Andover, MA — (press release excerpt) — I-Logix announced Rhapsody 3.0, which provides new capabilities that allow developers to bridge the gap between design-level and code-level testing. The new features enable developers to automatically generate code from system-level actors which can both monitor and stimulate the system under design, ensuring the application will meet the original functional… (more…)

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo and PointBase announced a strategic partnership to target the embedded systems market with Lineo's embedded Linux operating system and PointBase's Java-based database management software. The companies will integrate PointBase's 100% Pure Java object-relational database management software with the Lineo Embedix SDK. (more…)

Matt Loney, of IT Week, reports on Transmeta's plans to release its Mobile Linux to the open-source community. Loney writes . . (more…)

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is well aware of the growing acceptance of Embedded Linux. In an interview with eWEEK editor Peter Galli at the recent Windows Embedded Developer Conference, Ballmer made some interesting comments about the growing popularity of Embedded Linux. For example . (more…)

The Open Group has announced its European Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum dates and locations. The sessions consist of an open plenary with invited speakers and panel sessions, plus a number of working group sessions. Dates for the upcoming events in Europe are . . .

• March 22nd — Brussels, Belgium — Regional Chapter meeting
• Week of April 23 — Berlin, Germany — Forum… (more…)

Nuremberg, Germany; Embedded Systems 2001 — M-Systems and Tuxia announced DiskOnChip support for Tuxia's TASTE Embedded Linux OS. The new support will enable diskless operation of Internet appliances such as personal access devices, TV set-top boxes, screen phones, information terminals, and thin client computers. (more…)

In this LinuxDevices.com Device Profile, Rick Lehrbaum takes a look at a tiny Embedded Linux based consumer set-top box Internet appliance that will hit retail shelves in Japan in the next few months. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

In this LinuxDevices.com Device Profile, Rick Lehrbaum previews the Embedded Linux based “Aries Integrated Server” — an easy-to-use resource sharing and Internet access device for the SOHO (small-office home-office) market. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — today, Lineo announced the uCdimm, a new microcontroller module based on a DragonBall VZ microcontroller, and uCevolution, a new development platform which gives developers a quick way to cross port to a variety of processors. These two new products will be part of a new Lineo uClinux Development Kit. (more…)

The “Aries Integrated Server” from Celestix is designed for easy-to-use resource-sharing and Internet access for small workgroups of up to 50 users. The device, which contains an embedded Linux operating system, is meant to serve as a fast way to connect a small network to the Internet. (more…)

Although I had heard that Linux kernel 2.4.0 now contains Memory Technology Device (MTD) support directly within the kernel, I wasn't clear about how extensive the built-in support is. I therefore contacted MTD project leader David Woodhouse and asked him to clarify the “bigger picture” of 2.4.0's built-in support for devices such as the M-Systems DiskOnChip. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com's Rick Lehrbaum catches up with David Woodhouse, leader of the open source Memory Device Technology project, to learn more about the “bigger picture” of 2.4.0's built-in support for memory-based storage media such as the M-Systems DiskOnChip . . . (more…)

. . . well, almost . . . Ottawa, Canada — (press release excerpt) — Espial has announced the 2nd devicetop.com Smart Device Application Contest. The competition promotes and recognizes excellence in the development of software for smart Internet devices, such as webphones, interactive TVs, wireless devices, and automotive in-vehicle systems. (more…)

telos is pleased to announce the first public release of the new Linux boot loader called “alios”, available under the terms of the GNU General Public License. alios has been designed to completely eliminate the need for a BIOS and to load the Linux kernel image from solid state memory such as Flash ROM. (more…)

Paris, France; Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — Interface Concept has selected MontaVista Software's Hard Hat Linux operating system to run the company's new high performance LAN-WAN remote access communications server and Ethernet switches. Interface Concept is a manufacturer of high-performance communications boards and systems for integrated voice and data transmission systems, and remote… (more…)