Sandy, UT — (press release) — Linux NetworX, Inc., a specialist in large-scale clustered computer solutions for Internet, industry and research fields, announced today the release of its cluster management software, ClusterWorX version 1.2. ClusterWorX allows users of Linux NetworX cluster systems to control the cluster as one single system and provides remote monitoring and management capabilities. (more…)

SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.) has announced a new Flash storage option for the embedded market, the ATA-Disk Chip (ADC), which the company claims represents the industry's first ATA Flash drive in a common 32-pin DIP IC package. Since the ADC mimics normal IDE drives, from both a hardware and software perspective, designing embedded Linux systems with it should be simple. (more…)

SpeechWorks International, Inc. (Boston, MA) has announced an initiative called the Open Speech Web, aimed at creating a speech-based implementation of the World Wide Web. The proposed network of interconnected speech services will allow consumers to “speech-surf” or to connect to speech-aware applications simply by speaking commands into a telephone or Internet-enabled audio input device. (more…)

Lisa Morgan, of Software Development Times, writes about the range of embedded operating systems that are competing for mind share in the rapidly expanding Internet Appliance market. Morgan discusses VxWorks, QNX, Windows, Java, and Linux, and includes comments from Dataquest industry analyst Daya Nadamuni. (more…)

The proposal to create comp.os.linux.embedded has been approved by a large majority. There were 500 YES votes and 8 NO votes, for a total of 508 valid votes. The newsgroup's address is currently propagating around the Internet and should be available soon. (more…)

Terra Soft Solutions and FSMLabs have announced that RTLinux for PowerPC will be included in the next release of Terra Soft's Black Lab Linux distribution, and also in future releases of Champion Server. RTLinux adds hard realtime capabilities to Linux, allowing Linux to reliably control machines, robots, data acquisition devices, telecommunications switches, and other systems having precise timing… (more…)

CarbonKernel.org has announced CarbonKernel 1.2, a GPL-released real-time operating system (RTOS) API simulator that includes the first public release of a simulation model mimicking RTLinux, the popular real-time Linux add-on. The simulator allows tracing the execution of embedded software at source code level, and provides concurrent target debugging capabilities, UI simulation, and more. (more…)

I'm pleased to report that the world's first Embedded Linux Expo & Conference held on June 22, 2000 in San Jose, CA was a huge success! Everyone, including both attendees and exhibitors, agreed that the event was extremely worthwhile — and most are already making plans to attend the next ELEC (October 27, Boston). (more…)

[Revised July 6, 2000; note updated conference location.] San Clemente and Palo Alto, Calif. — The RTC Group and LinuxDevices.com have announced a revised venue and date for the second Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC). The event will take place on Friday, October 27th at the Wyndham Westborough Hotel, 5400 Computer Drive, Westborough, Mass. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com founder (and ELEC technical conference chair) Rick Lehrbaum reports on the world's first Embedded Linux Expo & Conference, that was held on June 22, 2000 in San Jose, CA. Abstracts of the talks, speaker bio's, and html copies of the talk slides are also included. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

This article, by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum, takes a close look at a new consumer entertainment system that's based on embedded Linux. By taking advantage of open source software and creating an open gaming development community, a startup called Indrema plans to create a revolution in the high-end game console market. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

“Soon, we all may be living a life much like George Jetson, who in his cartoon world could tell his oven what he wanted to eat and, poof, dinner was served,” writes eWEEK editor Matt Hicks. Hicks takes a look at the coming world of smart interconnected gadgets, and ponders the challenges of getting Web content from — and into — everyday consumer appliances. (more…)

EE Times editor Craig Matsumoto has written an informative article about real-time Linux pioneer Victor Yodaiken, his project (RTLinux), and his new company (FSMLabs). Matsumoto writes . . . (more…)

Neoware's new Linux-based desktop appliance has inspired LinuxWorld writer Rawn Shah to proclaim that “The Great Second Coming for Linux might just be in the realm of embedded devices.” The first coming was, presumably, in the network/Internet server space. Shah writes . . . (more…)

This article by LinuxMall's Greta Durr profiles Kevin Morgan, MontaVista Software's vice president of engineering. Durr quotes liberally from Morgan's whitepaper “Making a Business of Open Source” (see reference, below) and explores Morgan's (and MontaVista's) philosophy with respect to the benefits of open source software, in general, and embedded Linux business models, in specific. (more…)