Sysgo says its embedded Linux development toolkit now supports PowerPC 4xx-series chips, a line of SoCs (system-on-chips) that IBM sold to Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) in November of 2004. AMCC has joined Sysgo's board support program, and will offer Sysgo's ElinOS v3.1 toolkit to customers of its PowerPC 405GP, 405GPR, 440GP, and 440GX, it says.

Sysgo shipped ELinOS 3.1 in November, 2004. The distribution is based on a 2.6.9 Linux kernel, and comes with the Eclipse-based Codeo IDE (integrated development environment). It also includes ready-made boot loaders and a cross toolchain for x86, PowerPC, and ARM, as well as the ELK graphical configuration utility said to simplify the creation of BSPs for partner hardware.

In 2004, AMCC completed the acquisition of certain assets, and licensed certain IP (intellectual property) associated with the IBM PowerPC 4XX system-on-a-chip product line. Shortly afterward, it delivered the 440SPe storage processor. According to AMCC, the PowerPC 400 series product line delivers performance and a rich mix of features for Internet, communication, data storage, consumer, and imaging applications.

Charlie Ashton, director of PowerPC Software at AMCC, said, “We provide solutions to a worldwide customer base and are pleased to have support from an embedded Linux development environment that is so widely used in Europe.”

 
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