Devices With Linux: Tesla Cars, 'Internet of Things', Intel Has a New Media SDK for Linux
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Tesla starts pushing new Linux kernel update, hinting at upcoming UI improvements
Albeit being about 6 months late, Tesla finally started pushing the new Linux kernel update to the center console in its vehicles this week.
While it’s only a backend upgrade, Tesla CEO Elon Musk associated it with several long-awaited improvements to the vehicle’s user interface. Now that the kernel upgrade is here, those improvements shouldn’t be too far behind.
Sources told Electrek that the latest 8.1 update (17.24.30), upgraded the Linux Kernel from the version 2.6.36 to the version 4.4.35.
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Is Ubuntu set to be the OS for Internet of Things?
The Internet of Things has enjoyed major growth in recent years, as more and more of the world around us gets smarter and more connected.
But keeping all these new devices updated and online requires a reliable and robust software background, allowing for efficient and speedy monitoring and backup when needed.
Software fragmentation has already become a significant issue across the mobile space, and may threaten to do so soon in the IoT.
Luckily, Canonical believes it can solve this problem, with its IoT Ubuntu Core OS providing a major opportunity for manufacturers and developers across the world to begin fully monetising and realising the potential of the new connected ecosystem.
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What's New in Intel Media SDK 2017 R2 for Embedded Linux
Among the key features this release enables is the Region of Interest (ROI) for HEVC encoder in constant and variable bitrate modes.
Developers can now control the compression rate of specific rectangular regions in input stream while keeping the bitrate target. This makes it possible, for example, to reduce compression of the areas where the viewer needs to see more details (e.g. faces or number plates), or to inrease it for the background with complicated texture that otherwise would consume majority of the bandwidth. ROI can also be used to put a privacy mask on certain regions that have to be blurred (e.g. logos or faces).
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