Foreword: In this whitepaper, Hewlett-Packard Labs researcher Wesley Chan introduces the embedded Linux community to the innovative R&D activities taking place within HP's “Cooltown” program. Chan defines the initiative's philosophy and goals, describes several key open source software and hardware components that have been developed, and explains how developers and companies can join in… (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — Oki Semiconductor and Adamya Technologies Inc. today announced a strategic partnership to provide advanced Bluetooth solutions to Oki and Adamya's customers in North America. The partnership will enable Oki's BQB certified Bluetooth chipset and module to be supported by Adamya's embedded BQB certified Bluetooth stack, and C-Blue. (more…)

Denver, CO — (press release excerpt) — VDSL Systems announced today that it will integrate an open hardware/software system-level platform from Motorola Computer Group, a part of Motorola, Inc., into its complete Internet Protocol (IP) VDSL equipment. VDSL Systems will build its solutions using infrastructure from Motorola — specifically, Motorola's CPX1205 CompactPCI platform and its High Availability… (more…)

In this whitepaper, Hewlett-Packard Labs researcher Wesley Chan introduces the embedded Linux community to the innovative R&D activities taking place within HP's “Cooltown” program. Chan defines the initiative's philosophy and goals, describes several key open source software and hardware components that have been developed, and explains how developers and companies can join in creating the Cooltown… (more…)

As part of an announcement today from Red Hat regarding the availability of Red Hat Linux version 7.2, the company also disclosed that Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite, a new Embedded Linux toolkit, is being prepared for release. Quoting from today's announcement . . .

Red Hat will be announcing the availability of the Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite, a packaged solution for… (more…)

This week's kerneltrap.com interview is with Russell King who originally ported Linux to ARM and continues to oversee ARM Linux development. Russell talks about ARM, the 2.4 kernel, the upcoming 2.5 kernel, and much more. (more…)

[Updated 8:30am PDT] David Woodhouse, project leader of the Linux Memory Technology Device project, has provided this interesting news note regarding the inclusion of JFFS2 in the latest kernels . . . (more…)

The following brief announcement about an interesting new Japanese Linux implementation for the Compaq iPAQ PDA is provided courtesy of Linux Weekly News . . . (more…)

Tokyo, Japan — (press release excerpt) — Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) says it has successfully developed the world's first system for delivering 1.5 Gbps volume uncompressed HDTV video data in real time over the Internet. NTT will exhibit the
Linux-based system during the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (InterBEE 2001) at the Nippon Convention Center from November 14… (more…)

Scotts Valley, CA — (press release excerpt) — Borland Software Corp. announced that its rapid application development (RAD) environment for the Linux platform, Borland Kylix, has been ranked as the most used integrated development environment (IDE) by Linux developers according to a new report published by software market research firm Evans Data Corporation. (more…)

Fremont, CA — (press release excerpt) — Insignia Solutions today announced completion of a beta implementation of Jeode technology for the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) Connected Device Configuration (CDC) / Foundation Profile, and is actively seeking beta customers. (more…)

Sharp Electronics today announced November availability of developer units of the Zaurus SL-5000D, which represents the first Linux-based PDA from a major consumer electronics corporation. According to a news release issued by Sharp, “the Zaurus SL-5000D open software platform, which includes a powerful… (more…)

San Jose, CA; Microprocessor Forum — (press release excerpt) — Graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies Inc. today unveiled what is claimed to be “the fastest and most highly integrated system-on-chip (SOC) for the digital set-top box and digital TV markets.” The new chip integrates into a single chip all processor, graphics, video, audio, and I/O capabilities needed in a set-top box or digital TV. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today announced that its High Availability Framework for Hard Hat Linux 2.0 is available immediately to customers. The High Availability Framework is second-generation software that provides a standards-based platform for fault-resilient systems. (more…)

San Jose, CA; Microprocessor Forum — (press release excerpt) — National Semiconductor today unveiled a new Geode family of x86-based, highly integrated processors designed exclusively for information appliances. The new Geode GX2 family is targeted to information appliances such as thin clients, digital set-top boxes, residential gateways, and personal Internet access devices. (more…)