Imsys (Sweden) used the occasion of JavaOne 2000 in San Francisco to unveil an unusual new system-on-chip microprocessor that supports native on-chip Java bytecode execution — but also runs embedded Linux. The device, called the Cjip, achieves a high degree of on-chip functionality via an unusual approach: dynamically alterable microcode. (more…)

Murry Shohat (Interim ELC Executive Director) writes . . . “I am pleased to announce our new Board of Directors. Please join me in offering congratulations to the winners. More than 70% of you found time to vote. It was quite a race, with the lead changing hands several times and 2- and 3-way ties happening many times as new votes arrived. (more…)

Atlanta, GA — (press release) — Axtar Ltd., a UK-based developer of programmable communications solutions for public network operators and service providers, has announced OneSwitch, the industry's first standards-based Central Office programmable telephony switch to use both the Red Hat Linux operating system and the CompactPCI (cPCI) form factor. (more…)

It appears IBM may be quietly preparing to unveil a Linux-targeted version of their Java Virtual Machine for embedded systems. Without fanfare, a beta “Linux X86” version has recently appeared in the IBM J9 VM developer's download zone. What's this all about? (more…)

Half Moon Bay, CA. — OnCore Systems Corporation says it is the first company with demonstrable Linux support for the new IBM PowerPC 750CX microprocessor. In a related announcement, OnCore claims sub 5-microsecond response times for task switches between random Linux applications and real-time tasks. (more…)

Half Moon Bay, Calif. — OnCore Systems Corporation today announced two new embedded Linux usage models for system developers who use the company's real-time microkernel foundation along with Linux: Linux OnDemand and Linux OnCall. The first of these permits Linux to be loaded and unloaded dynamically; the second is an API that makes direct OnCore microkernel calls, eliminating Linux scheduler and… (more…)

EE Times editor Margaret Quan reports that the 36-member HomePlug Alliance will release a specification for a a 14-Mbit/sec data rate power line based home networking standard by end of this year. Quan writes . . . (more…)

LinuxDevices.com has initiated a new Embedded Linux Poll. This one focuses on the value of open source software. The poll asks: “What do you value most about open source?” Respondents are requested to select and prioritize their top three reasons, from among seven choices:

• so I can add functionality directly within the OS
• it represents “insurance”, even if it's never needed
• it… (more…)

Journalist Jason Compton writes, at OpenSource IT, about the rapid growth of interest in Linux within the enormous — and enormously diverse — embedded devices market. Compton writes . . . (more…)

LINDON, Utah — (press release) — Lineo, Inc., a leading developer of embedded Linux system software, today began shipping Embedix SDK for x86, a software development kit that simplifies the development of embedded devices and systems. This tool set allows developers to include only the components of Linux and other software needed for the specific solutions of Lineo's OEM customers. (more…)

eWEEK editor Carmen Nobel recently attended a wearable-computer trade conference, where she ran across keynote speaker Steve Mann. Mann's personal wearable computer runs “WOS” (WearComp Operating System), which is based on Linux. Nobel writes . . . (more…)

Liberty, SC — (press release) — Sealevel Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of communications and I/O cards for industrial, laboratory, and embedded systems, today announced the addition of Linux support for it's line of UART based serial I/O cards. (more…)

Tokyo, JAPAN — (press release) — e-CAT Limited announced SuperLinux, a ready-to-use embedded Linux that offers an efficient and low cost solution to all common Intranet and embedded systems demands. (more…)

Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 11:25:02 -0600 (MDT)
From: Richard Stallman
To: [email protected]
Subject: Caution: Motif is still not free software (more…)

Linda Sadlouskos, of [email protected] Week, reports on Eazel, a Palo Alto, Calif. startup formed by some key Apple ex-employees with the objective of creating an improved GUI for Linux desktop users. Sadlouskos writes . . . (more…)