Milpitas, CA — (company press release) — Adaptec, Inc. today announced that its Ultra160 SCSI technology is the first in the industry to be ported to the Linux IA-64 kernel — the basis for the 64-bit version of the increasingly popular Linux open source operating system. By working closely with leading Linux provider Red Hat, Inc., Adaptec brings a key technology to the Linux user community. (more…)

San Clemente and Palo Alto, Calif. — The RTC Group, marketing partners to the real-time and embedded computing industry, and LinuxDevices.com, “the Embedded Linux Portal,” today unveiled a sizzling new event for the embedded computing market: the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC). (more…)

John Spooner writes, in PCWeek Online . . .

“If you had a hard enough time getting used to the idea that a 1GHz processor would one day power regular computer systems, how does the prospect of 2GHz chips grab you?” (more…)

John Spooner and Mary Jo Foley, write in ZDNet News . . .

“Feeling pressure from Linux in the embedded-device market, Microsoft Corp. is contemplating giving away Windows CE to some developers for free.” (more…)

PacketPort.com has contracted with the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) for productization of a new Linux based “voice-over-DSL” Internet appliance. This new technology is designed to convert analog voice signals from ordinary home or office telephones to be transported over the DSL using Internet Protocol. (more…)

IT-Director.com has an article about the formation of the Embedded Linux Consortium . . .

“Fears about the fragmentation of Linux may well prove unfounded, if the goals of the newly formed Embedded Linux Consortium are realised. The alliance, which includes such big names as IBM, Motorola and Red Hat, has set its sights on the rapidly growing market for embedded devices such as Internet appliances,… (more…)

BOHEMIA, N.Y. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — VillageWorld.Com, a leader in educational and family based Internet services, announced today that it is in trial testing of its Linux based Set-top system. The new product allows individuals without a computer or who need a second Internet terminal to access the Internet, use spread sheets or word processing and other PC functions inexpensively through their… (more…)

The Embedded Linux Consortium web site, www.embedded-linux.org is now live! Currently, the URL holds the ELC launch press release, but more will be added over the coming days and weeks. (more…)

SEATTLE — (company press release) — GoAhead Software, a leading provider of management software for Internet infrastructure devices and appliances, and Xilinx Inc., the leader in complete programmable logic solutions, today announced the development of an end-to-end field upgrading solution for Xilinx programmable logic. (more…)

LinuxLinks.com would like to announce a new Linux project – Linux Reviews. (more…)

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Red Hat, Inc. today announced that eCos (embedded configurable operating system) is powering Brother International Corp.'s recently announced HL-2400CeN & HL-3400CN laser printers. (more…)

GoAhead Software has announced a free, downloadable WebServer for embedded Linux applications.

As Web-based appliances and devices proliferate, the challenge becomes their effective networking and management. Embedded web servers can enable remote access and control of devices via a browser. (more…)

LINDON, UTAH — (company press release) — Lineo, Inc., a leading developer of embedded Linux system software, today announced that United System Engineers (USE), based in Shiojiri, Nagano, Japan has agreed to be acquired by Lineo. USE is a custom systems engineering company with 15 years of experience in embedded system engineering for some of the largest technology vendors in the worldwide embedded… (more…)

David Watt writes in Linux Journal . . .

“This article describes the implementation of rtp (real-time plotter), a live x,y data plotting utility based on the Qt windowing library. rtp combines live updates with zoom in, auto-scaling, and auto-tracking modes. It is meant to be used where gnuplot is limited, such as the termination of a live data pipeline. (more…)

Rawn Shah writes in SunWorld . . .

“System bus technologies are beginning to reach their limits in terms of speed. Common PCI buses can only support up to 133 Mbps across all PCI slots, and even with the 64-bit, 66 MHz buses available in high-end PC servers, 566 Mbps of shared bandwidth is the most a user can hope for. (more…)