San Jose, CA; Wireless/Portable Symposium — (press release excerpt) — Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA) and Parthus Technologies announced today that SMA has licensed Parthus' InfoStream mobile computing platform. Future SMA system-on-chip (SOC) products incorporating InfoStream will target mobile computing devices with the equivalent processing capability of a desktop PC, but with the… (more…)

LinuxDevices.com's Rick Lehrbaum catches up with David Woodhouse, leader of the open source Memory Device Technology project, to learn more about the “bigger picture” of 2.4.0's built-in support for memory-based storage media such as the M-Systems DiskOnChip . . . (more…)

Although I had heard that Linux kernel 2.4.0 now contains Memory Technology Device (MTD) support directly within the kernel, I wasn't clear about how extensive the built-in support is. I therefore contacted MTD project leader David Woodhouse and asked him to clarify the “bigger picture” of 2.4.0's built-in support for devices such as the M-Systems DiskOnChip. (more…)

The “Aries Integrated Server” from Celestix is designed for easy-to-use resource-sharing and Internet access for small workgroups of up to 50 users. The device, which contains an embedded Linux operating system, is meant to serve as a fast way to connect a small network to the Internet. (more…)

Paris, France; Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — Interface Concept has selected MontaVista Software's Hard Hat Linux operating system to run the company's new high performance LAN-WAN remote access communications server and Ethernet switches. Interface Concept is a manufacturer of high-performance communications boards and systems for integrated voice and data transmission systems, and remote… (more…)

telos is pleased to announce the first public release of the new Linux boot loader called “alios”, available under the terms of the GNU General Public License. alios has been designed to completely eliminate the need for a BIOS and to load the Linux kernel image from solid state memory such as Flash ROM. (more…)

. . . well, almost . . . Ottawa, Canada — (press release excerpt) — Espial has announced the 2nd devicetop.com Smart Device Application Contest. The competition promotes and recognizes excellence in the development of software for smart Internet devices, such as webphones, interactive TVs, wireless devices, and automotive in-vehicle systems. (more…)

In his guest editorial about the RTLinux patent, Jerry Epplin makes the point that mixing a patent with GPL turns GPL into something that seems contrary to the intent of the creators of the GPL license. (more…)

Palo Alto, CA — (press release excerpt) — Hewlett-Packard Company today introduced HP MicrochaiVM, the micro edition of HP ChaiVM, a Java application environment for intelligent appliances. MicrochaiVM was developed for use in extremely resource-constrained devices such as cell phones, pagers, personal digital assistants and point-of-sale terminals. (more…)

In his guest editorial about the RTLinux patent, Jerry Epplin makes the point that mixing a patent with GPL turns GPL into something that seems contrary to the intent of the creators of the GPL license. (more…)

The “canD” is a very small, stylish, easy-to-install Linux-based TV set-top box designed to provide convenient Internet access to beginners and non-computer users. The new consumer Internet appliance is part of a wave of Asian-manufactured Linux-based consumer products that will begin hitting retail shelves this year. (more…)

In this guest editorial, Jerry Epplin takes a look at the recently unveiled RTLinux patent, including a summary of what the patent says, the implications of the patent to the GPL status of RTLinux, and some of the issues and concerns that may arise when developing applications that incorporate RTLinux. Epplin writes . . . (more…)

Foreword: In this guest editorial, Jerry Epplin takes a look at the recently unveiled RTLinux patent, including a summary of what the patent says, the implications of the patent to the GPL status of RTLinux, and some of the issues and concerns that may arise when developing applications that incorporate RTLinux. (more…)

This is the slide presentation given by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum at the recent Real-Time and Embedded Systems Forum held on February 6, 2001 in San Jose, CA. Topics discussed include . (more…)

LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum takes his customary “walk on the embedded side” of the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo held last week in New York City. In this article, Lehrbaum describes what he observed and gives his impressions of current trends in Embedded Linux — the next big frontier for Linux . . . (more…)