Citing heavy customer demand for embedded Linux, QuickLogic Corp. says it has partnered with TimeSys to offer ready-to-run Linux RTOS software development kits (SDKs) for its QuickMIPS family of programmable system-on-chip (SOC) processors. The QuickMIPS SOCs target networking, communications, telecom, and industrial control applications. (more…)

IBM has published the following three technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its developerWorks Website. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics. Some require free registration. (more…)

Linux Mobile System (LMS) is an implementation of embedded Linux for USB “thumb” drives that can boot most any x86 computer into a Linux environment. Unlike so-called “live CDs,” LMS allows files to be stored and information exchanged between systems. An an optional boot floppy is also available, for systems' whose BIOS can't boot from a USB device. (more…)

LWN.net has published an extensive series of articles on porting device drivers to the 2.6 Linux kernel. The LWN.net Driver Porting Series consists of almost 40 highly technical, detailed articles describing how the kernel programming interface has changed between the 2.4 and soon-to-be-released 2.6 kernels. (more…)

The Utronix IP-SwitchBox800 uses embedded Linux to provide remote control of power mains and a serial device. The IP-SwitchBox800 can switch up to eight 230-Volt mains, with maximum combined current of 16 amps, and attach to and control one machine through a serial port. (more…)

A Linux Journal review of the G.Mate Yopy Linux PDA praises the keyboard and overall design, but criticizes the choice of GTK/X, which limits the amount of commercial and free PDA software available in comparison with Sharp's Qtopia-based Zaurus PDAs. (more…)

Kontron announced what it claims is the first Computer-on-Module (COM) based on Intel's XScale IXP42x network processor. The EB425 “E2Brain” module features high integration density, measures 2.95 by 4.33 inches (75 x 115 mm), targets low-power real-time applications, and supports embedded Linux and VxWorks. (more…)

Chip houses Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and BLX IC Design Corp. Ltd. (BLX) have jointly launched a Computing Client Development Center in Beijing, chartered to produce reference designs targeting thin-client, mobile client, and access/networking applications. (more…)

The Khronos Group today announced the first beta release of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for OpenML 1.0. OpenML is an API for capturing, processing, synchronizing, and playing digital media content that, if widely adopted, would enable digital content authoring application developers to easily integrate video, audio and graphics capabilities into their application suites, and also makes these… (more…)

OpenSSL could soon provide a validated mechanism through which a variety of applications could satisfy U.S. Government requirements for encryption, increasing the availability and lowering the costs of secure software for use by the Government. This will be possible if OpenSSL can secure National Institute of Science and Technology's (NIST) FIPS 140-2 level 1 cryptographic validation. (more…)

Novell has joined the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and will contribute to the Data Center Linux (DCL) and other working groups. Novell's VP, Office of the CTO, Jeffrey T. Hawkins has been elected to OSDL's board of directors. Additionally, Novell's pending acquisition SuSE, a (more…)

STMicroelectronics (ST) announced that it is now delivering samples and development boards for the first member of its new Nomadik multimedia application processor family, the STn8800. According to ST, the processors allow devices such as mobile phones and PDAs to play music, take pictures, record video, and host two-way visual… (more…)

Set-top box (STB) vendor Amino has added a new model to its line of incredibly small embedded Linux powered STBs for IP television (IPTV). The AmiNet110 resembles the AmiNet100 model we reported on in October, but adds a number of new… (more…)

The Utronix IP-SwitchBox800 uses embedded Linux to provide remote control of power mains and a serial device. The IP-SwitchBox800 can switch up to eight 230-Volt mains, with maximum combined current of 16 amps. It features simple, open control interfaces, and several configuration options. (more…)

Intel researchers have released open source software that is meant to help developers create computers that can “learn” from their experience, using data to proactively improve accuracy and ease of use. The announcement came at the opening of the Neural Information Processing Systems Conference (NIPS2003)… (more…)