Lanner Electronics FW-7872 — Dec. 22, 2008 — This Lanner Electronics “half-rack” network appliance targets network security and acceleration applications, and runs Linux on a Core2Duo or… (more…)

Names convey meanings; our choice of names determines the meaning of what we say. An inappropriate name gives people the wrong idea. A rose by any name would smell as sweet — but if you call it a pen, people will be rather disappointed when they try to write with it. And if you call pens “roses,” people may not realize what they are good for. (more…)

Introduction

Tolstoy opens Anna Karenina with a famous quote: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Similarly: reliable real-time systems are all alike; every unreliable real-time system is unreliable in its own way. (more…)

Blockbuster 2Wire MediaPoint — Nov. 26, 2008 — This Blockbuster-branded IP set-top box and media player is built by 2Wire, and runs Linux on a MIPS-based Broadcom chipset. (more…)

This guide provides summaries and links of LinuxDevices stories about Linux-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs), ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), and tablets. Note that in many cases there is a fine line between these devices and smaller handhelds, which may be found in our Linux PDAs, PMPs, PNDs, and other Handhelds showcase. (more…)

In my opinion it's all MontaVista's fault! The problem began when they announced a “fully preemptable hard real-time Linux kernel.” (more…)

The following presentation about the status and goals of the Japan Embedded Linux Consortium (EMBLIX) was given by John Cheuck, EMBLIX Vice Chairman (and Vice President, Embedded Division, Turbolinux Japan), at the first bi-annual membership meeting of the ELC held on September 28, 2000 in San Jose, CA . . . (more…)

Foreword: the following talk on the state of Embedded Linux and the status and goals of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) was given by Inder Singh, ELC Chairman (and CEO of LynuxWorks), at the first bi-annual membership meeting of the ELC held on September 28, 2000 in San Jose, CA . . . (more…)

If you could travel back in time to the Embedded Systems Conference of September 1999, you would find that the “Embedded Linux Market” simply did not exist, one short year ago. Sure, a growing number of developers and a handful of companies were starting to embed Linux. But as a market that anyone tracked, or paid attention to, Embedded Linux simply hadn't made it onto the radar screens. (more…)

This LinuxDevices Quick Reference Guide includes pointers to our coverage of IP telephones that run embedded Linux. For Linux-based mobile phones and smartphones, click here. (more…)

Once again, the Embedded Systems Conference opened with a debate (and discussion) about open source. Here's a report from . . . “The Great Open Source Debate of ESC West 2000”. (more…)

Building an embedded Linux device just got a whole lot easier. A new set-top box computer form-factor from GCT-Allwell (in Taiwan) enables embedded Linux developers to create great looking products without the hassle and huge expense of building it themselves. (more…)

As the embedded hardware and software world prepares for the “big” annual Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, it seems an appropriate time to take a look at the current Embedded Linux market landscape. LinuxDevices.com's “Embedded Linux Market Survey” contains twenty pie charts that are based on the accumulated responses to questions contained in five ongoing online Embedded Linux Polls . (more…)

Korean firms PalmPalm Technology and M-dream recently announced that they will be incorporating a Linux video game, Puzzle Bubble, into a new Linux-based CDMA/IMT2000 cellular phone that is scheduled to begin shipments this November in Korea. The phone, which uses PalmPalm's Tynux embedded Linux as its internal operating system, is a joint development of PalmPalm Technology and the SK Telecom Central R&D… (more…)

How hard is real-time?

The idea and ideal of real-time has become very important to Linux developers. Linux has grown into a full-featured operating system, suitable for many embedded applications. One area that has received a great deal of attention is the potential for using Linux, RTLinux, and RTAI in mission critical applications. (more…)