Timesys Announces Embedded Linux Support for Freescale i.MX27 Processors
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| Timesys Corporation (http://www.timesys.com), a premier provider of embedded
| Linux software solutions, today announced the availability of a Free Board
| Support Package (BSP) for the Freescale i.MX27 multimedia applications
| processor. Additionally, the free Freescale BSP
| (http://www.timesys.com/freescale) can be upgraded to a full LinuxLink
| subscription, providing a powerful suite of software, tools and support to
| accelerate the development of a custom Linux platform.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/timesys-announces-embedded-linux-support-for-freescale-imx27-processors,322504.shtml
Also in embedded news (where Linux reigns):
MontaVista Software Signs Trinity Software and Beyond to Increase Embedded
Linux Distribution in Israel
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| Under terms of the agreement, Trinity will market and distribute MontaVista
| products, and will also provide technical support and professional services
| for embedded software developers.
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http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Aktie/12717558/News/15992468/SOFTWARE.html
"Linux is a very complete and sophisticated operating system. And there is a
lot of work being done to improve it in and of itself, particularly to make it
easier to use and easier for people to set up on their personal computers."
--Paul Maritz, top executive at Microsoft
Related:
Kernel Comparison for Linux (2.6.18) verses Windows (2003 R2)
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| Architectures: Linux Windows
| PC x86 Y Y
| PC AMD64 Y Y
| PC IA-64 Y Y
| Alpha Y N
| PPC Y N
| PPC64 Y N
| SPARC32 Y N
| SPARC64 Y N
| ARM Y N
| HP PA-RISC Y N
| Moto 680x0 Y N
| MIPS Y N
| MIPS (DEC) Y N
| PowerPC Y N
| IBM S/390 Y N
| others Y N
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http://widefox.pbwiki.com/Kernel%20Comparison%20Linux%20vs%20Windows
AMD's Framewave toolkit now GPLv3-compatible
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| Around 98% of the world's CPUs manufactured are used in embedded systems.
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http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/132
Linux in more than 90% of top supercomputers
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| Other operating systems, such as AIX (4.8%), Solaris (0.4%) and Mac OS X
| (0.4%) make the list, but Linux is alone at the top, where it is used in 459
| systems or 91.8% of the top supercomputer systems.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/15/linux-in-more-than-90-of-top-supercomputers/
http://tinyurl.com/2rponk
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