OnCore Systems has unveiled real-time Linux support for the IBM PowerPC 405 series of system-on-chip microprocessors. The support derives from OnCore's Microkernel Foundation real-time kernel, which can host a standard version of Linux and normal Linux application programs or processes, along with real-time processes. (more…)

Pittsboro, NC — (press release) — SiliconPenguin.com, a website dedicated to gathering and presenting the most comprehensive index of embedded Linux information on the Internet, is pleased to announce its partnership with LinuxDevices.com to provide relevant, current news on the companies, hardware, software, and projects operating and influencing the expanding embedded Linux marketplace. (more…)

Coollogic Inc. today announced the Internet Ready 7200, a Linux-based set-top box that offers easy-to-use Internet access with advanced audio and video technologies for improved Web surfing on TVs. The device, which begins shipping immediately, is powered by the company's Coollinux operating system with Java Virtual Machine technology that enables access to and operation of Web-based applications. (more…)

Robert Findlay reports that SIMPL, a one year old open source effort to bring QNX style message passing tools to Linux, is beginning to show results in a number of real world Linux based applications. (more…)

Today, two prominent embedded Linux providers — LynuxWorks and ISDCorp — disclosed plans to merge. In this interview, LynuxWorks chairman Inder Singh speaks with LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum about the significance of the merger to the two companies, the benefits to embedded Linux customers, and how the idea for the merger… (more…)

Today, two prominent embedded Linux providers — LynuxWorks and ISDCorp — disclosed plans to merge. In this interview, LynuxWorks chairman Inder Singh speaks with LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum about the significance of the merger to the two companies, the benefits to embedded Linux customers, and how the idea for the merger… (more…)

A new issue of TuxTalk is on the street. The August issue of TuxTalk, the official newsletter of the Embedded Linux Consortium, is now in circulation, offering new stories as follows:

• ELC seats the board
• 45 Charter members named
• Formation Committee to receive thanks
• Here's Proof is launched
• Logo contest winner demonstrates advertising skills
• Should we share… (more…)

Bluepoint Linux Software Corp. (China) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to develop an embedded Chinese Linux operating system for a set-top box to be manufactured by Beijing Sun and Sea Data Communication Co Ltd., a subsidiary of Bridge Group. Bridge Group is building a broadband multimedia network with nation-wide coverage throughout China. (more…)

Aron Hsiao, at About.com, looks at the increasing use of Linux in systems of decreasing size. Hsiao surveys embedded Linux OS alternatives, offers a perspective on some interesting new embedded Linux applications, and predicts where Linux will end up in the future. Hsiao writes . . . (more…)

Research Triangle Park, NC — (press release) — Red Hat completed the acquisition of privately-held WireSpeed Communications Corporation, a developer of network and telecommunications components for embedded systems software. WireSpeed will scale Red Hat's embedded systems business, which is enabling top companies worldwide to quickly create and deploy next-generation Internet infrastructure solutions,… (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release) — LynuxWorks, Inc., (formerly Lynx Real-Time Systems), a leader in embedded Linux and a pioneer in the open standards real-time operating system (RTOS) industry, today announced a definitive merger agreement with Integrated Software & Devices Corporation (ISDCorp), a leading supplier of system software, intellectual property, and software services for the embedded computing… (more…)

Menlo Park, CA — (press release) — The Open Group, a vendor and technology-neutral consortium dedicated to enterprise integration, announced today availability of two new test suites for POSIX Realtime. These test suites are the first deliverables in support of the Open Group's new Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum which is establishing a test and certification for real-time and embedded systems. (more…)

Raphael Bossek provided the following announcement about the Embedded PowerPC Linux Boot Project (PPCBOOT), which has recently been transferred to SourceForge. The project seeks shared sponsorship of its development activities. (more…)

Lineo has announced RTnet, an open source modification to the existing Linux networking subsystem that enables hard real-time networking over standard IP networks. Although real-time networking capability is currently provided by a number of proprietary operating systems, hard real-time networking has not previously been available for Linux. (more…)

Michael Hall, of AllLinuxDevices, submitted this excerpt from his article about several efforts to support Linux operation on PDAs and handheld computers that were originally designed to run WindowsCE. Hall writes . . . (more…)