Acces I/O has announced what's claimed to be one of the smallest complete embedded systems featuring a Core Duo processor. The NANO I/O Server CD employs the company's innovative ETX-NANO-104 baseboard, combining an ETX processor module with PC/104-Plus expansion. (more…)

Ampro has introduced a fanless computer based on either of two EPIC form-factor single-board computers (SBCs). With CPU power up to a 1.4 GHz Pentium, the ReadySystem Fanless targets “harsh environments that are dusty and dirty, or require … (more…)

Monsoon Multimedia has used embedded Linux to build a consumer DVR (digital video recorder) with remote multimedia file serving capabilities. The Hava — recently implicated in a GPL violation court case — aims to let the user access live and recorded TV content from broadband-connected locations. (more…)

For the first time in the U.S., a company and software vendor, Monsoon Multimedia, is being taken to court for a GPL violation. Previously, alleged GPL violations have all been settled by letters from the FSF (Free Software Foundation) or other open-source organizations, pointing out the violation. (more…)

Intel has made major promises concerning future ultra-mobile PC (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), and notebook computer technologies. A new UMPC SoC (system-on-chip) will slash idle power consumption to 1/100th of the original, while next year's version of Centrino Duo technology will integrate WiMAX into… (more…)

Hitachi America's Embedded Business Group has updated its C/C++/Java RDBMS (relational database management system) for embedded and mobile applications like mobile phones, GPS gadgets, televisions, and set-top boxes. Entier 2.2 adds features aimed at helping developers more easily implement consumer-friendly search capabilities under multitasking operating systems such as embedded Linux. (more…)

Foreword: This whitepaper, by market researchers at Venture Development Corp., provides a number of top-level findings from VDC's most recent analysis of the embedded Linux software, tools, and services market. The findings come from VDC's “2007 Embedded Software Market Intelligence Program — Volume 3: Linux in the Embedded Systems Market.” (more…)

AMD has reaffirmed its commitment to the embedded market, announcing two new low-power, single-core processors. Compatible with the company's AM2 socket, the AMD Athlon 64 processor Models 2000+, 2600+, and 3100+ feature power envelopes of 8, 15, and 25 Watts, respectively. (more…)

A new standards group focused on small format board-level embedded computers was unveiled today at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston. The Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF SIG) aims to “develop, adopt, and promote circuit board specifications and related technologies [but] not compete with existing trade organizations.” (more…)

Versalogic has introduced an EBX format single-board computer (SBC) based on a 1.2 GHz Via Eden processor. Compatible with embedded Linux, the Sidewinder features modular PC/104-Plus expansion, but adds Versalogic's proprietary SPX-based serial expansion format to the mix, according to the company. (more…)

Communications chip giant Broadcom has joined the LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation, an industry group building a shared Linux stack for mobile phones. The company said it hopes to work with the Foundation to reduce Linux's power requirements, size, and cost, in order to “achieve widespread adoption of Linux-based handsets.” (more…)

Movial is touting its support for MIDs (mobile Internet devices) and UMPCs (ultra-mobile PCs) at the Intel Developer Forum in Santa Clara this week. The Finnish Linux device software and services provider says its Application Suite and Communicator Suite can help Linux device makers deliver great “converged IP communications” experiences. (more…)

Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of “Moore's Law,” received a standing ovation both at the beginning and end of his ESC keynote in Boston this week. Moore reflected on the founding of Intel, its impact on the modern PC industry, and other topics. (more…)

Software test tools vendor Coverity claims to be shipping the first software debugger based on Boolean satisfiability. Long-used to test IC designs before sending them to the foundry, Boolean satisfiability can come much closer to testing every possible code execution path than the dynamic debuggers popular in software testing today, Coverity claims. (more…)

Horizon Semiconductors has announced a system-on-chip (SoC) that integrates multi-standard, dual-channel HD decoder, MPEG2/4 decoder, audio processor, and graphics accelerator functions. Aimed at STB (set-top box) and DVR (digital video recorder) applications, the Hz3120 and Hz4120 also include a “high performance”… (more…)