Board and Chip Vendors

This page has a list of the companies or organizations that make processors or boards for embedded products. If you are looking for companies who sell Linux software or Linux-related services, see the Vendors page. If you are looking for companies who sell end-user products based on Linux, see Companies. If you are looking for information about specific development boards, see Category:Development Boards

A

• Allwinner Technology - An arm soc vendor based in Zhuhai, China
  • make low cost arm soc for consumer electronic products, such as A1x.
• AMCC - Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
  • makes embedded PowerPC processors??
• AMD
  • acquired ATI and now produces MIPS-based embedded processors (Xilleon series)
  • Also, used to make Geode chip
• Analog Devices - Wikipedia entry
  • ADI designs and manufactures the Blackfin processor, which has been in the mainline Linux kernel since 2.6.22 (May 2007).
  • There is a central open source site with a dedicated documentation wiki
  • Many more Blackfin manufactures can be found in that wiki as well
• ARM - Wikipedia entry
  • ARM designs ARM architecture processors, and license the technology to companies that actually make the chips, they also make a few reference boards for their own technology named ARM RealView, ARM Versatile and ARM Integrator Info
• Armadeus
  • affordable ARM boards (Freescale i.MX + Xilinx Spartan FPGA)
  • Armadeus started as a community project
• Atmel : Atmel.com - Wikipedia entry
  • Atmel makes the SAMA5D3 Xplained 32-bit ARM Cortex-A5 development platform, and the older AT91SAM ARM926ej-s development platform
  • AT91 Linux gateway
  • Github for Linux-based systems : linux4sam.org github
  • AT91SAM and Atmel MCU community forum
• Armkits Embest
  • Atmel AT91SAM9G45 Single Board Computer English Website，China Website

B

• Bluetechnix makes tiny Blackfin modules to simplify custom board development
• Boundary Devices
  • manufacturers of ARM based Single Board Computers and System on Modules
  • does custom board and device work.
• Broadcom - makes ARM chips for mobile phone market

C

• CALAO Systems sells tiny and cheap ARM based boards
• Cambridge Signal Processing makes tiny Blackfin modules to simplify custom board development
• C Data Solutions makes tiny Blackfin modules to simplify custom board development
• Cirrus Logic - Wikipedia entry
  • Cirrus Logic makes ep93xx and ep73xx 32-bit ARM-based Microcontrollers

D

• DigiKey sells the OMAP3 based beagleboard, Pandaboard and Beaglebone

E

• e-con Systems ARM based Low Power System on Modules and Embedded Development Kit.
• EFlag Tech does custom Blackfin platform designs (software and hardware)
• eInfochips - The Solution People Open-RD based platform
• electronics.cat Open source hardware. Fastest and tidiest way prototyping electronics. It can be connected to Raspberry Pi 3Bpi
• Elesar Ltd design house based in Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • ATX compatible form factor Titanium motherboard with TI Sitara AM5728 and Debian Buster
• Elphel, Inc provide high performance Network Cameras based on Free Software and Hardware designs. Axis EtraxFS & Spartan 3e 1200k gates FPGA.
• Embest sells Atmel SAM9G45 based SBC6845, TI OMAP3530 based DevKit8000, DM3730 based DevKit8500D, AM3359 based DevKit8600, AM1808 based SBC8018, Freescale i.MX 6Quad based SABRE Lite, NXP LPC1788 based SBC1788 and Discover-MO:) modules for STF32F4DISCOVERY board.
• exceet electronics develops and sells custom boards, SoMs and Linux-BSPs based on i.MX6 SoCs, including production services, etc.

F

• Freescale Semiconductor - Wikipedia entry
  • ARM
    • i.MX3x series based on the ARM11 processor
    • i.MX5x series based on the Cortex-A8
    • i.MX6x series based on the Cortex-A9
  • PPC
    • Freescale makes several PPC-based processors (and associated development boards) as well

• Forlinx Embedded - mainly focus on the manufacture and sales of ARM series development boards.
  • • iMX6Q based on NXP(Freescale) Cortex-A9 i.MX6Quad http://www.forlinx.net/products_detail/&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471FirstColumnId=3&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471SecondColumnId=107&&productId=38.html
    • i.MX6UL based on NXP(Freescale) Cortex-A7 i.MX6Ultra Lite http://www.forlinx.net/products_detail/&productId=51.html
    • OK335xD based on TI Sitara AM335x http://www.forlinx.net/products_detail/&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471FirstColumnId=3&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471SecondColumnId=101&&productId=44.html
    • OK335xS based on TI Sitara AM335x http://www.forlinx.net/products_detail/&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471FirstColumnId=3&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471SecondColumnId=103&&productId=46.html
    • OK335xS-II based on TI Sitara AM335x http://www.forlinx.net/products_detail/&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471FirstColumnId=3&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471SecondColumnId=104&&productId=40.html
    • RoHS approved OK6410-A based on Samsung ARM11 S3C6410 http://www.forlinx.net/products_detail/&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471FirstColumnId=3&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471SecondColumnId=114&&productId=27.html
    • OK6410-B based on Samsung ARM11 S3C6410 http://www.forlinx.net/products_detail/&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471FirstColumnId=3&FrontColumns_navigation01-1455521848471SecondColumnId=115&&productId=28.html
    • OK210 based on Samsung Cortex-A8 S5PV210 http://www.forlinx.net/?p=26&a=view&r=47

G

• Garz & Fricke Consulting, design, manufacturing and fulfillment for embedded solutions
  • Embedded SBC (Single Board Computers), Integrated HMI/Touch, Payment Systems and more. A focus on ARM based platforms and GNU/Linux as OS
• Gumstix sells various very small processor and add-on boards. Especially interesting for robotics related projects.

