Detroit (USA) - In a move destined to give further impetus to the spread of the Penguin on the embedded market, Intel and Wind River have announced the joint development of a Linux-based open source platform for the automotive industry.

The new platform, whose code is shared within the community Moblin.org , the young will be optimized for the Intel Atom processor and infotainment devices used in cars, as an onboard computer and navigation systems.

Wind River says the Open Infotainment Platforms (OIP), the name of the project, will be based on component software / hardware standards and interoperable, and can be used in a wide range of devices for cars and other vehicles for transportation. According to the company, the collaborative development model, together with the high modularity of the Linux kernel, will enable manufacturers to cut development costs and upgrade their devices more easily and economically.

The major advantage for end users, will be given the ability to run on Linux-based devices on board a wide range of third party applications, including any programs in their own, something that hardly offer proprietary platforms.

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Moblin is a project launched last year by Intel with the aim of encouraging the creation of a community of companies and developers interested in creating a complete set of open source software for mobile devices. These software, all optimized for the Intel x86 architecture, are leveraging mobile technologies GNOME Foundation and the development framework Hildon (based on the GTK toolkit).

What is the Mobile area where Linux is recording the highest growth rates, and this is because thanks to the support of giants like Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung and Nokia. Just yesterday it has announced plans to expand its range of Linux-based device, suggesting that the open source operating system could also come on board of smartphones, where today the giant uses only its own platform based on Symbian S60 OS.

Source: http://punto-informatico.it
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