Waltham, MA — (press release excerpt) — NetSilicon, Inc. today announced upgrades to its NET+Works platforms, which integrate software support with the company's NET+ARM system-on-chip (SOC) processors. (more…)

Rick Lehrbaum writes . . .

In a stunning manifestation of just how much impact Linux has had on the embedded software market, market leader Wind River Systems Inc. today announced its plan to acquire the software assets of Berkeley Software Design Inc. (BSDi). (more…)

By Stephen Shankland; Special to ZDNet News . . .

In a major upheaval in the open-source software market, Wind River Systems has acquired Berkeley Software Design's version of Unix, merging the realms of proprietary and freely shared software. (more…)

The presentation slides from the Brussels meeting of the Open Group's Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum, held March 22, 2001, are now available online . . .

• Market Drivers for Real-time & Embedded Systems, by Martin Timmerman of Dedicated Systems Experts (more…)

Ottawa, Canada — (press release excerpt) — QNX Software Systems Ltd. reports that the Get QNX program, launched in September 2000, has achieved a significant milestone — one million downloads. In addition, another two million free QNX real-time platform CDs have been distributed with trade magazines worldwide. (more…)

Half Moon Bay, CA — (press release excerpt) — OnCore Systems Corporation today announced plans to support the use of VxWorks applications in a mixed OS environment that can include Linux, pSOS, POSIX, and other OS platforms. Developers will be able to combine VxWorks and Linux applications on a single processor while maintaining, and possibly improving, real-time performance. (more…)

Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Trolltech is expanding its “Qt University” education program. Many computer science departments are already taking advantage of the well-known open source version of Qt for Unix. Through Trolltech's Education Program, those who wish to teach Qt in a Windows-based environment can now receive a free site license for Qt/Windows. (more…)

Santa Barbara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Green Hills Software today announced that it will make its MULTI 2000 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) available for embedded Linux systems. The MULTI 2000 IDE, hosted on Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, and Linux systems, will greatly simplify the development of sophisticated applications for embedded target systems running the embedded Linux operating… (more…)

Waltham, MA — (press release excerpt) — NetSilicon, Inc. today launched its highest performance system-on-chip (SOC) processor, the NET+50. The NET+50 is a completely integrated hardware and software solution designed for OEMs of network-connected electronic devices. (more…)

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo Inc. today announced the availability of Lineo Embedix Software Development Kit (SDK) 2.0, a powerful development environment for configuring, customizing, and deploying Linux-based embedded software solutions. (more…)

St. Louis, MO — (press release excerpt) — Amiga Inc. today announced a long-term partnership with Sharp Corporation in which Amiga will develop content for next-generation Sharp handheld computing devices. In March, Sharp announced its plans to market a Linux-based PDA in the United States and Europe as one of the… (more…)

This is the slide presentation given by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum at the recent Colorado Linux Info Quest (CLIQ) conference held on March 30, 2001 in Denver, CO. Topics discussed include . . .

• Why use Linux in embedded applications?
• Results of the 2000 Embedded Linux Market Survey
• A brief overview of two dozen embedded Linux based “devices”
• Rick's predictions on… (more…)

Orange County, CA — (press release excerpt) — Agenda Computing will officially launch the world's first-ever pure Linux PDA, the Agenda VR3, at Spring Comdex in Chicago to the U.S. consumer market on April 3, 2001. (more…)

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Need to learn the ins and outs of using Linux for your embedded devices? Lineo Education Services is offering training that will jump start your project, providing you with hands-on learning. Included with the course is the uClinux distribution and a uCsimm developer board, so you can continue to practice and develop your skills long after the course is over. (more…)

Half Moon Bay, CA — (press release excerpt) — OnCore Systems Corporation today announced that it has established a wholly owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom to serve as a base for European operations. The new European headquarters will be headed up by Philip Johnson, who will serve as the Director of European Operations. (more…)