In a recent article in Integrated Communications Design, Mike Downing interviews Curt Schacker, vice president of corporate marketing for Wind River Systems. In the interview, Schacker expresses his ...

Software industry experts say that the long-awaited move away from “roll your own” embedded operating systems is finally happening. As it begins, however, the great migration is yielding an unexpected ...

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. Linux is rapidly becoming the operating system of ...

Editor's Note: Linux remains an attractive option for embedded systems developers. In fact, industry surveys such as the Embedded Market Study by UBM (EDN's parent company) consistently show interest ...

Speech user interfaces are like the holy grail for computing. We talk to each other to communicate, and sci-fi stories—from HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey to the ship's computer in Star Trek—point to ...

The world of embedded Linux single board computers (SBCs) has greatly expanded in this past year. We now see complete systems on single boards, which due to higher levels of integration has led to new ...

The adoption of Linux is accelerating, as it is becoming the operating system of choice for a variety of embedded applications. However, designers of these performance-intensive, embedded SoCs running ...

Starting at $3,499-per-seat, the Linux-hosted toolkit is designed to accelerate development, testing and optimization of embedded and mobile-device applications, according to the company. The suite ...

Linux continues to be a significant platform for embedded and real-time embedded applications. Doug Abbot brings his expertise on embedded Linux and BlueCat Linux in particular. A copy of this is ...

The Linux operating system is set to become the de facto standard for "embedded" devices like robotics, information appliances and automobile information systems, but fragmentation could prove a ...