Synergy Microsystems has announced its support for Linux with symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) on all of its PowerPC-based multiprocessor boards. The company claims that this represents the first Linux PowerPC release that supports SMP on VME and CompactPCI based CPU boards. (more…)

M-Systems has just announced a new form-factor version of their highly popular DiskOnChip flash-disk family — a 144-pin DIMM sized device called the “DiskOnChip DIMM2000”. DIMM witted? Certainly not! (more…)

Hewlett-Packard Company and Intel Corporation have released a free IA-64 developer's kit that enables the Linux community to develop, test, debug and run IA-64 applications for the upcoming Intel Itanium processor. HP is committed to delivering Itanium processor-based servers and workstations that will support Linux and other operating systems. (more…)

London, UK — Lineo has announced the opening of a London-based European sales office. The new office will be headed up by Hamid Mirab, who joins Lineo as Vice President, European Sales and Services. (more…)

Embedded Linux receives special attention in Kansas, this week. Friday morning's keynote address at LINUXFest 2000 will be delivered by Kim Clark, vice president of engineering for Lineo. Clark will offer a Lineo perspective on the Embedded Linux Market. (more…)

Websprocket has released JEMIni, a free, open-source Java programming language for embedded networked systems. JEMIni includes a set of foundation libraries equivalent to those found in commercial Java distributions. JEMIni also includes libraries suitable for device drivers, embedded system design, and embedded system design automation. (more…)

Murray Hill, NJ, and York, ENGLAND — (press release) — Lucent Technologies and Vita Nuova, a network operating systems software provider, today announced that Vita Nuova has obtained the exclusive, global rights to the Inferno Operating System from Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs. Effective immediately, Vita Nuova is making the Inferno source code available to subscribers under inexpensive, commercial… (more…)

TimeSys Corporation announced that its implementation of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) with real-time capability will soon be available for the Timesys Linux/RT platform. The Real-Time Specification for Java is nearing completion by the Real-Time Java Experts Group. The group, which includes TimeSys officers Dr. (more…)

Chelmsford, MA — (press release) — Axis Communications has formed a new division chartered to assist OEMs in designing with Axis' highly integrated system-on-chip products and associated embedded Linux software. Axis products target new product concepts for network peripherals and emerging mobile devices. (more…)

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — (press release) — AMIRIX Systems Inc. today launched a new website, www.AMIRIXlinux.com, that features its latest offering, AMIRIX Embedded Linux. Visitors to the site will learn more about AMIRIX Embedded Linux and keep up-to-date on the company's Linux activities. (more…)

Compaq Computer Corporation today announced the Open Handheld Program, a new initiative designed to stimulate innovation and research on handheld devices. The new initiative is derived from Compaq Corporate Research's Itsy pocket computer project. The Open Handheld Program is intended to enable developers and researchers looking to explore applications and uses for handheld computing to experiment with… (more…)

San Jose, Calif. — (press release) — LynuxWorks, Inc. (formerly Lynx Real-Time Systems) today announced a joint marketing agreement with ZF Linux Devices Inc. to bundle LynuxWorks' BlueCat Linux and development tools with ZF Linux' ZF MachZ Integrated Development System (IDS). (more…)

San Jose, Calif. — (press release) — LynuxWorks, Inc. (formerly Lynx Real-Time Systems) today released version 2.0 of the BlueCat Linux operating system including substantial increases in overall functionality and feature enhancements. (more…)

eWEEK columnist John Taschek takes a look at the tendency of certain companies to hang their hats — but not their core strategies — on Linux, in an effort to gain from the current wave of Linux popularity. Taschek writes . . . (more…)

Last Fall, embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) vendor Lynx Real-Time Systems announced an ambitious strategy to hitch its fortunes to the emerging Linux bandwagon. While continuing to promote its proprietary UNIX-like (POSIX compliant) LynxOS RTOS, Lynx embarked on a plan to embrace Linux in two ways: a new Linux based product, BlueCat Linux, which the company would aggressively promote, sell, and… (more…)