The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The ...

Embedded Linux offers stability, scalability and open-source attributes that enable a broad range of products across a wide array of processors and hosts. But requirements such as cross-compilation, ...

To preserve the benefits of Linux as a development platform while addressing the need for customized versions of Linux, not to mention special-purpose non-Linux kernels, Red Hat Systems has taken a ...

Linux is the only choice for product designers who want a powerful, open system and to still have some control over the choices they make, Singh said, but the lack of a rigid standard could drive ...

The new site, Meld, is organized and supported by MontaVista Software and is intended to be a community for Linux programmers who focus on embedded apps It probably won’t be “Facebook for Linux” but a ...

Companies selling Linux for embedded devices take one step back and one forward as once-hot Embedix is acquired by Motorola and rival MontaVista gets $28 million from Toshiba. Stephen Shankland worked ...

Linux specialist Red Hat has announced it is developing an embedded hypervisor product that it claims will complement, rather than compete with, its existing virtualisation strategy. Launched on the ...

Advantech introduces the EKI-1121L and 1122L ARM-based Industrial Communication Controllers that offer pre-installed embedded Linux operation system for user-developed communications, monitoring and ...

Red Hat wins a foothold in the U.S. Army in a deal that might eventually spread a Linux-based diagnostic device into several thousand military vehicles. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

DIGITAL-LOGIC AG and SYSGO AG have signed a cooperation which includes the porting of Linux for Pentium-M based smartModule&reg SM855 products. The PC/104-Plus-Board MSM855 as well as the EBX-Board ...

The Mirai botnet attack that enslaved poorly secured connected embedded devices is yet another tangible example of the importance of security before bringing your embedded devices online. A new strain ...