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According to research firm iSuppli, by 2014 there will be 305 million GPS-enabled smartphones in use, almost three times the installed base of dedicated portable navigation devices, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, a Strategy Analytics study shows 2009 GPS-enabled smartphone shipments growing by 34 percent compared to 2008, says another eWEEK story.
Wind River announced the availability of a Linux-compatible, embedded GUI suite targeting industrial, defense, medical, automotive, and mobile devices. A result of the acquisition of Tilcon Software, Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite 5.7 offers tight integration with Wind River Linux and Wind River Workbench, says the Intel-owned embedded firm.
Embedded Planet has announced a Linux BSP and development environment, created by Timesys Corp., for its PowerPC-based EP8572A Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) networking board. The board offers dual-core Freescale MPC8572 processors, dual, AMC-compliant gigabit Ethernet ports, and ships in various Serial RapidIO and PCI Express configurations.
The Appweb project has released version 3.0 of its cross-platform, dual-licensed embedded web server, which is said to be smaller, faster, and more modular. The Linux-compatible Appweb 3.0 also adds a new server-side “Ejscript” JavaScript framework, faster CGI based on pipes, and a modular pipeline architecture, says the project.
MontaVista Software announced the availability of MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6), as well as five processor-specific Market Specific Distributions (MSDs) for its commercial embedded Linux development platform. The MSDs, which will soon be joined by dozens more, support ARM1176 and ARM926, Freescale MPC8xxx (PowerPC), Intel x86 (Pentium/Xeon), MIPS32, and Xilinx Virtex 5, says the company.
Ibase has announced a small PC that uses Intel's 1.1GHz Atom Z510, offers up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and relies on CompactFlash storage. The CSB200-888 has six USB 2.0 ports, two serial ports, a DVI-D video output, and a gigabit Ethernet port, the company says.
[Updated: Sept. 2] — Coraid announced a storage-area network mini-tower for the SMB market. The EtherDrive SR821T Storage Appliance offers up to 16TB RAID-enabled storage in eight SATA-ready bays, provides dual gigabit Ethernet ports, supports VMware vSphere virtualization, and incorporates Coraid's Linux-ready ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE) open storage protocol, says the company.
Multimedia system-on-chip (SoC) vendor ViXS announced a Linux-based application development stack and toolsuite for its “XCode” SoCs. The “Xtensiv” software supports the development of XCode-based, DLNA and UPnP compatible set-top boxes (STBs), PCs, and networked consumer electronics devices, and offers Linux-based servers and a Webkit browser, says the company.
Aaeon announced a desktop networking appliance equipped with five networking ports, two with LAN bypass. The FWS-7150 comes with a choice of Via Eden (up to 2GHz) or Via C7 (1GHz) processors, supports up to 2GB of DDR2 memory, and offers SATA and solid-stage storage options, says the company.
Acrosser has introduced a pair of console servers that run Linux and offer eight serial ports. The ACS-N5430FL and ACS-N5630FL are equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo or Celeron M CPUs, hard disk or CompactFlash storage, plus DVI-I, S-Video, and VGA video outputs, the company says.
Iomega has announced a four-drive, 2-8TB StorCenter ix4-200d network-attached storage (NAS) device that runs Linux, according to eWEEK. Meanwhile, NetGear announced that its ReadyNAS storage appliances now support the Remote Agent for Linux and UNIX Servers (RALUS) for Symantec Backup Exec, enabling faster backups.
ABI Research has released a report predicting a doubling of dual-mode phones supporting both WiFi and cellular networks every two years. The research firm predicts that 144 million dual-mode handsets will ship this year, rising to more than 300 million in 2011.
A Samsung executive has confirmed the company is preparing its own version of Linux for a new smartphone, says an industry report. Meanwhile, another story has leaked a sketch of a Linux-based “Samsung i8320” phone said to be near completion, and this device may be Samsung's first LiMo-compliant model.
Win Enterprises announced a fanless, Linux-compatible PC/104+ single board computer (SBC) aimed at display-oriented embedded applications. The MB-73200 is equipped with an Intel Atom Z5xx CPU clocked at 1GHz or 1.6GHz, dual Ethernet ports, and SATAII and CompactFlash interfaces, says the company.
MSC Vertriebs has announced a COM Express module that employs Intel's recently announced, dual-core Celeron T3100. The MSC CXB-GM45-T3100 offers up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, supports dual independent displays, and offers four SATA-300 interfaces, the company says.