Embedded Linux solutions provider Arabella Software has contracted with Motorola to develop customized communications processor module (CPM) microcode for the Motorola PowerQUICC II and PowerQUICC III communications processors. Arabella says the microcode packages will off-load critical functions from the PowerPC CPU-based software, enhancing system throughput. (more…)

Computer Business Review has fueled the rumor that Samsung is working on an embedded Linux based mobile smart phone, citing as evidence Samsung's recent deal with Superscape to license 3D gaming technology for Linux-based “Mobile Intelligent Terminals” (MITs) shipping “later this year.”… (more…)

FSMLabs has issued a major release to its RTCore hard real-time OS and RTLinuxPro development kit, adding ease-of-use features it hopes will bring its technology to a broader range of customers. Also new are support for BSD kernels, upgrades to real-time networking, and overall performance and reliability enhancements, the company says. (more…)

Transmeta will formally launch its new Efficeon processor next week at the Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, CA. Dave Ditzel, the company's co-founder and chief technology officer, will present details of the new processor's technical specs, software characteristics, and benchmark data. (more…)

Debian ARM Kernel maintainer Vincent Sanders reports a surge of activity in the emDebian project, as well as improvements to Debian in general for embedded developers, and he invites attendees at Linux Expo UK to discuss ideas and requirements with both Debian and emDebian developers at Debian's stand in the .ORG Village. (more…)

MiniGUI is a four-year-old open source GUI framework for Linux devices — especially those running real-time applications — that is now a stable, viable alternative to QT/Embedded and Microwindows, according to founder and maintainer Wei Yongming. MiniGUI supports uClinux, among other kinds of embedded Linux, and can be built with POSIX thread library support. (more…)

MontaVista Director of Strategic Marketing Bill Weinberg says his company will wait for a stable 2.6 kernel from Linus Torvalds before releasing its first 2.6-based distribution, but that MontaVista's current offerings include “the same thing” as parts of 2.6, according to an article in the SD Times. (more…)

Updated Oct. 3, 2002, 8 AM — Wind River, by far the world's largest embedded software company, today launched its first official support for embedded Linux. For its initial foray into the embedded Linux market, the company is targeting its $4,000 visionProbe II hardware bring-up tool at embedded Linux system-level… (more…)

Embedded network solutions specialist Icon Laboratories has entered an agreement to distribute Wind River's Wind Manage SNMP, CLI, and Web device management software suite on Linux, Solaris, and BSD. (more…)

Chris Lanfear and Steve Balacco of Venture Develpment Corporation (VDC) have published their perspective on Wind River's announcement of Linux tools support. VDC speculates that Wind's announcement signals a strategic shift for the largest embedded software company, but wonders how the embedded Linux developer community will react, given the company's historic anti-Linux stance. (more…)

Fonix Corp. has released version 5.0 of its Fonix DECtalk text-to-speech (TTS) software technology. According to Fonix, DECtalk offers the smallest memory footprint for a full-featured, multilanguage, full-dictionary TTS engine and is ideal for embedded applications. Fonix says Version 5 supports Linux devices implemented on a range of hardware platforms including ARM 9 and XScale. (more…)

Chris Lanfear and Steve Balacco of Venture Develpment Corporation (VDC) have published their perspective on Wind River's announcement of Linux tools support. VDC speculates that Wind's announcement signals a strategic shift for the largest embedded software company, but wonders how the embedded Linux developer community will react, given the company's historic anti-Linux stance. (more…)

Want to speak about embedded Linux at the largest trade show of any kind in the US? The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) is sponsoring a “Knowledge Track” on embedded Linux at the International CES 2004 computer electronics trade show Jan. (more…)

Residential gateway software specialist Jungo Software Technologies reports that its “OpenRG for Wireless Gateways” embedded Linux distribution and application stack was used by Cisco division Linksys in the recently launched WRV54G Wireless-G VPN Router and access point (AP). (more…)

Adoption of Bluetooth has been steadily increasing since its OEM automotive debut in the 2003 Saab 9-3. Although Bluetooth will continue its momentum in new 2004 models from Acura, Audi, Lexus, Lincoln, Maybach, and Toyota, to name a few, its role will be limited, according to the findings of a new research study from ABI. (more…)