Allentown, PA — (press release) — Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group today introduced an exceptionally small, low-power chip set that equips Internet appliances, set-top boxes, multi-function peripherals, fax machines, and electronic games with both fax and data services, such as the capability to download text, audio, and graphics at up to 56 kilobits per second (Kbit/s). (more…)

Triscend Corporation (Mountain View, CA), has introduced what it claims is “the industry's first 32-bit Configurable System-on-Chip” (CSoC). The A7 CSoC contains an ARM7TDMI CPU core, memory, a variety of system controllers, plus a large array (up to 40,000) of user-configurable gates. (more…)

Tel Aviv, ISRAEL — (press release) — M-Systems today announced the acquisition of Fortress U&T Ltd., a privately held, Israel-based data security company, for approximately $8 million in an all cash deal. As part of this deal, Fortress' 25 employees, including 19 research and development engineers, will join M-Systems. (more…)

Hillsboro, OR — (press release) — RadiSys Corp. and LynuxWorks have announced plans to develop an Open Architecture High-Availability Linux system targeted for telecom and embedded system applications which require “5NINES” or better availability. “5NINES” availability refers to system availability greater than 99.999% of the time, implying five minutes or less down time per year. (more…)

Geeknews.org's Mike Denton has interviewed Frank Smith, of The Embedded Debian Project. In this interesting interview, Smith provides detailed background on the Embedded Debian Project including its origins, goals, status, and future plans. (more…)

Ampro Computers, well known as the creator of the PC/104, PC/104-Plus, and EBX embedded computer standards, has just unveiled a new form-factor for embedded single-board computers (SBCs). Measuring 100mm x 145mm (see photo), the new form-factor is nearly identical in size to the popular 3U Eurocard format. (more…)

National Semiconductor has taken the wraps off a triad of highly integrated system-on-chip (SOC) devices — and in the process, has proclaimed a new standard for highly integrated SOCs: “appliance-on-chip”. The three new devices are the latest members of National's highly successful Geode family. (more…)

Seoul, KOREA — (press release) — PalmPalm Technology today announced a forum on the topic, “Integration of Embedded Linux and Wireless Internet”, which will be held on Thursday, September 21, 2000 (from 14:00-18:00) at the Conference Room of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. (more…)

Dallas, TX — (press release) — QSLinux, targeted for PowerPC based embedded systems, received a boost in performance and flexibility. The latest release adds provisions for configuring the operational clock speed of the target processor. (more…)

Tempe, AZ — (press release) — DevelopOnline today announced a breakthrough in the time to market for PDAs, Internet appliances, and other intelligent electronic products with the launch of its Web site, DevelopOnline.com on Oct. 2. DevelopOnline will preview their Web site at the Embedded Systems Conference next week in San Jose, CA. (more…)

In this guest column, Lineo's Jeff Dionne demystifies the issues of real-time, and clarifies the distinctions between hard and soft real-time operating systems (RTOSes). Dionne writes . . . (more…)

(press release) — RockSolid Enterprises will demonstrate the first of its RockSolid Box line of Internet Access Devices (IADs) in Atlanta during the week of September 26 at the Networld+Interop / Linux Business Expo 2000 trade shows. (more…)

If you want to use Linux as the basis of a real-time application, there are a great many options you can choose from in order to enhance the real-time responsiveness of Linux. Given the somewhat bewildering variety of alternatives, LinuxDevices.com has created the “Real-time Linux Quick Reference Guide”, which we hope will assist you in locating Linux-based solutions that match your system requirements. (more…)

Milestone #5 of Bayonne, the telephony server of the GNU project, has been released and is available from this ftp site. This new milestone offers support for both GNU/Linux and FreeBSD systems. Pre-build FreeBSD packages for Bayonne may be found this ftp… (more…)

How hard is real-time?

The idea and ideal of real-time has become very important to Linux developers. Linux has grown into a full-featured operating system, suitable for many embedded applications. One area that has received a great deal of attention is the potential for using Linux, RTLinux, and RTAI in mission critical applications. (more…)