Applied Data Systems (ADS) has announced two new SBCs (single-board computers) at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco this week. Both the Sphere SBC (pictured at left) and the UAV-X SBC are based on ARM processors, and both of them support (more…)

Kontron AG has announced its acquisition of Dolch Computer Systems Inc. for an undisclosed amount of cash from Siegel-Robert Inc. The leading provider of ruggedized portable computers for the past 27 years, Dolch will now assume the Kontron name and operate as a business unit of Kontron America Inc. (more…)

AMD has for the first time moved several of its high-end 32/64-bit Opteron microprocessors onto its embedded roadmap, assuring availability of the parts for five years to accommodate the longevity requirements of embedded applications. Two Opteron models will initially join the company's Alchemy and Geode processors on the embedded roadmap (more…)

Wind River — the largest vendor of software platforms and tools in the embedded market — has focused its message for the 2005 Embedded Systems Conference on open source, open standards, and open technologies, announcing an expanded role in the Eclipse Foundation, proposing device-oriented extensions to the Eclipse software development (more…)

Via has launched a new chip family it hopes will help the x86 architecture scale into smaller devices with lower power requirements. The CoreFusion family initially includes a pair of two-chip-PC chipsets — each implementing the core functions of a complete PC-compatible system (more…)

This new Toshiba system-on-chip processor aims a proprietary 400 MHz RISC CPU core and embedded PCI bus at a range of consumer applications such as IP set-top boxes, home gateways, and multimedia appliances. The TX4939XBG-400 is a highly integrated, MIPS-architecture, 64-bit processor built with the company's 90-nanometer process. (more…)

Cryptography specialist Certicom has launched a security software suite aimed at helping device makers create secure, Web-based user interfaces based on elliptic curve cryptography. The Certicom Security Architecture (CSA) for Embedded supports Linux, and includes SSL, IPSec, PKI, DRM, and Embedded Trust Services. (more…)

MontaVista says it will support a new communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor. The MPC8360E is based on an e300 PowerPC core clocked from 266MHz to 667MHz, and targets wired and wireless access and networking equipment, including MTUs (multi-tenant units), DSLAMs (DSL access multiplexers), wireless basestations, and more. (more…)

TimeSys has launched a partner program intended to help silicon vendors offer up-to-date, commercially-supported embedded Linux distributions for their chips. The TimeSys OnBoard program provides an infrastructure that allows the chipmakers to collaborate with TimeSys on testing, certifying, and distributing embedded Linux kernels containing their latest chip-specific support. (more…)

A Santa Clara, Calif. startup is shipping a Linux-based mesh router aimed at VoIP and video that uses multiple radios — along with custom real-time Linux extensions — to create a duplexing backhaul network said to improve bandwidth more than 64 times over conventional mesh technology. (more…)

A startup in Santa Clara, Calif. is shipping a Linux-based mesh router aimed at VoIP and video. The Mesh Dynamics Module uses multiple radios — along with custom real-time Linux extensions — to create a duplexing backhaul network said to improve bandwidth more than 64 times over conventional mesh technology. (more…)

ZDNet is reporting that a British engineer involved with the iPod Linux project cracked the iPod's bootloader code by playing it out as a sound and then converting the sound back into code. (more…)

American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) demonstrated software for network storage devices based on Linux and Intel network processors at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) this week in San Francisco. StorTrends NXS (NAS XScale storage) is an OEM-customizable design for file-sharing appliances targeting the SOHO and SMB markets. (more…)

The Spring Intel Developer Forum (IDF) wraps up today in San Francisco. IDF is a semi-annual event sponsored by Intel for the purpose of bringing developers and business decision-makers together to explore where technology is heading. (more…)

Opera Software, France Telecom, and Orange are exploring ways to add a browser-like home screen to mobile phones, to improve usability and to make lucrative data services more accessible. “Platform,” which is derived from Opera's mobile browser technology, replaces the handset's normally idle homescreen. (more…)