IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks website. 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…)

Eurotech has released a a low power, RoHS-compliant PC/104-Plus single-board computer (SBC) that runs Linux and other popular embedded operating systems. The CPU-1421 is based on an AMD Elan processor and targets high-reliability, low-power applications in transportation, industrial, medical, and military… (more…)

Forty-one percent of embedded developers surveyed have heard of “DSO,” but only 12 percent say they know what it is, according to Venture Development Corp. (VDC), whose latest study assesses DSO acceptance in light of “significant time and resources” spent by vendors to define and execute their DSO strategies. (more…)

American Arium says it will offer a Linux development kit for Motorola's i.MX21 mobile applications processor. The LC-500MX21 kit, to ship at an unspecified date, will include Arium's LC-500 JTAG emulator, Linux-hosted SourcePoint debugger software, GNU tools, and an i.MX21 application… (more…)

On July 27, the FSF (Free Software Foundation) and the SFLC (Software Freedom Law Center) released the next discussion draft of the GNU GPL (General Public License) version 3. (more…)

FSMLabs has updated its real-time Linux overlay and toolsuite, adding real-time networking improvements, A/D drivers, an Eclipse-based IDE, and support for 2.6.16 kernels on x86, among other improvements. The RTLinuxPro Development Kit 2.2.3 targets hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulation, telecom and network equipment, enterprise/factory real-time, and mobile devices, according to the company. (more…)

[Updated Jan. 12, 2007] — Motorola will “abandon” its proprietary P2K mobile phone OS — currently used in the Razr and other featurephones — in favor of a Linux/Java environment, reports PC Magazine. (more…)

McObject has released a 64-bit version of its ExtremeDB 3.0 IMDS (in-memory database system). ExtremeDB-64 supports much larger databases, offers “instantaneous sorting, retrieval, and manipulation of massive databases,” and targets engineering, science, computer simulation, finance, game production applications, the company says. (more…)

NEC, Matsushita, and Panasonic Mobile Communications say they have signed a memorandum of understanding, and will establish a joint venture devoted to mobile phones. The as-yet-unnamed venture will launch in October, and offer contract mobile phone handset development, including software, and silicon known as… (more…)

SSV Embedded Systems is shipping a tiny processor module targeting complex industrial communications applications. The ARM9-based DNP/9200 single-board computer (SBC) comes pre-installed with Linux, and is available in a Starter Kit that includes an evaluation board with a socket for a GSM/GPRS modem and SIM card. (more…)

Connect One is shipping a secure IP (Internet protocol) coprocessor chip aimed at adding encrypted WiFi connectivity to cost-constrained machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. The iChipSec CO711AG coprocessor offloads the overhead of sending and receiving secure data over 802.11b/g wireless networks using a wide… (more…)

Linux developers building Java-capable devices can now take advantage of a standardized, component-based method for remotely managing deployed software, thanks to patent pledges from the OSGi Alliance and members IBM, Nokia, Samsung, ProSyst, and Gatespace Telematics. The pledges appear to allow royalty-free implementations of OSGi Service Platform R4.0, previously available only to Alliance… (more…)

[Updated Jul. 27] — Wind River says it supports Linux on a dual-core Freescale communications processor capable of SMP or AMP operation (symmetric or asymmetric multiprocessing). The company's Linux implementation for the MPC8641D is available with hardware and software tools, run-time environments, and middleware, including message-passing middleware based on TIPC (transparent interprocess… (more…)

Motorola shipped a million Linux-based smartphones in China last quarter, making it the second-largest vendor of smart mobile devices, according to Canalys. Chinese smartphone shipments enabled Motorola to pass RIM, Sharp, and Palm, but the number-two mobile phone vendor still trails Nokia by a… (more…)

Amptronix used Linux as the embedded operating system in a 4-channel mobile DVR (digital video recorder) targeting high-end security applications in law enforcement, aviation, military, and public transportation. (more…)