Kfar Sava, Israel — (press release excerpt) — Silicom announced that it has developed proprietary drivers for Linux 2.4.0 in support of its USB Ethernet products, which target the Broadband Internet Access, Multi-Tenant Unit, and Home Networking markets. The USB Ethernet products are available both as standalone products and as modules for integration into Broadband Internet Access modems. (more…)

Stephen Shankland, editor of CNET's News.com, reports that the first projects of a new jointly funded open source developer lab were scheduled to begin this week. Shankland writes . . . (more…)

Research Triangle Park, NC — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat announced the appointment of CTO Michael Tiemann to the board of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Tiemann has more than 15 years of experience as a developer, consultant, executive and advocate of open source software. (more…)

Indian Wells, CA; Upside Showcase Conference — (press release excerpt) — Lineo received the top two awards at the Upside Showcase conference this week. Lineo was the recipient of the “People's Choice” award and the winner of the “Demo Til You're Dropped” award given by conference organizers for the company's demonstration of the Embedix SDK 1.2 software development tool. (more…)

Seen at RTLinux.com . . .

RTLinux 3.0-pre10 is now available from the standard place. If no show-stopper problems are found in this release it will be the final v3.0, so please test! (more…)

Throughout 2000, LinuxDevices.com conducted a survey of developers to try to understand their motivations for using Linux in embedded systems and intelligent devices. Some of the most interesting results are in the areas of reasons for wanting to use open source software, and the perceived strengths and advantages of Linux. (more…)

Rick Lehrbaum takes a close look at the data gathered in last year's Embedded Linux Market Survey and makes some fascinating observations. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

John G. Spooner, editor of ZDNet News, reports that the University of Delaware's new Linux supercomputer, purchased with a $500,000 NSF grant and dubbed 'Samson,' is expected to rank within the top 200 fastest supercomputers in the world. Spooner writes . . . (more…)

Agere Systems (formerly known as the Microelectronics Group of Lucent Technologies) has announced an ADSL chipset for residential gateway, home networking, and personal computer (PC) equipment that includes the software required to work with the Linux operating system, which is increasing in use. (more…)

Boise, ID — (press release excerpt) — RidgeRun, Inc., a specialist in embedded Linux software for products employing digital signal processing (DSP) components, announced today expansion into the European market with the opening of offices in Dublin, Ireland, and the appointment of Mr. Tullio Venturini as Client Support Manager. (more…)

San Francisco, CA — (press release) — Over 120 companies are wait-listed for exhibit space at the upcoming sold-out Embedded Systems Conference scheduled for April 9 -13. But members of the Embedded Linux Consortium can still secure space in the consortium's Pavilion if they act quickly, according to ELC Executive Director Murry Shohat. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA and Tokyo, Japan — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software, Inc. today announced an alliance with ACCESS, Co., Ltd., provider of embedded browsers, to pursue joint development and marketing activities. Together, the two companies enable embedded developers to build on the combined best-in-class embedded Linux platform and web client. (more…)

Lineo today announced three advancements to the Lineo Embedix SDK, Lineo's flagship Embedded Linux product: a joint development system with Metrowerks, availability of the Embedix Reflective Memory solution, and shipment of the Japanese version of Embedix SDK. (more…)

Camarillo, CA — (press release excerpt) — Total Impact today announced the briQ; a PowerPC based network appliance computer. Measuring just 5.74 inches wide, 1.625 inches tall and 8.9 inches deep — approximately the same dimensions as a CD-ROM drive — the briQ gives developers and OEMs the first high-performance, production ready compute engine sized for insertion into an industry standard half height… (more…)

Red Hat's Embedded Linux program appears to be getting ready to move into a higher gear later this month, with the planned launch of a new program — the “Embedded Platform Partner” program. Seen on Red Hat's website is the following hint of what is to come . . . (more…)