Freescale is readying its first PowerQUICC III SoCs (system-on-chip processors) to feature microcode-programmable QUICC engines. The MPC8568E and MPC8567E will clock up to 1.33GHz, and target 3G/WiMAX/LTE (“long-term evolution”) basestations, RNCs (radio network controllers), gateways, and ATM/TDM/IP equipment,… (more…)

Technologic continues to reduce the boot time, price, and size of its embedded boards and systems targeting remote sensing and other power-critical applications. Its new $100 ARM9-based TS-7400 board can boot Linux in 1.1 seconds, and is available as part of a tiny WiFi-enabled system. (more…)

VirtualLogix (formerly “Jaluna”) has joined the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP), and has registered its virtualization product for mobile phones with the organization's “Trusted Environment” recommendations. The company is the first to register a product under the OMTP's new beta-stage “product profile conformance” process, it says. (more…)

Box Populi, formerly “Webcast in a box,” has used Linux to create a podcast capture appliance that aims to make podcasting as dead-simple as possible, in order to give everyone a “voice in public discourse, not just those who own TV towers.” (more…)

Infineon is shipping a Linux-based hardware/software reference design for integrated access devices (IADs). The ADSL2+ Residential Gateway (RG) design is based on an Infineon MIPS32 SoC (system-on-chip) with integrated VoIP (voice-over-IP) co-processor and ADSL2/2+ transceiver. The design also offers 802.11n connectivity and a DECT (digital enhanced cordless telecommunications) base station. (more…)

Fabless semiconductor vendor Cavium will ship a new line of multi-core MIPS64-based network and security processors early next year. The Octeon Plus CN58xx chips will come with Linux SDKs (software development kits), and will offer full-duplex 10 Gigabit performance within tight power envelopes and size limitations, according… (more…)

MontaVista says its commercial embedded Linux distribution now supports a dual-core Freescale SoC (system-on-chip) processor aimed at networking and telecommunications applications. MontaVista Linux Professional Edition is now available with a “Linux support package” (LSP) for Freescale's MPC8641D processor, which integrates two e600 PowerPC cores clocked at up to 1.5GHz. (more…)

Box Populi, formerly “Webcast in a box,” has used Linux to create a podcast capture appliance aimed at corporations, schools, radio stations, and churches. The “Podcast in a Box” (PIAB) appliance records when a USB key is inserted, uploading to a server upon key removal. (more…)

Whole-house stereo specialist Russound used embedded Linux in its first media server. It stores and plays music files directly, rather than streaming them over a network, can tune in Internet radio stations, and can store photos and display them on TVs via S-video or component video. (more…)

IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks and AlphaWorks websites. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics, primarily related to Linux and open source system development. Some require free registration. Enjoy . . . ! (more…)

LinuxDevices.com's roving reporter returned with photos and presentation slides from last night's SDForum meeting in Palo Alto, where mobile Linux experts Bill Weinberg (OSDL), Benoit Schillings (Trolltech), and John Cook (Access/Palmsource) teamed up on a presentation… (more…)

It's official: mini-ITX is making a “huge splash” in the single-board computer (SBC) market, according to embedded-industry analyst firm VDC. Sales of the small, low-power, low-heat boards with rich PC I/O have grown at a compound annual rate of 22.5 percent over the last four years, VDC figures. (more…)

[Updated Oct. 11] — McObject is shipping a “micro-footprint” version of its dual-licensed Java object database. The company says Perst Lite works with Sun's J2ME (Java 2, micro edition), yet retains “most of the features” of Perst, including a variety of index options, collections methods, and ACID transactions. (more…)

Imagination Technologies will tout its newest graphics cores for SoCs (system-on-chip processors), and discuss the Khronos Group's two parallel OpenGL ES (embedded subset) standards, in a talk entitled, “The world's first OpenGL ES 2.0 mobile GPU core” at the Microprocessor Forum next week in San… (more…)

Whole-house stereo specialist Russound used embedded Linux as the basis of its first media server. The SMS3 is a hard-drive-based media server for standalone or multi-zone use. (more…)