abstract:Embedded Linux is the use of Linux in embedded computer systems such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDA), media players, set-top boxes, and other consumer electronics devices, networking equipment, machine control, industrial automation, navigation equipment and medical instruments.
We are strong proponents of working with partners such as ARM to further our commitment, ensuring EmbeddedLinux is the leading platform for innovation in the mobile and consumer electronics markets.
Clarke offered few details, but he said the technology relies on a second processor and an embeddedLinux system that allows users to bypass Windows to surf the Web, check e-mail and calendar, and view attachments the moment users flip up a laptop's lid.
This is an especially opportune time for Linux to become the OS of choice for many of the tens of thousands of new embedded designs that emerge each year -- you can find out why in Rick Cook's "Embedded Linux Basics" article in LinuxWorld.