An embedded Linux services company with offices near both coasts has gained another top LinuxPPC developer. Matt Porter, who maintains the Linux kernel for 400-series PPC chips, will join Embedded Alley Solutions Inc., which previously hired LinuxPPC-on-Motorola guru Dan Malek. Porter will work from Chandler, Ariz., according to the company.

According to Embedded Alley, Porter has 12 years of embedded technology experience and most recently spent four years at MontaVista Software as a senior kernel architect and a community maintainer of the Linux kernel for 400-series chips.

While at MontaVista, Porter worked with Malek, whose “Embedded Edge” company was acquired by Embedded Alley last May. Malek, who did the original port of LinuxPPC to Motorola PPC processors, now serves as Embedded Alley's CTO and works from his home base in Nashua, N.H.

Malek said: “Matt is among the very best and experienced embedded Linux developers, and we're very excited to be working with him once again.”

Embedded Alley was founded in 2004, and offers product engineering, project management, hardware development, and software development. Its Linux-related services include toolchain, driver, application, and boot ROM development, it says.

Popov told LinuxDevices.com that the company has developed dynamic power management technology for Linux mobile phones, but declined to name the customer due to NDA restrictions. The company has also worked on multiple CPUs (MIPS, PowerPC, XScale, ARM, x86, Freescale), boards (AMD Au1x-based boards, Silicon Turnkey eXpress boards, and others), and Intel's High Definition Audio (HDA), he said.

 
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