Why Linux?

Intelligent dedicated systems and appliances used in interface, monitoring, communications, and control applications increasingly demand the services of a sophisticated, state-of-the-art operating system. Many such systems require advanced capabilities like: high resolution and user-friendly graphical user interfaces (GUIs); TCP/IP connectivity; substitution of reliable (and low… (more…)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Atmel Corporation, in partnership with Aplio Inc., today announced the launch of its AT75C310 Smart Internet Appliance Processor IC. The AT75C310, featuring an Embedded Linux operating system, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and Audio application software, together with an application development platform, provides a total system solution empowering manufacturers… (more…)

Los Angeles, Calif — (company press release) — SuperAnt today announced the release of Diskless Linux 1.0, a CD distribution containing diskless, headless and terminal based solutions and documentation for Linux. (more…)

San Jose, Calif. — (company press release) — Integrated Software & Devices Corporation (ISDCorp), a leading developer of software device drivers for embedded processors, today announced the appointment of Daniel Wald as Vice President of Business Development. Reporting to Reza Soliman-Noori, President and CEO, Wald will be responsible for the company's overall business development strategy and will… (more…)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — (PRNewswire) — Lineo, Inc., a leading developer of embedded Linux system software, today announced key strategic relationships with six of the top embedded system manufacturers in Taiwan. As Lineo partners, these manufacturers have adopted Lineo Embedix Linux as the operating system for those companies' embedded Internet appliances. (more…)

There's a “hot” discussion taking place on Slashdot, regarding the RTLinux patent . . .

“This week's Linux Weekly News is reporting that Victor Yodaiken, the developer of RT-Linux (Real Time Linux) has been granted a patent on method used by RT-linux. He intends that Linux users be granted a no royalty license, users of closed OS' may have to. (more…)

Socorro, NM; St. Petersberg, Russia; Vienna, Austria — (company press release) — FSMLabs Inc. today released version 2.2 of RTLinux (RealTime Linux). The new release adds support for Pthreads mutex and includes early support for signal handling, as the RTLinux API becomes more compliant with the POSIX 1003.13 PE51 profile in a high performance, low overhead implementation. (more…)

Sam Williams, in UpsideToday, writes about an exciting new Linux-based palmtop prototype with voice-recognition capabilities . . . (more…)

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. –(BUSINESS WIRE)– Cell Computing, Inc., manufacturer of the Plug-N-Run and CardPC — one of the industry's smallest Pentium embedded system modules, today announced the addition of a high-end, 0.18 micron Intel mobile Pentium III 400 MHz model to its Plug-N-Run System-On-A-Module product line. (more…)

PALO ALTO, CA. — the third poll in the LinuxDevices.com “Embedded Linux Polls” series is now in process. The poll asks: “Which Linux distribution(s) will you use?” Users and prospective users of Linux in embedded applications are encouraged to participate in the poll, which is found at www.linuxdevices.com/polls/. (more…)

While Transmeta's Crusoe processor was busy capturing the headlines and fancy of developer and financial communities alike, a relatively unknown company (Axis Communications) quietly began delivering a new one-chip Linux thin server to developers of a broad range of networked and embedded devices. (more…)

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sigma Designs, Inc., a recognized leader in digital video solutions, today announced a digital set-top box reference design based on the Intel architecture. This Linux-based set-top box provides a low-cost solution by combining an Intel Celeron) processor, Sigma's REALmagic video decoder silicon, and Intel's 810 graphics chip. (more…)

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — (PRNewswire) — The role of open-source software in the embedded systems industry is a controversial topic for product designers, software developers, and business management. To shed light on the issues surrounding the use of open-source code, the eighth annual Embedded Systems Conference Spring (February 28 – March 2 at Chicago's McCormick Place South) will feature a panel of six… (more…)

With regards to the RTLinux technology patent recently received by Victor Yodaiken (see related story: RTLinux is Patented?), Graham Lea writes in The Register . . . (more…)

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ziatech Corp., a leading innovator of Applied Computing solutions for open market communications network equipment, today introduced a new high-performance System Master CPU board for CompactPCI at the Spring 2000 Intel Developer Forum. (more…)