Simtec Electronics announced the availability of a “not-yet-official” Debian GNU/Linux boot disk for ARM processors. The company said it has sponsored the development of the boot disk, and that the changes will be included in the next Debian release (3.0r2); but in the mean time, the boot disk can be downloaded from Simtec's website. (more…)

There have been several rumors of Sharp discontinuing its Zaurus PDA line in Europe. The company apparently plans to further study the market potential for its Zaurus PDAs in Europe before commiting to future Zaurus marketing efforts there. The following is an excerpt from an announcement by Sharp, published on its German website and translated via Babelfish . (more…)

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) announced a new member of its Interprise “integrated communications processor” family. The new RC32336 processor — which is based on a 180MHz 32-bit MIPS architecture CPU core and includes an SDRAM memory controller, dual Ethernet MACs, serial and digital I/O, and a PCMCIA interface — is aimed at wireless gateway and wireless access point applications, IDT said. (more…)

Wyse Technology announced a pair of Linux-based thin-client terminals today, which the company said will “address the rapidly expanding Linux thin-client market . . . and allow [it] to maintain its dominance of the worldwide thin-client market.” Data from market research firm IDC indicates that the worldwide Linux thin-client market grew more than 80% in 2002, Wyse said. (more…)

[Updated Jul. 15, 2003] — The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) entered a new phase of its standardization activity today, as it launched three key new initiatives aimed at developing specifications covering user interfaces, real-time performance, and power management for embedded Linux based systems and devices. (more…)

The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) issued the following statement today, regarding the recently announced Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) and its relationship to the ELC . . . (more…)

Intrinsyc Software announced the availability of its new “CerfCube” reference platform based on an IBM PowerPC 405EP embedded processor. The tiny system can be used as is — or it can serve as a reference design — for applications including server appliances, data collection devices, scanners, network routers and… (more…)

The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is one of the most respected implementations of Linux, and is growing in popularity across the full spectrum of computer applications — including embedded systems. (more…)

Owasys has developed a pair of Linux-based wireless terminals for remote management applications in automotive and industrial environments. The automotive model can be used for fleet management, automatic vehicle location, emergency and theft monitoring, in-car telephony, onboard telematics, and vehicle positioning services. (more…)

SDG Systems, LLC (Cranberry Twp, PA) announced today that it is now selling G.MATE's Yopy YP-3500 and YP-3700 Linux PDAs. The company said it will sell the Yopy PDA and provide technical and warranty support. (more…)

Extended Systems announced the latest release of its Bluetooth software development kit (SDK) that supports Linux and other embedded operating systems. (more…)

MontaVista Software announced the establishment of a dedicated office in Seoul, Korea. The office will market and support the full range of MontaVista's embedded Linux products, and is under the direction of S. Y. Kwon, general manager for MontaVista Korea. The new office in Korea adds to the company's presence in the Asia Pacific region, which already spans Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Taiwan, and… (more…)

Owasys has developed a pair of Linux-based wireless terminals for remote management applications in automotive and industrial environments. The automotive model (Owa22A) can be used for fleet management, automatic vehicle location, emergency and theft monitoring, in-car telephony, onboard telematics, and vehicle positioning services. (more…)

Arcom announced the release of a “ready-to-run” embedded Linux kit based on its “Viper” XScale-based PC/104 form-factor single-board computer (SBC) and an Arcom-generated implementation of embedded Linux. The hardware/software kit includes the Viper PC/104 SBC fitted with 64MB DRAM and 16MB Flash memory packaged in a compact industrial enclosure, an uninterruptible power supply, serial and Ethernet… (more…)

Metrowerks Corp. announced that its Linux-based “OpenPDA” mobile device software platform now supports AMD's Alchemy Solutions Au1100 system-on-chip processor. AMD targets the Au1100 at mobile information appliances including Web pads, telematics, PDAs, and multimedia handheld computing devices. (more…)