Intel Labs is prototyping a potentially revolutionary new “personal server” that runs on embedded Linux. (more…)

AbsoluteValue Systems Inc. has released version 2 of its AVS 802.11 WLAN Development Platform (WDP802.11) for adding wireless local area networking (WLAN) to embedded Linux devices. New in version 2 is support for new processor platforms and WLAN chipsets. (more…)

“A simple way to think about the concept is to ask this question: What makes your PC your PC? The answer is that it's . . . the hard disk, which contains your data; the rest is simply the access device. Using the Personal Server concept, we're virtualizing the hard disk through a wireless connection to whatever computing device is nearby and available.” — Roy Want, Principal Engineer, Intel Corp. (more…)

This article introduces a free online course in embedded Linux that author Richard A. Sevenich hopes could someday save students buying a textbook, enabling them to buy an inexpensive device instead and thereby gain hands-on embedded programming experience. (more…)

Quorum Tools Ltd has shipped its first product, an elegant electronic group whiteboard for collaboration based on embedded Linux. (more…)

TeamF1 is now shipping X-Calibur, an embedded implementation of the Port-based Network Access Control (IEEE 802.1X PNAC) protocol that can be licensed on a royalty-free basis. (more…)

CodeScape announced the addition of support for Linux kernel and Linux application debugging to its graphical development framework and debugger toolset for SuperH SH-3 and SH-4 processors. The Windows-hosted version of the CodeScope 5 Professional graphical development framework and debugger is shipping now, and the Linux version is expected in Sep., 2003, the company said. (more…)

A new book by William von Hagen delves into one of embedded Linux's biggest commercial successes: the TiVo personal video recorder. (more…)

Kontron announced a new module in its compact ETX single-board computer form-factor based on Intel's Pentium M processor. According to Kontron, the 3.74 x 4.5 inch “ETX-PM” module is currently “the most compact board to host a Pentium M processor.”

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Security guard company Securis is using embedded Linux to power in-vehicle terminals in its fleet of mobile units in Belgium. (more…)

Updated Sep. 4, 2003 — Venture Development Corp. (VDC) has reduced its five-year forecast for the growth of embedded Linux. This article based on VDC's latest findings itemizes key factors impacting the worldwide Embedded Linux Market forecast, provides a graph of estimated 2000-2002 revenues, and includes a dozen other observations of interest. (more…)

MontaVista Technologist Bill Weinberg has written an overview of the changing landscape of device power management schemes, with a focus on dynamic power management (DPM) architectures being specified and soon to be deployed by embedded companies and standards organizations. (more…)

BargainPDA has posted an extensive review of an Anglicized version of Sharp's Zaurus SL-C750, a clamshell PDA running Embedix on the PXA255 CPU. (more…)

Commercial (embedded) Linux is already here — check your living room

Many Linux devotees answer questions about Linux and consumer electronics by saying “we're really close now”, discussing the cost savings inherent in using Linux, or simply arguing the technical merits of Linux. (more…)

Updated Sep. 3, 2003 — Venture Development Corp. has reduced its five-year forecast for the growth of embedded Linux. The following adjustment to VDC's annual Linux report (2002 version available here) is reproduced with permission, as a service to the embedded Linux community. (more…)