Cambridge, UK and Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — ARM and Lineo Inc. today announced that Lineo has completed a port of Embedix, its Linux-based operating system, to the ARM PrimeXsys Wireless Platform. This is the first operating system to be ported to the PrimeXsys Wireless Platform by a third-party Intellectual Property (IP) provider and marks the first availability of embedded Linux… for the PrimeXsys Wireless Platform.

As an inaugural member of the ARM DevZone program, Lineo has a long standing relationship with ARM and the ARM developer community, working to optimize Embedix Linux for ARM core-based microprocessors. This latest development marks a significant step toward products becoming available based on the ARM PrimeXsys technology and running Embedix OS.

The port of Embedix OS to the PrimeXsys Wireless Platform should be complete by the end of May 2002.

 
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