A number of suppliers of embedded software development tools have recently announced that they are “supporting” or even “embracing” embedded Linux. Having been there and done that, I have some news ...

UNIX has become such a pervasive component in the world of computers and networks that it would be difficult conceive of a computer industry without this open source operating system. And the prime ...

Embedded systems use dedicated computers or microprocessors to control or monitor a process. A simple example is when an application program inserts embedded printing commands into a document to ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded system design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

The term “embedded Linux” belongs to the category of distributions used in embedded systems, i.e., specialized electronic devices, which are part of a larger system to be controlled, designed for a ...

Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. is partnering with embedded operating system vendor Wind River Systems Inc. to jointly create Red Hat’s first-ever embedded Linux operating system, while Wind River plans to ...

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 ...

Analyzing "hard" and "soft" real-time deadlines is critical when determining whether to assign application-software containers to Linux or an RTOS. Partitioning a multiprocessor system poses a ...

The software company is shipping to approximately 100 partners and customers the first beta version of its Whistler Embedded software. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a ...

With the falling cost of 32-bit processors containing a memory management unit (MMU), Flash memory and SDRAM, a new class of embedded devices is evolving in the networking, internet appliance and PDA ...

Today, embedded systems are so common that you’d have a hard time looking in any direction without seeing a device which contains one – if you know where to look. Lately, a movement toward embedded as ...