Although several Linux start-ups have vanished, the embedded-OS market is rife with competition and MontaVista is betting on Linux for success.

Embedded Linux is the most hyped embedded operating system ever. It is promoted as inexpensive, high quality, high productivity, reliable, widely available, and well supported. It is none of these ...

The very first step in starting an embedded Linux system does not involve Linux at all. Instead, the processor is reset and starts executing code from a given location. This location contains a ...

PARK RIDGE, Ill. — Embedded Linux vendors rolled out the heavy artillery for their assault on proprietary operating systems on Wednesday (Feb. 19), unveiling a long-awaited common software platform ...

A number of variants of Linux are available for embedded-system use, from standard kernels to those modified to support hard real-time applications.

If you could travel back in time to the Embedded Systems Conference of September 1999, you would find that the “Embedded Linux Market” simply did not exist one short year ago. Sure, a growing number ...

The system virtual machine can be used to make Linux-based applications faster and more responsive and secure. Here's a primer to get you started.

Embedded guru Rick Lehrbaum has authored a couple of handy "Quick Reference Guides" that give a high-level overview of Linux in the embedded market and the various versions of embedded Linux.

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 ...

When it comes to choosing between Embedded Linux or a proprietary real-time operating system, there are many different considerations to take into account.

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 ...