If you have a high-end DVD player with built-in networking, or an IP set-top-box (STB) with a built-in DVD player, odds are that Linux runs in your family room. Sigma, which claims to be the marketshare leader in “IP STB” chips, says it has shipped “about a million” DVD player system-on-chip processors that run its… (more…)

Digital video and training software vendor CyberLink Corp. is shipping PowerDVD Linux, its Linux DVD playback software for embedded Linux devices. The software targets multimedia set-top box (STB) system integrators and suppliers, according to CyberLink, and features high-quality video playback, Dolby Digital, fast forward, backward, pause, change skin, and more. (more…)

This LinuxDevices.com guide to mini-ITX motherboards in the world of embedded Linux provides an introduction to mini-ITX and aggregates news stories, project features, board announcements, and more. (more…)

German embedded multimedia company MyCable has added a larger case option and a graphics card to its “XXS” line of incredibly small systems based on AMD's Alchemy processor. The modules are delivered with a Linux development kit, and target high-end embedded multimedia, networking, and control systems. (more…)

Foreword: The following open letter to the EE Times responds to this editorial by Green Hills Software CEO Dan O'Dowd, in which O'Dowd denies the existence of a market for embedded Linux development tools. (more…)

This LinuxDevices.com guide to mini-ITX motherboards in the world of embedded Linux provides an introduction to mini-ITX and aggregates news stories, project features, board announcements, and more. Read each article and follow the emergence of mini-ITX as one of the key form-factors for embedded Linux based products and projects! (more…)

CSK Auto, the largest auto parts chain in the Western U.S., with with 1,100 Checker, Schuck's, and Kragen auto parts stores in 19 states, is moving to a Linux-based point-of-sale (POS) system implemented by POS device and open systems software development specialist Ultimate Technology. (more…)

German single-board computer vendor Lippert is shipping a passively cooled version of its Centrino-like Thunderbird mini-ITX board based on an Intel Pentium M running at 1.3GHz. An actively cooled version running at 1.6GHz has been available since… (more…)

This brief interview with Beagle-2 mission control software Principal Developer Stewart Hall sheds light on the emerging role of Linux in European space missions, including the recent Beagle-2 mission. (more…)

HP has announced Linux-related revenues exceeding $2.5 billion dollars for 2003. The company also announced that its diskless thin-client workstations support LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) software, that several notebooks and workstatins are certified to run SuSE Linux, and that high-availability clustering software is now available for 64-bit systems. (more…)

In an editorial published by EE Times, Dan O'Dowd makes dire forecasts about the embedded Linux tools market. O'Dowd opines, essentially, that the Linux tools market will die because anyone willing to pay for tools will also be willing to pay for a higher quality, proprietary operating system. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com today launched its fourth annual Embedded Linux Market Survey, and invites all readers to participate. The brief survey — just 17 questions — probes developer preferences and industry trends. Over the last four years, the survey has become an important resource for industry analysts and decision makers. (more…)

Below is a brief interview with Stewart Hall, principal developer of the Linux-based Mission Control Software and Mission Planning Software for the European Beagle-2 Mars lander project (B2MCS and B2MPS, respectively). (more…)

German mobile infrastructure specialist Giga Stream has used MontaVista Linux Professional running in a carrier grade application environment to build a “Universal Navigation Switch” (UNS) that integrates voice, data, and radio access to support seamless roaming between Radio Access Networks (RANs) and Wireless LANs. (more…)

eCosCentric says that it, too, will assign its eCos-related copyrights to the Free Software Foundation (FSF), following yesterday's announcement that Red Hat would do likewise. eCosCentric believes that copyright unification under the FSF will benefit the entire eCos developer community and increase eCos's share of the… (more…)