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News Release from: TimeSys Corp | Subject: LinuxLink
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 January 2008
Custom Linux service offers FPGA support
Timesys is offering LinuxLink subscriptions for the Xilinx Virtex-4 FX platform, which provides up to two PowerPC 405, 32bit RISC processor cores in a single device.
Timesys has released Linux support for Virtex FPGAs from Xilinx with LinuxLink, a service that enables developers to assemble their own customised embedded Linux platforms Timesys is offering LinuxLink subscriptions for the Xilinx Virtex-4 FX platform, which provides up to two PowerPC 405, 32bit RISC processor cores in a single device
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The complete LinuxLink subscription for Pentium-class processors is available free of charge for a 14-day evaluation period.
Additional support for other Xilinx FPGAs will be available in the coming months.
With LinuxLink, customers get access to a variety of Linux components optimised for the Xilinx ML405 FX evaluation platform, including the latest 2.6.23 Linux kernel, hundreds of packages pre-compiled for use with Virtex-4 FX devices and a reference distribution that provides an integrated and tested starting point for platform customisation.
The LinuxLink subscription also includes toolchains and a robust collection of development tools, as well as extensive documentation and support.
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With all of these components from LinuxLink, customers can build a customised software platform, with the specific applications, libraries and utilities that makes sense for their project.
LinuxLink also uses a web delivery model to ensure that customers always have access to the latest in Linux technology.
"Roll your own" developers can use LinuxLink to tap into the innovation of the open source community, while still having a trusted source for content and support.
"Working with FPGA hardware like the Xilinx Virtex-4, developers have a great deal of flexibility in their design such that a one-size-fits-all software platform just won't work for the vast majority of developers", said Atul Bansal, CEO of Timesys.
"LinuxLink by Timesys is a service that lets each customer completely customise their platform to fit the needs of their projects".
Tom Feist, Embedded and Signal Processing Solutions, Marketing Director at Xilinx said, "Our customers are focused on using the flexibility of our FPGAs to get their product to market faster than other alternatives".
"LinuxLink by Timesys fits well with Xilinx products, as it allows development teams to create a customised Linux platform that will jumpstart their software development projects and get their solutions to market faster".
Timesys is hosting a free webinar for getting started with Linux on Xilinx FPGA Hardware.
This webinar will cover the key steps in planning for and building a Linux platform for a Xilinx board.
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