SyncServer 1000 is a small modem-like Linux appliance made by The Software Group Ltd. (TSG) that offers easy integration of “legacy” Wide Area Networks (WANs) with IP networks. The device is intended to allow companies to transparently convert older communications transport protocols (such as X.25, Frame Relay, and SNA) to TCP/IP, giving legacy applications direct access to IP-based LANs, intranets, and… (more…)

Just when you thought pizza wasn't an embedded system, along comes this announcement from the GtkPizza project . . . (more…)

Business Week's March 3 issue features nine articles focused on The Linux Uprising. The articles discuss the history of Linux, why Linux is gaining in popularity, the open source philosophy, the difficulty of money selling “free” software, Microsoft's reactions to the Linux “threat,” and the overall impact Linux is having throughout a wide range of companies, organizations, and industries, . (more…)

MontaVista Software will add support to its embedded Linux operating systems for Intel's newly announced IXP42x network processors, according to a statement released at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, CA this week. (more…)

MontaVista Software has validated the Hughes Software Systems (HSS) suite of telecom protocol stacks on the MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE), according to a statement issued by the two companies. The HSS stacks are said to support a broad spectrum of VoIP, Wireless, and Wireline protocols, including MAP, RANAP, and GTP-C/U. (more…)

Evans Data Corp. (EDC) asked over 400 software/hardware developers the question, “What is the most important consideration in selecting an embedded operating system?,” as part of its latest Embedded Systems Development Survey. Here's what they learned . . . (more…)

[Updated Mar. 4, 2003] — The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) formally announced its release of the ELC Platform Specification (ELCPS) version 1.0 this week. The ELC describes its new embedded Linux standard as being “aimed at rallying the industry around a single Linux development standard for new embedded products,” and says “the specification delivers a unified open platform for embedded… (more…)

uCLinux is a derivative of the Linux 2.0 kernel that is intended for microcontrollers without memory management units (MMUs). uCLinux offers free, open-source code with no royalties; a small code footprint suitable for embedded and portable applications; a standard Linux API (with minor differences); high performance C libraries with a small footprint; and a variety of filesystems, including NFS, ext2,… (more…)

Wasabi Systems is developing a set of software components for developers of storage applications, according to a statement released this week at the Intel Developer Forum. (more…)

Intel has released version 3.0 of its Integrated Performance Primitives (IPP) library, reports Semiconductor Business News. The routines support Pentium 4, Xeon, Itanium 2, and XScale-based processors, and work with Microsoft Windows and PocketPC, plus versions of Linux, according to the article. (more…)

Intrinsic Graphics Inc. has released Intrinsic Alchemy for Linux, a development and runtime environment that can be used to develop games for embedded Linux based devices. (more…)

PC BIOS pioneer Phoenix Technologies has introduced a software component, called Phoenix Core Managed Environment (CME), that is intended to help developers build essential applications and critical services into digital devices, making them “always protected and always accessible.” (more…)

MontaVista Software has added a ready-to-deploy version of Trolltech's Qtopia application environment to the recently launched MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition. (more…)

(PR excerpt) — At the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, CA today, Intel announced new industry building blocks that bring the vision of the Digital Home closer to reality. Available immediately are Digital Home reference and concept platforms, and ten powerful UPnP tools that underscore Intel's support of the Digital Home vision. (more…)

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, CA today, Intel disclosed performance capabilities and technical details for the upcoming Centrino mobile technology, described key technical features for the company's next generation desktop PC microprocessor (codenamed Prescott) and desktop chipsets, and highlighted several client device products based on XScale technology. (more…)