of Hard Hat Linux for embedded computers, today is releasing to the open software community its “Hard Hat Net” CompactPCI backplane networking package. Software companies operating under the open-source business model mutually benefit by making their code freely available. (more…)

History, Motivations, and Overview of RTAI

It all started with a variant to NMT RTLinux that grew out of the need of having a periodic scheduler to enhance efficiency in control applications, when one can work with a basic period and integer multiples of it. (more…)