In light of recent events on the tracing tools side of Linux, some reflections came to mind which I would like to share with the Linux community. It is my hope that my perspective and experience as a maintainer of an open-source project called the Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) and as a consultant in the open-source field may be helpful to others in understanding how the open-source movement is evolving. (more…)

National Semiconductor has announced availability of the SP1SC10, a set-top-box reference platform based on the National Geode SC1200 system-on-chip processor. The reference platform, which supports Embedded Linux (as well as other operating systems), is designed to convert an ordinary TV ste into an information appliance that seamlessly integrates digital and interactive TV broadcast services, Internet… (more…)

Natanya, ISRAEL — (press release excerpt) — Jungo and Lineo have announced a partnership whereby Lineo can add Jungo's cross platform development tools to the options for Embedix. Jungo's WinDriver and GO-HotSwap products are cross platform, therefore potentially lowering the barriers between Linux and major operating systems and thus enabling easy migration to embedded Linux from other OSes. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Metro Link and LynuxWorks today announced support for Metro-Media, Metro Link's X Window System extension, on LynuxWorks' BlueCat Linux, bringing multimedia functionality to embedded applications. This combination of technology gives developers the ability to embed MPEG video in their Linux-based target devices. (more…)

Orange County, CA — (press release excerpt) — REDSonic and AAEON Electronics today announced their partnership to support REDICE-Linux on AAEON's PC architecture single-board computers (SBCs). REDICE-Linux is currently available for AAEON PCM-6890B & GENE-4310 and will soon be available for most of AAEON's SBC product lines. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Silicon Motion Inc. today announced that it is providing integrated graphics chips that fully support the newest Linux operating system. Silicon Motion offers the following set of functions for Linux based applications:

• A power management capability that reduces power consumption
• Dual-display technology that allows two independent applications to… (more…)

Maastricht, the Netherlands — (press release excerpt) — at the Embedded Systems Conference (Europe) today, embedded Linux provider Lineo, Inc. announced the shipment of enhanced versions of Availix, a high availability clustering Linux solution, and Embedix, the company's flagship embedded Linux operating system. (more…)

TimeSys today released the following statement challenging the accuracy of a recent announcement in which MontaVista claims to have released the “first Linux Trace Toolkit for PowerPC processors” . . . (more…)

Munich, GERMANY — (press release excerpt) — Lineo has announced the establishment of Lineo GmbH in Munich and appointed Werner Hartwig and Ronan Gonidec as sales directors in the Lineo EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) sale division. The Munich office is the sales headquarters for Lineo's Central European region, consisting of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and eastern
Europe. (more…)

Henry Kingman, producer of ZDNet's Linux Resource Center, reports on a press conference earlier this week in which Indrema CEO John Gildred detailed his company's plans to redefine the high-end gaming market through Indrema's upcoming Linux-based set-top gaming system which will be supported by an open source game development model, plus, hopefully, an enthusiastic game development community. (more…)

Fremont, CA — (press release excerpt) — M-Systems today unveiled a new, universal, portable secured data storage device based on flash memory. The new DiskOnKey is an ergonomically designed pocketable, pen-sized device. It is based on pair of M-Systems patents: one for the TrueFFS flash file system technology, and another for the newly developed DiskOnKey technology. (more…)

eWEEK Labs editor Peter Coffee takes a look at Bluetooth version 1.0 specifications, and concludes that they offer secure, convenient, “personal network” foundations. The article provides some useful information about what Bluetooth is, the current status of its development, and
a few currently available implementations of Bluetooth in products. (more…)

Poway, CA — (press release) — the Applied Computing Conference and Expo 2001 has announced its annual Call for Papers. The technical conference and exhibition, to be held May 14-17, 2001 in Santa Clara, California, will focus on the convergence between mainstream technologies and the dedicated computing space. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software today announced availability of the Linux Trace Toolkit for PowerPC developers. The Linux Trace Toolkit is a suite of tools designed to extract and interpret execution details of multiple programs from the Linux operating system. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com's Rick Lehrbaum previews a new Embedded Linux based intelligent Internet service appliance, the InterJak 100 from Filanet. The system, which is based on a custom ARM 940T system-on-chip processor running uClinux, aims to provide small and medium sized businesses with “big company networking capabilities” — including the functions of an Internet gateway, VPN/firewall, email server, and… (more…)