Developer interest in Embedded Linux skyrockets -- according to the results of a subscriber study recently conducted by Embedded Systems Programming magazine, developer interest in using Embedded Linux appears to be growing at an astronomical pace. Emerging from virtually nil in 1998 and 1999, the percent of developers considering using Embedded Linux for new projects has zoomed to the number two spot (38%) -- second only to market leader Wind River's VxWorks. This short article provides two very interesting charts that dramatically illustrate the emergence of Embedded Linux as one of today's most popular embedded OS choices. story
Wind River's Fogelin on the acquisition of BSDi -- to gain a deeper understanding of Wind River's motivations and intentions relative to applying the BSD operating system to embedded applications, LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum spoke with John Fogelin, the Vice President and General Manager of Wind River's Platforms Business Unit. story
Embedded chips chase gadget market -- John G. Spooner of ZDNet News reports on the latest system-on-chip news from the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco. story
Lineo opens "embedded systems center" in Silicon Valley -- Lineo announced a new office in Silicon Valley called the Lineo Embedded Systems Center (LESC), and focused on sales, marketing, and services functions. story
Lineo and Trolltech expand Embedded Linux partnership -- Lineo and Trolltech announced a deepening of the companies' current partnership to provide a comprehensive embedded Linux solution, in which Lineo's Embedix OS will offer the option of Trolltech's Qt/Embedded GUI. story
New DiskOnChip support for real-time and embedded Linux -- REDSonic announced that will provide support for M-Systems' DiskOnChip Flash memory devices under REDSonic's real-time and embedded Linux OS. story
ELC proposes unified Embedded Linux platform spec -- at the first annual meeting of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC), the Board of Directors propose the development of a single unified "platform specification" for Embedded Linux. The goal is to make Embedded Linux distributions more interoperable, and to reduce the likelihood of fragmentation. story
Motorola unveils embedded Bluetooth strategy -- Motorola Computer Group announced plans to provide Bluetooth wireless technology on embedded infrastructures running on a choice of three operating systems -- Linux, VxWorks, and Windows 2000 -- and two processor architectures -- PowerPC and Intel. story
CodeWarrior and Embedix support PowerQUICC II -- Lineo and Metrowerks announced availability of the CodeWarrior for Embedix Development System for the PowerQUICC II MPC8260. MPC8260 is Motorola's development board for the PowerQUICC II processor. story
Hard Hat Linux 2.0 debuts at ESC Spring -- MontaVista announced version 2.0 of its Hard Hat Linux operating system. The new version is based entirely on the latest Linux 2.4 kernel and includes a number of significant new features, including: support for Hitachi SH-3 and SH-4 processors; a "revolutionary" system for scaling and configuring embedded Linux configurations; and new performance analysis and source-level debug tools. story
Hard Hat Linux and Qt/Embedded join forces -- MontaVista and Trolltech are working together to integrate Trolltech's Qt/Embedded GUI framework with MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux OS. story
MontaVista announces open, standards-based HA technology -- MontaVista Software announced the introduction of the company's first High Availability (HA) development tools for Linux-based embedded applications. The Hard Hat Linux High Availability Tool Kit is targeted to designers of central office switching equipment, ISP/ASP systems, and other communications applications. story
See Agenda's VR3 on CNET TV -- Hari Sreenivasan of CNET's News.com speaks with Ian LeWinter, chief strategy officer of Agenda Computing, about Agenda's new "pure Linux PDA" in this online interview. LeWinter discusses Agenda's plans to compete with Palm and Microsoft in the handheld computer market, and presents reasons why Agenda's open source Embedded Linux approach offers a superior solution for both developers and users. story
Build New Embedded System with NIC in the Second ELJ Contest -- Want a free NIC? The Embedded Linux Journal announced the second Embedded Linux design contest. This time, the design proposals must be based on the New Internet Computer (NIC). Twenty finalists will receive a NIC from The New Internet Computer Company. story
Intel's Linux-based Dot.Station adds RealPlayer -- RealNetworks announced that its RealPlayer multimedia playing software will be deployed in Intel's Linux-based Dot.Station Web appliance. The Dot.Station is designed to let consumers take advantage of the most popular PC functions from the comfort of their favorite places around the home. story
1st Linux-based smart phone gets speech-enabled -- Conversay and Seoul-based PalmPalm Technology are collaborating to integrate Conversay's speech recognition software into PalmPalm's Tynux embedded Linux platform. story
Embedded and real-time Linux development workshop -- FSMLabs and K Computing will present an "Embedded and Realtime Linux Development Workshop." It will run May 14-18, 2001 at the Silicon Valley Conference Center in San Jose, CA. story
As part of our continuing efforts to support the rapidly growing Embedded Linux Market, we are pleased to announce the online 2001 Embedded Linux Market Survey. The survey, which is structured in three parts, asks developers of Linux-based embedded systems and intelligent devices to anonymously provide information about their applications, their embedded Linux OS requirements and preferences, and the perceived advantages and disadvantages of using Linux in embedded applications.
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