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Hamamatsu is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. On July 1, 2005, the city merged with 11 surrounding cities and towns. It became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2007. The area now comprising Hamamatsu has been settled since prehistoric times, with numerous... remains from the Jomon period and Kofun period having been discovered within the present city limits, including the Akamonue Kofun in what is now present-day Hamakita-ku In the Nara period, it became the capital of Tōtōmi Province. During the Sengoku period, Hamamatsu Castle was the home of future Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Hamamatsu flourished during the Edo period under a succession of daimyo rulers as a castle town, and as a post town on the Tōkaidō. After the Meiji Restoration, Hamamatsu became a short-lived prefecture from 1871–1876, after which it was united with Shizuoka Prefecture. The Tōkaidō Main Line railway opened Hamamatsu Station in 1889. The same year, in a cadastal reform of Japan, Hamamatsu became a town. Hamamatsu consists of a flat plain and the Mikatahara Plateau in the south, and a mountainous area in the north.
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MontaVista Software is a company that develops embedded Linux system software, development tools, and related software. Its products are targeted at other corporations developing embedded systems such as automotive electronics, communications equipment, mobile phones, and other electronics devices and infrastructure. MontaVista is based in Santa Clara, California and was founded in 1999 by James "Jim" Ready and others. On November 10, 2009... Cavium Networks announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to purchase MontaVista for $50 million. May 12, 2009 MontaVista announced MontaVista Linux 6 comprising Market Specific Distributions, MontaVista Integration Platform, Software Development Kit, MontaVista Zone Content Server, and support and services. There are a number of differences between MVL6 and previous MontaVista Linux products. The main ones are: MontaVista Linux is a Linux distribution that has been enhanced to become a full fledged real-time operating system.
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