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MeeGo in-vehicle win gives embedded Intel a boost
MeeGo is an open-source platform hosted by the Linux Foundation that combines previous mobile Linux projects from Intel and Nokia and is designed for computing device types such as smartphones, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and IVI systems.
The Linux foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux. Genivi's founding members are BMW, Delphi, General Motors, Intel, Magneti-Marelli, PSA, Visteon and Wind River, subsequently joined by ARM, Renault and MontaVista Software.
IVI covers the digital applications that can be used by all occupants of a vehicle, including navigation, entertainment, location-based services, and connectivity to devices, car networks and broadband networks. MeeGo, which contains a Linux base, middleware, and a layer of application programming interfaces, will provide the base for the upcoming Genivi Apollo release, the Linux Foundation said.
"MeeGo has been built from the ground up for these types of applications. Because MeeGo is a truly open platform, the work Genivi will do to extend the platform can benefit the project and all who use it," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at the Linux Foundation.
"We selected MeeGo as the open-source basis for our platform because it is technically innovative and can provide the cross-architecture build support we require for our references," said Graham Smethurst, president of Genivi, in a statement issued by the Linux Foundation. "Working with MeeGo we expect to establish a solution that effectively merges IVI needs with those of the other MeeGo target device categories."
An initial release of the MeeGo platform is available now from http://www.meego.com/downloads. Interested parties can download and contribute to the project. The MeeGo project encourages all automakers or industry groups to participate in the MeeGo project or make use of its software to power their own distributions.
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