H

• HITEG LTD does custom embedded board ,it focused on IT outsourcing and embedded technology(software and hardware)
• Hua Heng Tech does custom Blackfin platform designs (software and hardware)
• HV Sistemas S.L. makes tiny Blackfin modules to simplify custom board development

I

• IBM - Wikipedia entry
  • Makes embedded PowerPC processor chips, such as the PPC 440 line
• Inforce Computing Creates embedded hardware platforms powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ family of processors and chipsets
  • Such as the: IFC6410P, IFC6309, IFC6540 and IFC6601

K

• KwikByte sells full-featured ARM based boards:
  • Such as the: KB9202, KB9260 and KBAT9261

M

• Marvell sells a lot of ARM chips.
  • One of the most interesting ones is probably the Marvell 88W8618 which is used in the Freecom MusicPal.
• MYIR sells various ARM development boards, CPU modules and single board computers.
  • MYD-AM335X TI AM335x Development Board using MYC-AM335X SoM
  • MYD-AM335X-Y TI AM335x Development Board using MCC-AM335X-Y SoM
  • MYD-AM335X-J TI AM335x Development Board using MCC-AM335X-J SoM
  • Rico Board TI AM437x Single Board Computer
  • MYD-C437X TI AM437x Development Board using MYC-C437X SoM
  • MYD-C437X-PRU TI AM437x Development Board using MYC-C437X SoM
  • MYD-IMX28X NXP i.MX28 Development Board using MYC-IMX28X SoM
  • MYS-6ULX NXP i.MX6UL/6ULL Single Board Computer
  • MYD-Y6ULX NXP i.MX6UL/6ULL Development Board using MYC-Y6ULX SoM
  • MYD-SAMA5D3X Atmel SAMA5D3 Development Board using MYC-SAMA5D3X SoM
  • MYD-SAMA5D3X-C Atmel SAMA5D3 Development Board using MCC-SAMA5D3X-C SoM
  • MYD-SAM9X5 Atmel SAM9X5 Development Board using MYC-SAM9X5 SoM
  • MYD-SAM9X5-V2 Atmel SAM9X5 Development Board using MYC-SAM9X5-V2 SoM
  • Z-turn Board Xilinx Zynq-7010, 7020 Single Board Computer
  • Z-turn Lite Xilinx Zynq-7007S, 7010 Single Board Computer

N

• NEC - makes ARM chips, used to make lots of MIPS chips
• NVIDIA - Wikipedia entry
  • NVIDIA designs and manufactures both GeForce GPUs and Tegra SoCs.
  • The Jetson TK1 board contains a Tegra SoC.
• NixCore - Distributes Ralink based boards with documentation and OpenWRT/Buildroot configurations

Q

• Qualcomm - makes multicore ARM MSM products that support Linux
  • Their Snapdragon platform provides a 1GHz ARM core and advanced DSP.

R

• Renesas Technology - Wikipedia entry
  • Renesas makes the SuperH, M32R, and H8 RISC CPUs, the RX CISC CPUs, and others.

S

• Samsung
  • Samsung Electronics makes the S3C24XX(ARM 9), S3C64XX(ARM 11), S5P64XX(ARM 11), S5PC100(Cortex A8), S5PV210/S5PC110(Cortex A8), EXYNOS4210(Cortex A9) SoCs and others.
  • See more Samsung Application Processors
• SiRF - Makes besides GPS products also ARM based SoC for location aware devices, like the ARM9 based Atlas III (codename) at4x0a and the ARM11 based SiRFPrima.
• SolidRun i.MX6 uSoM's, HummingBoard baseboards and i.MX6 CuBox media box
• ST-Ericsson make mobile platforms for handset form factors and similar, typically ARM based with cellular modems.
• Sunplus is a company specialising in chips for multimedia and mobile applications. One of their interesting chips is the Sunplus SPMP3050A which is used in MP4 players.
• Surveyor Corporation makes Blackfin based robot modules for academics, hobbyists, and professionals

T

• [Tianyeit]
  • Sell the tiny Package -- Computer In Package base on TI OMAP35x/AM3517/omap4430/omap4460/dm3730/am3359
• Timll
  • Reference Design and customized HW/SW Design Based on TI OMAP35x/AM3517
• TechNexion
  • Expandable and fully customizable ARM system modules and interface boards
  • Embedded x86 boards with coreboot and linux core extensions
• Texas Instruments - Wikipedia entry
  • Texas Instruments makes the MSP430 MCUs, TMS320 C2000/C5000/C6000 DSPs, DaVinci/OMAP ARM+DSP-based processors, and others.
• Toradex ARM based System on Modules, Customized Single Board Computers, Carrier Boards and Embedded Development Kit.

V

• VIA Technologies
  • ARM boards based on VIA and Freescale SoCs, such as the VAB-600 Springboard, VAB-800/820/1000, the APC series 8750/Rock/Paper
  • small form factor x86 boards for embedded, EPIA-900/910 series (Pico-ITX).