Intel now in its bid to build a mobile space around the its new breed of Atom processors has made a notable acquisition of OpenedHand, as its website reads… “The OpenedHand team will join the Intel Open Source Technology Center and will focus on the development of the Moblin Software Platform, the optimized software stack for Intel Atom processors”.
Moblin has not managed to catch many developers’ eye like the Android platform, though Moblin is mainly targeted at the Mobile Internet Device market unlike Android whose main focus the mobile phones. This acquisition might turn things around as as Poky could be defining platform..
“Poky is an open source platform build tool. It is a complete software development environment for the creation of Linux devices. It aids the design, development, building, debugging, simulation and testing of complete modern software stacks using Linux, the X Window System and GNOME Mobile based application frameworks.
Hardware Support
With a wide range of supported ARM and x86 boards and devices, Poky provides a comprehensive selection of power, functionality, and form factor options for devices.
Key supported ARM platforms include:
- Compulab PXA270
- Freescale MX31
- ST Nomadik
- Marvell Zylonite
In addition virtually any x86 platform can be supported and Poky can be easily ported to other boards as they become available.
We are continually widening support.
Building on OpenEmbedded technology, Poky consists of large number of customisable software package ‘recipes’ which are processed to build bootable tuned filesystems for a range of ARM based boards and x86 hardware. Through highly flexible build configuration and integrated device virtualisation with QEMU, Poky is a powerful tool for all areas of device development. Poky is what you wish your existing BSP would be.
Poky also optionally includes ‘Sato’, our reference GNOME Mobile smartphone and PDA user interface. Sato is built on GTK+ 2.10 and includes the full Matchbox suite, a port of our Pimlico PIM suite, a GStreamer based media player, and a web browser.
Poky has been used by manufacturers such as Vernier as a reliable base system for their device, allowing them to build complete filesystems rapidly and consistently. Building their device on Poky gave Vernier a fast time to market and allowed them to focus on their customer specific applications. Find out more in the Vernier case study.
OpenedHand provides a range of professional support packages for Poky. Whether you need the confidence of an annual support and maintenance subscription, require development expertise to create a new application, device platform or board support package, we can tailor a package to suit your needs.”
