AMD Partners with MeeGo for Linux Open Source Project

Advanced Micro Devices (News - Alert), AMD, a technology company focused in the design of microprocessors, Fusion SoCs, graphics and media solutions, joined the Linux Foundation's MeeGo open source Linux project, and will now provide engineering expertise that can help establish the technical foundations for next-generation mobile platforms and embedded devices.

The announcement was made at the MeeGo Conference 2010. MeeGo is an open source, Linux project which brings together the Moblin project and Maemo into a single open source activity. It integrates the experience and skills of communications and computing technologies for next generation platforms and usages in the mobile and device platforms space.

"MeeGo represents an exciting, open-source mobile operating system we expect to be adopted by mobile and embedded device makers over time," Ben Bar-Haim, corporate vice president, software development of AMD (News - Alert) said in a statement.

"We are glad to provide engineering resources to joint industry efforts like MeeGo and expect that this operating system will help drive our embedded plans and create expanded market opportunities for our forthcoming Accelerated Processing Units," Bar-Haim added.

The MeeGo Linux-based open-source operating system is primarily designed for mobile hardware platforms such as ultra-mobile notebooks, tablets, embedded in-vehicle infotainment systems and smart phones. The MeeGo project is hosted by the Linux Foundation, a non-profit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux.

AMD is currently a gold level member of the Linux Foundation and has a seat on The Linux Foundation's board of directors.

"Built from the ground up for a whole new class of mobile computing devices, MeeGo gives companies like AMD and its partners unlimited opportunities to accelerate innovation for the next generation of computing," Jim Zemlin (News - Alert), executive director at the Linux Foundation, said.

Zemlin expressed his belief in his statement that as an existing Linux Foundation member, AMD will be an important and valuable contributor to the MeeGo Project.

In related news, MeeGo announced the project release of MeeGo 1.1 which is said to offer a solid baseline for device vendors and developers to start creating software for various device categories on Intel (News - Alert) Atom and ARMv7 architectures.