Halifax, Nova Scotia — (press release excerpt) — AMIRIX Systems Inc. announced that it has ported Linux to a MIPS-based, system-on-chip (SOC) prototype development
board for Lexra, Inc. of Waltham, MA. The development board, which was co-developed by AMIRIX and Lexra, allows Lexra's SOC customers to decrease time-to-market and is expected to attract additional customers who are moving their products… to Linux.

“Lexra brought in our Linux expertise to add value to its product” by adding Embedded Linux support, explained Doug Pincock, Chief Technology Officer at AMIRIX. “We used a Debian-based Linux distribution that we optimized for embedded applications.” The Linux OS kernel resides on the on-board EPROM and can access a serial port via the UART interface or via Ethernet card over the PCI bridge. In addition to the port, AMIRIX provided an introduction manual and a demonstration application.

“In the past year, we have seen a marked increase in the number of customers requiring Linux OS support on our IP cores,” says Pascal Cleve, Lexra director of product development.

 
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