Linux joins the consumer-electronics revolution: designers are turning to the Linux operating system to meet the escalating user-interface, networking, and multimedia requirements of today's consumer-electronics products.(design feature)

From: EDN Asia | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

AS CE (consumer-electronics) vendors vie for market share, consumers are asking designers to cram more functions into every new product or update. Users are no longer content with devices that offer only one function. Multifunction devices, such as mobile phones, media players, digital cameras, game consoles, radios, and televisions are all competing for consumers' dollars. To deal with this complexity, 32-bit processors, networking connections, full graphics displays, security, and multithread software are now standard fare in new designs. With the high volumes and thin profit ...

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