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Aewin has introduced a 3.7 x 3.7-inch COM Express module sporting Intel Atom Z5xx CPUs. Touted as ideal for “low-power, fanless” applications, the CM-7305 includes an SD slot and up to 2GB of RAM, two PCI Express x1 lanes, fast or gigabit Ethernet, and six USB ports, the company says.
LG Electronics announced its first Android phone, the Europe-targeted, keyboard-enabled LG-GW620. In other Linux-related smartphone news, HTC plans to dump Windows Mobile for Android on its next-generation “Touch HD 2,”and a Samsung phone compliant with the LiMo spec is heading for Vodafone, industry reports claim.
Advantech announced an ETX 3.0-format CPU module with improved memory, graphics, and storage capabilities compared to earlier models. The SOM-4487 offers Intel's Pentium or Celeron M CPUs, dual display capability, 36-bit LVDS, and a wide range of I/O, says the company.
Adlink has announced an “entry level” COM Express module for medical, automation, test, and industrial control applications. The Express-ATC includes a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, three PCI Express x1 lanes, gigabit Ethernet, two SATA ports, and optional SSD (solid state disk) storage up to 8GB, the company says.
Amino Communications announced its latest Linux-based, HD-ready IPTV set-top box (STB), in a compact, fanless box that offers PVR (personal video recorder) functionality. The fanless A532 supports 720p and 1080i video and 1280 x 720 graphics resolutions, and ships with a 160GB hard disk drive (HDD), says the British company.
U-blox, the Swiss provider of GPS technology, has announced GPS modules it says are more sensitive and use 60 percent less power than its previous offerings. The U-blox 6 will also offer a shorter TTFF (time to first fix) and stronger acquisition of weak signals, the company says.
In the same week Microsoft was accused of playing dirty tricks against Linux, the software giant spun off its first open source organization. Emerging from the group behind Microsoft's first open source Linux release this summer, the CodePlex Foundation will enable the “exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities.”
Via announced a Linux-compatible notebook reference design that packs a 1.3GHz Nano processor along with optional Mobile WiMAX, GPS, and cellular connectivity. The “eNote Turnkey Solution” has an 11.6-inch display, 2-megapixel camera, and up to 2GB of DDR2, says Via, which also announced it has joined the Linux Foundation.
NEC Electronics is sampling a software development kit (SDK) for portable multimedia players and mobile televisions, based on an ARM11-based EMMA Mobile 1 system-on-chip (SoC) and Wind River Linux. Additional SDKs for digital multimedia devices combining EMMA-family SoCs and Wind River Linux are expected to follow in late 2009 and 2010, say the partners.
Direct Insight announced a SODIMM-sized CPU module that runs Linux on an ARM Cortex-A8 processor. Available with a separate 90 x 90mm breakout board, the SwiftModule-OM includes up to 256MB of RAM and 256GB of flash storage, Ethernet, and optional WiFi, the company says.
Telecom software vendor Enea has launched an Enea Android Competence Center in Lund, Sweden to provide professional software development services for Android. Meanwhile, an eWEEK opinion piece argues that although Android is underestimated by many in the mobile industry, the open source mobile platform could emerge as the smartphone winner.
Eurotech announced a Linux-compatible edge controller for aggregating and communicating data from edge devices, sensors, and monitors using its Everyware Software Framework (ESF) Java framework. The customizable Helios computer runs on an Intel Atom Z5xx processor, offers gigabit Ethernet and serial ports, and has five USB ports, says Eurotech.
Palm announced the second phone to run its Linux-based WebOS, and cut the price of the Palm Pre by $50. Destined for a fourth-quarter release on Sprint, the Palm Pixi runs a new Qualcomm MSM7627 SoC, and offers a 2.8-inch, 320 x 400 touchscreen, an exposed QWERTY keyboard, and 3G support.
Intel has announced several new processors that bring its high-end “Nehalem” architecture to mainstream desktop PCs and entry-level servers. In addition to the Core i5, i7, and Xeon 3400 processors, the chipmaker released the “revolutionary” P55 Express Chipset, touted as “the baseline building block component for [future] motherboards worldwide.”
The Open Invention Network (OIN) announced that as part of its “Linux Defenders” program, it has acquired 22 Linux-focused patents that had previously been owned by Microsoft, says eWEEK. OIN purchased the 3D graphics-related patents from Allied Security Trust in an effort to protect them from “patent trolls” intending to assert them against Linux firms.