Visteon Corporation has licensed PhatNoise's Linux-based vehicle audio system (details) for a new Visteon vehicle audio system to be called the MACH MP3 Jukebox. The new device, which will enable its users to listen to MP3 and WMA music tracks through their existing vehicle audio systems, can play up to 4,000 high… (more…)

A prototype high resolution Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display will be shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in a Linux watch developed by IBM. The watch-sized display was jointly developed by eMagin Corporation and IBM Research by forming the organic light emitters directly on a custom silicon chip. (more…)

G.Mate Inc. describes the Yopy PDA as a “multimedia PDA based on the Linux OS and Yopy Windows” — a device which “focuses on organizing your life while emphasizing multimedia functionality.” The Yopy integrates the functions of Internet and email access (via mobile phone), digital voice recorder, MP3 (audio) and MPEG (video) player, video games, plus a full set of PDA applications — all within a compact… (more…)

Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 16:01:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds ([email protected])
To: Kernel Mailing List [email protected]
Subject: And oh, btw.. (more…)

In this LinuxDevices.com Device Profile, Rick Lehrbaum previews the Yopy PDA, takes a look under its hood, and describes the Yopy Linux application development environment. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

LinuxDevices.com is pleased to announce publication of The Linux-PDA and PDA-Linux Quick Reference Guide. The latest member of the highly popular online Embedded Linux Quick Reference Guide series will provide a continually updated overview of available and developing support for Linux on PDAs. (more…)

PocketPC better look out! Linux is making a play for the handheld arena, according to Will Knight, editor of ZDNet UK. Knight writes . . . (more…)

The Linux Interest Group is holding an open meeting during the first day of the next meeting of the Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum which takes place on 6th-8th February, 2001, at the Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, California. (more…)

ZDNet editors Michael Kanellos and Mary Jo Foley report that Advanced Micro Devices plans to take on Intel in the server market, enlisting one of its own competitors (Transmeta) to help out. Kanellos & Foley write . . . (more…)

El Dorado Hills, CA — (press release excerpt) — in an effort to allow users of embedded microprocessors and DSPs to make quicker, informed comparisons between devices, EEMBC, the embedded microprocessor benchmark
consortium, today announced that it will begin publishing certified, consolidated benchmark scores for processor performance in five application areas: networks, telecom, consumer, office… (more…)

Las Vegas, NV — (press release excerpt) — Philips Semiconductors and SoftConnex Technologies have announced an integrated USB host solution based on combining SoftConnex's Universal Serial Bus (USB) USBLink host software with Philips Semiconductors' single-chip USB host and interface controller, the ISP1161/2. (more…)

Many in the RTOS industry believe that freedom from royalties is the best way to develop applications for embedded devices. But is free software really free? (more…)

Linux kernel 2.4 didn't quite make it out in 2000, but it's getting close. Here are two reports on its progress, from eWEEK's Peter Galli and ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley. (more…)

Feature

• Embedding Linux on an MZ104, by Luke Dion — Mr. Dion gives a step-by-step on putting this tiny ticker to use. (more…)

Embedix SDK 1.2

Lineo's software development kit for embedded developers and device manufacturers is now available. (more…)