Open-source companies back Intel chips

Red Hat and MontaVista Software will sell operating systems and development tools for new networking processors Intel introduced this week, the companies said. Intel introduced several new processors based on its XScale chips and designed for networking equipment at the Intel Developer Forum this week. Red Hat is best known for selling Linux, but it has another operating system called eCos designed for systems with less memory. eCos and its related development software will be available for Intel's new IOP321 processor, Red Hat said Tuesday. MontaVista is supporting Intel's IXP2400, IXP2800 and IXP425 chips.

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Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and new computing technology in general. He has a soft spot in his heart for standards groups and I/O interfaces. His first big scoop was about radioactive cat poop.

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