A team of former STMicroelectronics engineers in Italy and Britain has created a single-core version of Sun's 8-way, 64-bit, GPL-licensed OpenSPARC T1 processor core. Simply RISC's free, open “S1” core can run Ubuntu Linux, and targets embedded devices such as PDAs, set-top boxes, and digital cameras, the company says. (more…)

Italian start-up Mazatech is offering the second technology preview of its commercial library for hardware-accelerated 2D vector graphics on small-screen embedded devices. The company's AmanithVG library implements the Khronos Group's entire OpenVG specification, using a pair of 3D APIs, also from the Khronos… (more…)

TimeSys will offer a series of educational webinars on Linux board bring-up and Linux real-time requirements and options, this fall. Additionally, the company will also offer several webinars aimed at documenting the LinuxLink sevices it offers to embedded Linux developers. (more…)

This EDC whitepaper explores the progress and prospects of Linux in the mobile phone market, examining major vendors, application development trends, geographic factors, and Linux drivers/inhibitors. (more…)

A forthcoming portable media player (PMP) from Archos will be based on embedded Linux, confirms Opera Software, which will supply its Opera Web browser for the device. The Archos 604 WiFi will probably resemble Archos's currently available 604 model, but with added wireless networking and possibly a… (more…)

Foreword — This EDC whitepaper was commissioned by PalmSource. It explores the progress and prospects of Linux in the mobile phone market, looking at major stack vendors, geographic trends, drivers, and inhibitors. It also includes research data from EDC's surveys of mobile application developers. Enjoy . . . ! (more…)

Dutch mesh networking specialist Hopling Technologies will develop and support Linux BSPs (board support packages) for Fujitsu's WiMAX SoCs and reference designs, the companies have announced. (more…)

AML is shipping a pair of new handheld data terminals based on embedded Linux. The basic M5900 and ruggedized M5900i for industrial applications target batch data collection applications, including inventory control, factory floor management, price verification, shipping/receiving, and asset tracking. (more…)

Open source robot simulation software simplifies the creation of physical Linux-based robots, according to an overview article at IBM's DeveloperWorks site. Simulators such as ODE, Simbad, TeamBots, KControl, Gazebo, and Carmen can help test ideas before putting them into hardware, writes author M. (more…)

Opera Software will resell Adobe's Flash Player 7 SDK (software development kit) to customers of its Opera for Devices SDK. The agreement should simplify the licensing picture for Linux device designers interested in deploying a “full Internet” browser that supports Flash-based browsing, or Flash-based user interfaces, the… (more…)

Flash chipmaker Samsung Electronics is sampling a chip that combines up to 4 gigabytes of NAND flash with a multimedia card (MMC) controller. MoviNAND presents the system with a high-speed MMC serial interface, resulting in the “fastest mobile data processing possible,” at up to 52 MB/sec, according to Samsung. (more…)

AML is shipping a pair of new handheld data terminals based on embedded Linux. The basic M5900 and ruggedized M5900i for industrial applications target batch data collection applications, including inventory control, factory floor management, price verification, shipping/receiving, and asset tracking. (more…)

[Updated Sep. 8] — Embedded software powerhouse Wind River on Aug. 31 reported strong preliminary Q2 results, highlighted by growing Linux-based platform “dominance.” However, an ongoing, voluntary audit of the company's stock option program, as well as “erratic” historical performance, has investment magazine Motley Fool advising a “hands-off” approach to the stock, for now. (more…)

An annual technical and business conference devoted to smartphones of all stripes, including Linux smartphones, is set for Sept. 11, in Los Angeles. This year's Smartphone Summit is co-located with the CTIA Wireless Show, Sept. (more…)

An open source project maintaining a free DOS-compatible operating system commonly used in embedded devices such as cash registers has achieved its first-ever major release. FreeDOS 1.0 features improved file, memory, and CD-ROM subsystems, and now provides a “stable and viable MS-DOS replacement,” according to a project spokesperson. (more…)