SnapGear has published a technical whitepaper that provides an introduction for embedded developers to familiarize themselves with embedded Linux for deeply embedded microprocessors — uClinux. The whitepaper is written by David McCullough, a kernel engineer at SnapGear who is currently the maintainer of uClinux's ColdFire distributions and who has contributed patches to upgrade uClinux to the Linux 2.4… (more…)

Delta, BC -- (press release excerpt) — Techsol has announced production of its ARM-720T based HY7201 Medallion CPU module, which is offered with support for Linux kernel version 2.4 and which provides onboard USB ports for both Host and Function/Device USB functions. (more…)

Pascal Audoux shares his experiences programming with both the Qt and Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) toolkits, in this article posted at freehackers.org that includes an english translation by Philippe Fremy. Audoux, already familiar with Trolltech's Qt graphical C++ toolkit, embarks on using the Microsoft's MFC graphical toolkit, which is part of an object oriented application framework based on the… (more…)

Writing at ZDNet, John G. Spooner explores a new system-on-chip processor dubbed the 'Cell.' The unique new chip, a joint design by engineers from IBM, Sony, and Toshiba, reportedly will contain as many as 16 processor cores on a single chip and will offer a wide variety of support for devices and operating systems, including Linux. (more…)

An announcement from the Qt# project . . .

We've been hard at work over the last several weeks and now we're finally ready to bring you the latest release of Qt#. Changes include:

• Preliminary support for Qt# on Microsoft.Net (manyoso)
• CreateDelegate and multiple custom slots (manyoso)
• Object tracking and determinstic destruction of unmanaged resources… (more…)

Cary, NC — (press release excerpt) — LVL7 Systems today announced the third generation of the its portable software for network processors and ASIC/ASSPs, which supports development of high function networking products that are scalable from 10/100/1000 Mbps to over 10Gbps. FASTPATH 3.0 is now available to support Linux. (more…)

Framingham, MA — (press release excerpt) — IDG World Expo today announced that a number of prominent Linux and Open Source companies will launch new technologies at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. Attendees will be able to investigate and review a bevy of solutions and evaluate their ability to solve real business issues. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Jungo Software Technologies Inc. today announced the availability of OpenRG version 2.0, an embedded Linux software platform for broadband access devices. OpenRG version 2.0 is backward compatible with OpenRG's previous versions and provides gateway builders with a more robust and efficient, production ready software suite that supports the emerging technologies… (more…)

Writing at Linux Journal, Frederick Noronha examines the implications of the Simputer handheld for India as the project nears release . . . (more…)

In this guest editorial, Kevin Morgan (MontaVista Software's VP of Engineering) offers his perspective on why and how Embedded Linux is revolutionizing the embedded systems software market. Morgan postulates that embedded system software development is currently facing a crisis, outlines some of the competitive advantages of Embedded Linux, and argues that Embedded Linux represents a strategic technology… (more…)

SnapGear has published a case study about what it claims represents “the first known use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to transmit inspection test data from a nuclear power plant” over the Internet. (more…)

York, U.K. — (press release excerpt) — Vita Nuova today announced support for its Inferno embedded OS on Texas Instruments OMAPT processor platforms. (more…)

Houston, TX — (press release excerpt) — Texas Instruments (TI) today unveiled its newest dual-core (RISC + DSP) embedded processor. The OMAP5910 combines the real-time processing capabilities and low power consumption of TI's TMS320C55x DSP core, the flexibility and scalability of a TI-enhanced ARM925 microprocessor, and ease of use through an optimized interprocessor communication mechanism. (more…)

Embedded Linux is revolutionizing the embedded systems software market. The advantages Linux offers relative to traditional proprietary embedded software solutions are tremendous. These advantages translate to significant savings in total cost of ownership and time to market for embedded developers and OEMs, and increased ability to highly differentiate products. (more…)

Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo today announced addition of support for the use of Debian GNU/Linux binaries to its Embedix Software Development Kit (SDK). The Debian Binary Import Tool enables developers to quickly integrate hundreds of traditional Linux applications into their embedded products. (more…)