LinuxDevices.com Embedded Linux Weekly Newsletter -- June 1, 2000

Welcome to the
LinuxDevices.com Embedded Linux Monthly Newsletter
June 5, 2000
by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor, ZDNet's LinuxDevices.com


The Adomo home: back to the future, with Linux -- this article by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum describes a Linux-based home information appliance network based on a unique client/server architecture. story

Communications and I/O board maker adds Linux support -- Sealevel systems, a maker of ISA, PCI, and PC/104 serial interface boards, has added Linux to its cadre of software drivers. story

SuperLinux: a highly compact network Linux system -- Tokyo based e-CAT Ltd. announced a ready-to-use embedded Linux targeting embedded systems and Internet appliances. story

Caution--Motif is still not free software -- Richard Stallman, the so-called father of free software, issued a warning that the recent Motif source code release is not truly "open source". story

Lineo begins shipment of x86 embedded Linux SDK -- Lineo announced availability of their embedded Linux software development kit. The package allows developers to include only the components of Linux and other software needed for the specific solutions they are developing. story

New highly-integrated system-on-chip for Internet appliances -- LinkUp Systems unveiled their latest system-on-chip processor, the L7205. The device, which runs Linux, contains an ARM720T processor plus two UARTs, USB port, IrDA interface, codec, DSP, and dual LCD display controllers. story

The coming Java-Linux duopoly -- this article makes some truly stunning points about the disruptive effects of Open Source, Linux, and the web/Internet on the computing software/hardware establishment. story

DSP board family gains Linux support -- Traquair Data Systems, Inc. and Strategic Partner Hunt Engineering (UK) Ltd. are now supporting Linux on computers hosting their high performance HERON and TIM-40 multiple processor DSP boards. story

The Giant Penguin... and The Teeny Weeny Webserver -- LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum reports on two observations at the Applied Computing conference in Santa Clara, Calif.--one very large, and one very small. story

New 0.21 micron process will boost DiskOnChip capacity -- M-Systems announced that their DiskOnChip 2000 products are being upgraded to 0.21 micron Flash process technology. Higher capacities and lower costs are the expected benefits. story

New Real-time & Embedded Systems standards organization -- The Open Group announced a new Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum, to address the need for standards in the real-time and embedded software market. story

Linux/RT 1.1 adds priority inheritance support -- TimeSys announced a new version of Linux/RT which adds priority inheritance support within the Linux kernel. Priority inheritance avoids an unbounded priority inversion problem that can sometimes occur in real-time systems. story

New CompactPCI peripheral processor runs Linux -- Teknor introduced a multiprocessing peripheral processor designed for mission critical datacom and telecom applications such as voice over IP (VoIP). story

OS extension simplifies developing hot swap support -- Jungo Ltd. announced GO Hot-Swap, a unique OS extension technology that enables fast and simplified development of hot swap support for systems utilizing CompactPCI compliant hardware. story

An interview with Red Hat CTO, Michael Tiemann -- LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum recently interviewed Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann, with a focus on embedded Linux topics. story

PICMG-compliant Pentium III SBC has dual Ethernet -- Teknor announced a new Pentium III based single-board computer aimed at OEM datacom and telecom applications. story

Initial release of GNU telephony server "bayonne" -- Bayonne is the telephony server of the GNU project. story

New version of available-source embedded webserver -- GoAhead Software announced the free WebServer 2.1, which supports embedded Linux applications. story

StrongARM reference design to be offered for free download -- Accelent Systems has announced plans to make the board design of the company'snew full-featured SA-1110/1111 Development Platform available for free download. story

T1/E1 streaming server is powered by embedded Linux -- Computer I/O Corporation announced a Linux-based I/O T1/E1 Streaming Server, targeted at companies in the fast growing quality assurance and telecom monitoring markets. story

Developer of popular embedded Linux GUI joins MontaVista -- Gregory Haerr, the leader of the open source Microwindows Project, has joined MontaVista Softare as the company's Chief Strategist, GUI Technologies. story

Intel adds LynuxWorks to "applied computing" partner list -- LynuxWorks has become the first Linux supplier to gain entry into Intel's Applied Computing partnership program. story

An interview with Lineo CEO, Bryan Sparks -- in this interview with Lineo CEO Bryan Sparks, LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum talks with Bryan about Lineo's perspective on a wide range of embedded Linux topics. story

StrongARM-based Embedded Linux reference platform -- Intrinsyc unveiled an extremely small Linux-based hardware reference platform built around an Intel StrongARM SA-1110 processor. story

Programmable Intel Compute Appliance (PICA) gets a Hard Hat -- MontaVista unveiled support for the Programmable Intel Compute Appliance (PICA), a Celeron-based platform that targets a variety of Internet Appliance applications, including home networking and network security. story

Free version of UML compliant software modeler -- I-Logix announced Rhapsody Modeler, a free edition of the company's application development environment. story

99.999 percent availability comes to BlueCat Linux -- announced support for GoAhead Software's suite of service availability software for Internet infrastructure devices. story

Tiny-X: an embeddable X Window server -- Tiny-X, a small footprint X Window server implementation for embedded systems, is now available as part of XFree86 4.0. story

miniRTL: a project to develop a mini real-time Linux -- The miniRTL project is developing a minimum sized real-time Linux small enough to boot from a single floppy (or small Flash memory device) into a ramdisk. story

