Logic PD announced what it claims are the industry's smallest embedded modules at less than one square inch, available with Android, Linux, and Windows CE BSPs. The DM3730 and AM3703 Torpedo SOMs are based on the Texas Instruments DM3730 DaVinci and AM3703 Sitara processors, respectively, and the larger DM3730 SOM-LV and AM3703 SOM-LV modules add features including Ethernet, CompactFlash, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

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With the release of GNOME 3.0 and Ubuntu 11.04, the face of the Linux desktop environment is changing. This eWEEK review finds there's a lot to like in both the GNOME Shell and Ubuntu Unity desktop environments, although both will take some getting used to.

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Eurotech announced a PC/104-Plus module that's based on a 600MHz Vortex86DX SoC (system on chip), tolerates up to 158 deg. F, and uses less than four Watts. The CPU-1440 includes 128MB of RAM, support for VGA or composite video output, four Ethernet ports and four serial ports, a parallel port, plus both PCI and ISA bus expansion, the company says.

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Iomega announced a StorCenter PX Series of SMB-focused NAS (network attached storage) devices, supporting hot-swappable solid-state disks as well as Iomega's Personal Cloud. The Linux-based devices include the px4-300d and px6-300d — desktop models with a a dual-core 1.8GHz Intel Atom D525 and respective capacities of 12TB and 18TB — and the rackmount, 12TB px4-300r, using a dual-core 2.2GHz Celeron E1500.

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Intel announced what it's describing as the world's first 3-D transistors, set to be included in its 2012 “Ivy Bridge” Core processors. The “Tri-Gate” design will ensure that “Moore's Law,” dictating that transistor density doubles every two years, will keep moving along.

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After completing its acquisition of Novell, Attachmate has laid off hundreds of U.S.-based employees — including members of Novell's Mono project — and re-established Nuremberg, Germany as the headquarters for the SUSE business unit, say an industry report. Meanwhile, a U.S. appeals court reversed a summary judgment that could revive Novell/Attachmate's anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft.

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Quanta has received OEM orders from Amazon.com to build its much-rumored Android tablet, expected to sell in quantities of 700,000 to 800,000 units per month, DigiTimes claims. The tablet is said to use Fringe Field Switching display technology from E Ink — presumably a version of E Ink's Triton color e-reader display.

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Kontron announced two devices featuring AMD G-Series processors, with integrated “discrete-class” Radeon graphics on board. The Microspace MSM-eO is a PC/104-Plus single board computer (SBC) with a single-core, 1.2GHz T44R processor, while the KTA55/pITX is a Pico-ITX motherboard with either the T44R or a dual-core, 1.0GHz T44N on board, the company says.

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Jayex announced a Linux-based digital signage computer aimed primarily at waiting-room applications. Available with multimedia and client call software, the “Web Media M4” is built around a dual-core Intel Atom D510 clocked at 1.66GHz and offers 1GB of RAM, 250GB of storage, HDMI and VGA ports, as well as Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and USB connectivity, says the company.

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WinSystems announced an EPIC-format single board computer (SBC) that operates in temperatures of -40 to 158 deg. F (-40 to 70 deg C). Offered with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 or dual-core D510, the EPX-C380 ships with up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, plus CompactFlash, SATA, PC-104-Plus, Mini PCI Express, gigabit Ethernet, USB, serial, and GPIO connectivity, says the company.

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A day after celebrating its 30th anniversary, Wind River announced the availability of Wind River Linux Secure — said to be the first commercial embedded Linux platform to achieve EAL4+ certification using the GP-OSPP profile. Wind River also announced version 4.6 of its multicore-oriented Wind River Simics virtualization and simulation software, adding new debugging, collaboration, and target system visualization features.

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Intel may be poised to announce its 22nm “Ivy Bridge” Core processors on May 4, with improved, DirectX 11-capable graphics. Meanwhile, model numbers and power consumption details for the chipmaker's upcoming, 32nm “Cedar Trail” Atoms have been leaked by the AnandTech website.

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E-con Systems announced an Android board support package (BSP) for its Marvell PXA300-based eSOM300 module and related Alioth baseboard reference platform. The company says it added to Android's hardware abstraction layers with blocks that support non-mobile, industrial-focused peripherals including RS232/RS485, CAN, GPIO, ADC, and various sensors.

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Sandia National Laboratories is demonstrating its latest mini supercomputer at ESC Silicon Valley this week, incorporating 196 TI OMAP3530-based Overo Tide modules running Linux. Being used for botnet research as part of Sandia's MegaTux project, the “StrongBox” product combines 28 Gumstix Stagecoach boards, each with seven Gumstix Overo Tide computer modules.

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Via Technologies says it's aiming two new low-power, dual-core processors specifically at the embedded market. The 40nm-fabbed Nano X2 E-Series CPUs come in “1.2+GHz or 1.6+GHz” versions and are offered with a seven-year availability guarantee, the company says.

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