Mellanox Technologies has introduced Linux NFS-RDMA (network file system over remote direct memory access) support for its Infiniband adapters. The company claims its NFS-RDMA support delivers Infiniband read and write throughputs of 1.3GB/sec and 600MB/sec, respectively, over a single InfiniBand link, “a ten-fold improvement over existing NFS over Gigabit Ethernet.”

InfiniBand is a high-speed I/O… (more…)

SAN FRANCISCO — Sprint will offer a Mobile WiMAX-enabled version of Nokia's N800 Internet Tablet to North American customers next year, LinuxDevices has learned. The new device will support Sprint's grand scheme of making WiMAX-based 4G wireless services available to over 100 million people during 2008. (more…)

Access has introduced a software reference design for Linux mobile phones based on Marvell's PXA30x and PXA31x (“Monahans”) embedded processors. At LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week, the companies are demonstrating Marvell's “Littleton” reference design running Access Linux Platform (ALP), together with… (more…)

SyChip Inc. has announced the first in what it says will be a family of WiMAX modules. The WiMAX95xx supports embedded Linux, and “targets consumer electronics [devices]… where high integration and fast design cycles are highly valued.” (more…)

Raza Microelectronics Inc. (RMI) announced that two of its multi-core, multi-threaded MIPS-based processor families are now supported by Wind River's Carrier Grade Linux distribution. Wind River's Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition (PNE-LE) includes multi-threaded debugging capabilities that speed development on RMIs XLR and XLS chip families, the companies claim. (more…)

SAN FRANCISCO — It finally happened. Motorola last month quietly shipped its first Linux-based mobile phone “bound for North America,” it said. Additionally, the world's third-largest handset vendor (Mot was passed up by Samsung this year) is offering new “MotoMAGX” tools to support native Linux apps. (more…)

Palm today announced that when it ships later “this summer,” the Foleo mobile companion will come equipped with remote PC access software from LogMeIn. The software will enable users to quickly and securely access files and network resources on their home or work computers, Palm said. (more…)

Palm's Linux-based Foleo “mobile companion” — expected to ship “this summer,” according to Palm — will utilize Wind River's embedded Linux distribution and tools, Wind River has announced. (more…)

Access is sampling a new version of its Linux distribution and development tools said to support “the latest ABI” (application binary interface) for ARM, thanks to integration with CodeSourcery's G++ toolchain. Additionally, Access says its partner ecosystem has gained eight embedded software vendors and development service providers. (more…)

One of the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs) has joined the Linux Foundation (LF), with an eye toward helping improve Carrier Grade Linux (CGL). Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) said it plans to contribute financial and technical resources aimed at “further integration” of CGL with the Linux Standards Base (LSB). (more…)

[Updated 11:45] — Terminal and network computing giant Wyse has announced plans to support Novell's thin client Linux OS in “next generation” products. Wyse said the deal will offer greater flexibility and choice to its customers, especially those wishing to standardize on SUSE Linux throughout the enterprise. (more…)

The LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation, an industry group building a common software stack for Linux-based mobile phones, today announced a dozen new members. The organization also disclosed that rival Symbian's longtime Senior VP of Sales and Professional Services, Morgan Gillis, will soon become its Executive Director. (more…)

Mercury Computer Systems has ported its multi-core software development kit (SDK) to Sony's Playstation3 gaming console. The company said its “MultiCore Plus SDK for PS3 — Base Package” lets developers exploit the PS3's powerful Cell processor for general-purpose, low-cost,… (more…)

SiCortex, claiming to be the first company to engineer a Linux cluster from the silicon up, has secured $10 million in venture capital. The funds have arrived as the company “launches its super energy efficient high performance Linux cluster computers,” SiCortex said. (more…)

Google's first mobile phone will run a Linux operating system on a Texas Instruments “Edge” chipset, and will likely ship to T-Mobile and Orange customers in the Spring of 2008, according to unconfirmed reports. “GPhone” call minutes and text messages reportedly will be funded by mobile advertising. (more…)