Initiative supports Linux on single-board computers -- AMIRIX announced the Embedded Linux Strategic Alliance (ELSA), an initiative aimed at forging partnerships with manufacturers of embedded single board computers (SBCs) and other embedded system suppliers. story

Embedded Linux for ARM-based system-on-chip -- ISDCorp and LinkUp Systems announced a port of Royal Linux to LinkUp's L7200 ARM-based system-on-chip processor. story

Lineo registers for IPO -- Lineo announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. story

IBM Unveils Linux Software and Services for S/390 Server -- Linux for S/390 will be offered by SuSE and TurboLinux. IBM Global Services will offer complete Linux for S/390 services and support. story

Programmable Logic Controllers gain embedded Linux -- Tabo Software Inc. has today introduced an embedded Linux based Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) module that is compatible with the low cost and highly popular DL305 Koyo/Ge Fanuc Series 1 PLC base. story

Motif GUI to be released under open-source license -- The Open Group announced the release of source code to Motif under a public license. story

Intel's first incubated spin-off receives funding -- the company will develop a unique new website that will serve as a "product development accelerator." story

Bluetooth "hot spot" appliance contains tiny Linux server -- Axis Communications has created a network/Internet appliance that generates local "cells" which extend the range of Bluetooth signals for access by client devices like PDAs, laptops, Webpads, and specialized embedded devices. story

Newsgroup RFD: comp.os.linux.embedded -- an effort is underway to create a world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup devoted to embedded Linux. story

Embedded Linux Leaders to Speak -- CEOs and CTOs of the world's leading embedded Linux companies will speak at the Embedded Linux Expo and Conference (ELEC) in San Jose, Calif. on June 22, 2000. story

Intel courts Linux developers with Itanium Specs -- Intel publicly released an unprecedented level of technical detail on Itanium's 64-bit non-X86 instruction set. The move represents a clear indication of the priority Intel now places on Linux and the open-source phenomenon. story

Development tool simplifies development of Linux drivers -- Jungo released a Linux version of its toolkit to ease the process of PCI/ISA bus hardware driver development. story

Universal Device Networking: the Future is Here -- a fascinating article about the coming age of universal device networking and the technologies that are making it a reality. story

New AMD Ethernet controller targets VoIP and video data -- AMD introduced the PCnet-PRO (Am79C976) Fast Ethernet controller, a high-performance 10/100 Mbps PCI bus Ethernet controller with support for oversize packets. story

Free Standards Group chartered to standardize Linux -- the Linux Standard Base (LSB) and Linux Internationalization Initiative (LI18NUX) have combined under the name Free Standards Group. story

WAN cards support Linux-based embedded apps -- Eicon Technology announced support for Linux. story

Lineo launches embedded app certification program -- Lineo announced "Lineo Partner Connect", a partnership program that tests and certifies third-party software applications on Lineo's Embedix embedded Linux products. story

Lynx + Linux = . . . Lynux -- Lynx Real-Time Systems has changed its name to LynuxWorks Inc. story

Study predicts 1500% Internet Appliance market growth -- Cahners In-Stat group predicts that the number of shipments of Internet Appliances will grow by more than 1500% between now and the end of 2004. story

MontaVista unveils transparent real-time scheduler for Linux -- a new real-time scheduler add-on for the Linux kernel allows embedded apps to meet real-time performance requirements, without special programming techniques. story

IBM announcees OSGi tool-kit for residential gateways -- a Java based software tool kit that allows developers to create applications and services for a variety of web-enabled devices. story

Low-cost precision time source supports Linux systems -- time information accurate to within 10 microseconds can be extracted from signals transmitted by CDMA cellular wireless network base stations. story

Announcing The Embedded Debian Project -- AMIRIX Systems launched "the Embedded Debian Project", to create a completely open, multi-vendor embedded Linux software resource based on Debian GNU/Linux. story

Enabling embedded Linux graphical applications -- Gregory Haerr, Chief Maintainer of the Microwindows Project, has written an excellent article about the Microwindows GUI for embedded Linux systems. story

Wide area comm's protocols offered for Linux -- Spider Software announced that it has ported SpiderSTREAMS to Linux, to provide a platform for the deployment of wide area communications protocol. story

Maker of new Linux based set-top box nets $20M contract -- Dallas, Texas based uniView Technologies Corp. announced receipt of a major contract to deliver a customized version of its Linux-based Model 110 set-top box. story

Highest integration single-chip Internet Appliance? -- an STMicroelectronics subsidiary is rumored to be developing the first system-on-chip to integrate the "killer combo" of dual Fast-Ethernet, USB, and display controller--all on a single die. story

Linux-based intelligent housing system for China market -- Bluepoint Linux announced an agreement to develop an Embedded Linux Intelligent Housing System for China. The first plan is for 6000 apartment/housing units. story

Lineo announces receipt of $37M funding -- Lineo announced receipt of over $37 million in investment money, mostly from strategic investors. story

Power Mac G4 based Linux multicomputers -- CSP Inc. (CSPI) announced an agreement with Apple Computer to resell Apple's products as part of its Linux-based clustering solutions. story


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