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Archive for April, 2001

MontaVista announces open, standards-based HA technology

April 5, 2001

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today announced the introduction of the company's first High Availability (HA) development tools for Linux-based embedded applications. The Hard Hat Linux High Availability Tool Kit is targeted to designers of central office switching equipment, ISP/ASP systems, and other communications applications. (more…)

Embedded and real-time Linux development workshop

April 5, 2001

Socorro, NM — (press release) — FSMLabs has joined with K Computing to offer an “Embedded and Realtime Linux Development Workshop.” It will run May 14-18, 2001 at the Silicon Valley Conference Center in San Jose, CA. (more…)

BSDi Unix buy reshapes open source

April 4, 2001

By Stephen Shankland; Special to ZDNet News . . .

In a major upheaval in the open-source software market, Wind River Systems has acquired Berkeley Software Design's version of Unix, merging the realms of proprietary and freely shared software. (more…)

Wind River answers Linux challenge with BSDi acquisition

April 4, 2001

Rick Lehrbaum writes . . .

In a stunning manifestation of just how much impact Linux has had on the embedded software market, market leader Wind River Systems Inc. today announced its plan to acquire the software assets of Berkeley Software Design Inc. (BSDi). (more…)

System-on-chip maker enhances embedded Linux support

April 4, 2001

Waltham, MA — (press release excerpt) — NetSilicon, Inc. today announced upgrades to its NET+Works platforms, which integrate software support with the company's NET+ARM system-on-chip (SOC) processors. (more…)

NetSilicon announces enhanced system-on-chip

April 3, 2001

Waltham, MA — (press release excerpt) — NetSilicon, Inc. today launched its highest performance system-on-chip (SOC) processor, the NET+50. The NET+50 is a completely integrated hardware and software solution designed for OEMs of network-connected electronic devices. (more…)

Green Hills’ IDE to support embedded Linux

April 3, 2001

Santa Barbara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Green Hills Software today announced that it will make its MULTI 2000 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) available for embedded Linux systems. The MULTI 2000 IDE, hosted on Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, and Linux systems, will greatly simplify the development of sophisticated applications for embedded target systems running the embedded Linux operating… (more…)

Qt/Windows joins Qt/Unix in “Qt University” program

April 3, 2001

Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Trolltech is expanding its “Qt University” education program. Many computer science departments are already taking advantage of the well-known open source version of Qt for Unix. Through Trolltech's Education Program, those who wish to teach Qt in a Windows-based environment can now receive a free site license for Qt/Windows. (more…)

Multi-OS real-time framework runs VxWorks with Linux

April 3, 2001

Half Moon Bay, CA — (press release excerpt) — OnCore Systems Corporation today announced plans to support the use of VxWorks applications in a mixed OS environment that can include Linux, pSOS, POSIX, and other OS platforms. Developers will be able to combine VxWorks and Linux applications on a single processor while maintaining, and possibly improving, real-time performance. (more…)

Free QNX downloads/CDs top 3 million

April 3, 2001

Ottawa, Canada — (press release excerpt) — QNX Software Systems Ltd. reports that the Get QNX program, launched in September 2000, has achieved a significant milestone — one million downloads. In addition, another two million free QNX real-time platform CDs have been distributed with trade magazines worldwide. (more…)

Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum presentations

April 3, 2001

The presentation slides from the Brussels meeting of the Open Group's Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum, held March 22, 2001, are now available online . . .

Amiga to support Sharp’s new Linux PDA

April 2, 2001

St. Louis, MO — (press release excerpt) — Amiga Inc. today announced a long-term partnership with Sharp Corporation in which Amiga will develop content for next-generation Sharp handheld computing devices. In March, Sharp announced its plans to market a Linux-based PDA in the United States and Europe as one of the… (more…)

Lineo rolls out 2nd generation Embedded Linux SDK

April 2, 2001

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo Inc. today announced the availability of Lineo Embedix Software Development Kit (SDK) 2.0, a powerful development environment for configuring, customizing, and deploying Linux-based embedded software solutions. (more…)

News: Presentation: The State of Embedded Linux

April 2, 2001

This is the slide presentation given by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum at the recent Colorado Linux Info Quest (CLIQ) conference held on March 30, 2001 in Denver, CO. Topics discussed include . . .

  • Why use Linux in embedded applications?
  • Results of the 2000 Embedded Linux Market Survey
  • A brief overview of two dozen embedded Linux based “devices”
  • Rick's predictions on… (more…)