ACCESS have launched a new website for the ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP) with new developer documentation and details about the platform. The company has also announced a number of new partners and initiatives around ALP at the LinuxWorld going on now in San Francisco. MobieLinuxInfo has put together over 10 screenshots of the linux powered platform in action and goes over some of the new ALP news announced this week.

ACCESS Announces Turnkey Mobile Evaluation Kit

ACCESS has announced the availability of a mobile Linux evaluation kit based on the ACCESS Linux Platform and optimized for the Marvell PXA30x and PXA31x application processors. The evaluation kit will make it easy for OEMs, ODMs and mobile operators to evaluate the benefits of the ACCESS Linux Platform and native Linux applications for future mobile devices. The kit offers a complete solution with a full suite of mobile applications, including multimedia and messaging.

The pre-integration and optimization of the ACCESS Linux Platform for the Marvell application processors make it possible to evaluate the kit on a real form factor without worrying about low-level system integration. Customers can focus their investment on the level of customization they need to target a variety of markets with their future products.

ACCESS Linux Platform Incorporates Sourcery G++ from CodeSourcery

ACCESS also announced that components of CodeSourcery’s Sourcery G++ for the ARM architecture have been incorporated into the ACCESS Linux Platform Software and Product Development Kit (SDK) and (PDK). Sourcery G++ is a leading open source software development environment based on and containing the entire GNU Toolchain. The incorporation of Sourcery G++ into the ACCESS Linux Platform development kits assures licensees and third-party developers of a commercial-quality GNU toolchain yet still retains the transparency of open-source software.

Through its use of the Sourcery G++ compiler, the ACCESS Linux Platform is compliant with the latest ABI for the ARM Architecture – enabling broad access to incorporate third-party ABI-compliant libraries – and yet does not limit development with other compliant toolchains.

“ACCESS is committed to supporting open source solutions,” said Larry Berkin, senior director, developer ecosystem and technology acquisition with ACCESS. “The ACCESS Linux Platform combines open source Linux components with proven ACCESS mobile technologies to provide an integrated, commercial-grade, Linux-based platform for handset and mobile device manufacturers, operators and developers. CodeSourcery’s open source Sourcery G++ development tools are an important part of this solution, and we are pleased to make them available to our licensees and developers.”

The ACCESS Developer Network has released the ACCESS Linux Platform Development Suite (SDK and Tools) that incorporates Sourcery G++ to independent developers participating in its Early ACCESS Program. The Early ACCESS Program provides qualified third-party developers access to pre-release technical and market development resources to accelerate innovation on ACCESS Linux Platform. Developers interested in participating in the Early ACCESS Program may apply here.

ACCESS Linux Platform Screenshots