Network and storage products vendor Team ASA has announced its first “Single Board Networking Computer” (SBNC) with dual processors. The NPWR-DP comes standard with Linux, although Wasabi NetBSD also available. (more…)

Aleph One is shipping a one-ounce, one-watt, 206MHz StrongARM-based single-board computer (SBC) that comes pre-installed with embedded Linux and features an “open source” hardware design. (more…)

MontaVista Software today announced that CEO Jim Ready will serve on the board of directors of the newly formed not-for-profit Eclipse corporation, of which MontaVista will be a founding “Strategic” member. Additionally, MontaVista is sponsoring and presenting a session at this week's “Eclipse.con” trade show in Anaheim, Calif. (more…)

Java originator and owner Sun Microsystems last week sent an “open letter” to members of Eclipse.org congratulating the organization on its “transition to independence” from founder IBM (see related story), and challenging it to work with Sun toward the common, “big picture” goal of promoting the Java platform. (more…)

The Eclipse Board of Stewards announced that Eclipse has re-organized, changing from an industry consortium to a not-for-profit corporation with a full-time management organization. A board of directors will be formed to oversee and staff the management organization. The board expects to announce an Executive Director in the coming weeks. (more…)

In an acknowledgement of the growing popularity of Linux among developers, QNX Software Systems has added support for Linux development hosts to its Eclipse-based Momentics embedded development suite. The Momentics development suite supports development targets running QNX Neutrino, a popular, proprietary POSIX-compatible hard real-time OS. (more…)

Updated Jan. 31 — Lycoris will ship a version of its desktop Linux operating system (OS) designed specifically for handheld devices in Q2, 2004. The OS, dubbed Desktop/LX Pocket PC Edition (DL-PPC), will provide a “commercial-ready” and user-friendly OS that Lycoris hopes to license to device designers as well as market… (more…)

A company based in Hong Kong reports growing sales of a $15-$30 CPU chip that, in conjunction with embedded Linux, it believes can help replace costly Wintel systems in China, the world's second-largest PC market. For now, Culturecom Holdings will target its inexpensive V-Dragon chip at embedded Linux devices and special-purpose computers, but hopes one day to challenge Wintel in the Chinese… (more…)

A German-language conference on embedded Linux in industrial control and automation will take place March 4-5 in Hannover, Germany. Co-sponsored by the Universität Hannover, the conference provides an opportunity for European companies and computer science students to meet and learn about the rapid adoption of Linux for industrial control applications. (more…)

Rick Lehrbaum, founder and editor-in-chief of LinuxDevices.com, will give a noontime keynote address today at a conference in San Jose, Calif., on the state of the embedded Linux market. Lehrbaum's presentation is also available online for the benefit of those unable to attend. (more…)

ARM announced plans to acquire Triscend, a pioneer in configurable system-on-chip (CSoC) processors and customizable microcontrollers. Founded in 1997, Triscend is a 41-person, privately-held, venture capital-funded company based in Mountain View, Calif. (more…)

A new single board computer (SBC) company plans to form around a chewing gum-sized SBC running embedded Linux currently being prepared for market. “Gumstix” plans to launch as a company within two to three weeks, according to sources close to the Gumtix project. (more…)

This interview with Dr. Inder Singh, CEO of LynuxWorks, is the second in LinuxDevices.com's CEO/CTO interview series. It addresses the emergence of Linux as a standard the embedded industry can unite around, how LynuxWorks is prepared to respond to copyright infringement cases, real-time performance in the 2.6… (more…)

[Updated May 6, 2004] — Data Design Corp has launched a micro-miniature single-board computer (SBC) which it claims provides a powerful Linux system on a truly tiny board. Based on a PowerPC 405GPr processor clocked up to 400MHz, the “Linux Rocket” SBC includes DDC's custom PPC Linux kernel and flash… (more…)

WindowsForDevices.com has published an extensive interview with Scott Horn, director of marketing for Microsoft's Embedded Devices Group, in which Horn discusses the embedded marketplace in general and Microsoft's strategic roadmap. The interview may interest embedded Linux developers for its discussions of the embedded market as a whole, and for the view it provides of Microsoft's competitive… (more…)