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Acromag announced an industrial PC with an internal carrier card, designed to accept up to four SCSI II-interfaced I/O modules. The IOS-7200 runs Linux or Windows on an AMD Geode LX800 CPU, uses hard disk or solid state storage, has a CompactFlash slot, and runs fanlessly, according to the company.
Intrinsyc has announced a SOM (system on module) and carrier board built around Freescale's i.MX35. The Linux-ready “CerfBoard 35” includes the processor, 256MB of DDR2 RAM, 64MB of NOR flash, and 256MB of NAND flash, while the carrier adds a bevy of ports and a connector for an optional touchscreen display, the company says.
HardKernel is shipping a developer-focused handheld game device that runs Android and offers source code, schematics, and a debug board. The $350 Odroid is based on a Cortex-A8 Samsung S5PC100 clocked to 833Mhz, and offers 10GB of flash, a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 720p video via HDMI, plus WiFi, Bluetooth, and accelerometers.
Dell announced new Ubuntu Linux-ready OptiPlex desktops, including a power-efficient model claimed to be the “world's smallest fully-functional commercial desktop.” In addition to the 9.4 x 2.6 x 9.3-inch, Intel Core 2 Duo-ready OptiPlex 780 USFF desktop, Dell announced a 13-inch Vostro V13 laptop that also offers Ubuntu.
Via announced a Linux-ready chipset claimed to be the industry's most power-efficient supporting Microsoft's DirectX 10.1. Including the VN1000 northbridge and VT8261 southbridge, the chipset supports up to 16GB of DDR3 memory, provides smooth HD video playback, and includes dual-channel support for displays including HDMI and DisplayPort, the company says.
Toradex announced a Pico-ITX-sized carrier board intended for a previously released, credit-card-sized COM (computer on module). The “Daisy” accepts the company's Robin module, adding real-world interfaces that include VGA and TV output, 7:1 audio, SATA, five USB ports, and a microSD expansion slot, the company says.
D-Link is readying a Linux-based IP set-top box (STB) based on the open source Boxee home entertainment stack. The singularly styled “Boxee Box DM-380” incorporates WiFi, Ethernet, USB, and HDMI out, as well as analog and digital audio outputs, says the company.
Devon IT announced a thin-client notebook computer based on Dell's Latitude E5400. The SafeBook E5400X includes a 2.2GHz Intel Celeron CPU, a 14.1-inch display, 1GB of RAM, and will “soon” be offered with its Linux-based DeTOS operating system, says the company.
Android modder Cyanogen has exploited Motorola's Droid phone and gained root access, letting developers customize the smartphone with features such as multi-touch, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, Droid by Motorola was named Best Gadget of the year by Time, and Google released its Google Goggles visual search app for Android.
Data Ltd Incorporated (DLI) has announced an Ubuntu Linux-ready tablet PC designed to allow retailers to accept payments anywhere in a store. The DLI 8800 includes a 7-inch touchscreen display and magstripe reader, survives four-foot drops, and is available with a barcode scanner and RFID reader, the company says.
Ottawa, Canada-based Crank Software is shipping a Linux-ready, cross-platform GUI development suite for embedded R&D designers. The Eclipse-based Crank Storyboard Suite includes an embedded GUI design and prototyping application called Crank Storyboard Designer and a runtime component called Crank Storyboard Embedded Engine, says the company.
Renesas announced a Linux development platform for its SH-Mobile R Series system-on-chip. The Renesas Multimedia Solution Linux platform incorporates an MS7724 development board equipped with a 500MHz SH-Mobile R2R, and offers Ethernet, USB, and DVI I/O, as well as optional 7-inch touchscreen and 3.5-megapixel, 720p-ready camera modules, says the company.
Samsung Electronics announced the availability of an SDK for its “Bada” mobile operating system. The kernel-configurable Bada platform can be based on a Linux kernel or another real-time OS (RTOS), and it incorporates an Eclipse-based IDE, a GNU tool-chain, and a service-centric UI framework based on Samsung's TouchWiz UI.
Freescale Semiconductor announced two Linux-ready system-on-chips based on its PowerPC-driven QorIQ platform. The QorIQ P1012 and dual-core P1021 SoCs are similar to Freescale's QorIQ P1013 and P1022 processors, respectively, but add the company's microcode programming QUICC engine, which supports customers using legacy multi-protocol interfaces, says the company.
VMware is refining technology that will allow mobile phones to run two operating systems — Android and Windows Mobile, for example — simultaneously. With the company's Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP), both OSes would be live, and could coexist in as little as 256MB of RAM, an executive reportedly told Computerworld Australia.