Every day the web site at www.nanux.com gets visitors looking for an exciting new product. . . On some days, emails are backed up waiting for more information about this newest embedded Linux. This would seem the dream of most business owners! However at Nanux, it is not. You see, the visitors and emails are looking for Nanix, with an “i”. (more…)

If you could travel back in time to the Embedded Systems Conference of September 1999, you would find that the “Embedded Linux Market” simply did not exist, one short year ago. Sure, a growing number of developers and a handful of companies were starting to embed Linux. But as a market that anyone tracked, or paid attention to, Embedded Linux simply hadn't made it onto the radar screens. (more…)

Foreword: the following talk on the state of Embedded Linux and the status and goals of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) was given by Inder Singh, ELC Chairman (and CEO of LynuxWorks), at the first bi-annual membership meeting of the ELC held on September 28, 2000 in San Jose, CA . . . (more…)

LinuxDevices.com's Rick Lehrbaum offers a perspective and retrospective on the current state of embedded Linux, and its progress over the past year, after attending the “big” Embedded Systems Conference in September, 2000. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

(announcement) — Members of the FSMLabs RTLinux team are heading around the world to spread the word about real-time and embedded operating systems.

• CEO Victor Yodaiken will be giving a talk in Yokahama, Japan on October 4. info (more…)

This talk on the state of Embedded Linux and the status and goals of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) was given by Inder Singh, ELC Chairman (and CEO of LynuxWorks), at the first bi-annual membership meeting of the ELC held on September 28, 2000 in San Jose, CA . . . (more…)

Forrest Cook of Linux Weekly News attended the Embedded Linux Consortium meeting earlier this week at the Embedded Systems Conference, and wrote a brief article with his impressions of the meeting. Cook summarizes the introductory talks by Inder Singh (Chairman of the ELC), Rick Lehrbaum (LinuxDevices.com), and John Cheuck (Vice Chairman of EMBLIX). (more…)

This LinuxDevices Quick Reference Guide includes pointers to our coverage of IP telephones that run embedded Linux. For Linux-based mobile phones and smartphones, click here. (more…)

frontpath, inc. (Santa Clara, CA), a wholly owned subsidiary of S3 Inc., today announced ProGear, a wireless Linux-based portable information appliance targeted to vertical market segments. The device supports various rich media formats, includes a 10.4″ TFT display, and obtains user input via either virtual keyboard or handwriting recognition on its touchscreen. (more…)

ESC, San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Neoware Systems today announced that Security Applications, Inc. has selected Neoware's Eon information appliance platform and NeoLinux software to power its new, fully networkable security panel, e-Panel. Security Applications (SAI) joins several major retailers and customers from a variety of other industries that have deployed NeoLinux and Eon-based… (more…)

ESC, San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Espial today announced the availability of Espial TotalIA, a Linux & Java based Internet appliance reference platform, which includes a completely integrated hardware and software stack intended to significantly reduce time-to-market and minimize get-to-market risks for smart device manufacturers. (more…)

ESC, San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat today announced RedBoot, a standardized embedded debug and bootstrap solution that provides firmware for running and debugging eCos, GNUPro applications, and embedded Linux systems on a wide range of embedded platforms including ARM, MIPS, MN10300, PowerPC, SH, V850, and x86. (more…)

Irvine, CA — (press release excerpt) — Intersil Corporation today announced that AbsoluteValue Systems is one of four partners exhibiting cutting-edge wireless networking products this week at its booth at Networld+Interop 2000 in Atlanta, Ga. AbsoluteValue is demonstrating a new 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point that connects users of Linux-based PCs and laptop computers to a wired network. (more…)

ESC, San Jose, CA — (press release extract) — Interactive Objects, Inc., and Red Hat, Inc. today announced a strategic alliance designed to enable the development of a family of new digital audio playback devices based on the Dadio digital audio OS and platform. The Dadio platform, which is built on Red Hat's eCos kernel OS, is a leading solution for OEMs seeking entry into the rapidly growing market for… (more…)

ESC, San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — TimeSys Corporation and MIPS Technologies, Inc. today announced a cooperative agreement whereby TimeSys will port Linux/RT to the MIPS Technologies MIPS32TM and MIPS64TM architecture platform. As part of the agreement, TimeSys will become a member of the MIPS Alliance Program. (more…)