MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced the release of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 6.0, the next generation of it's leading carrier grade quality Linux development platform. CGE 6.0 delivers the technologies required for next generation multi-core architectures with the new MontaVista Bare Metal Engine™ for extremely high performance, new multi-core resource management capabilities to fully maximize multi-core designs, and new high availability features incorporating the latest open source technologies. At the same time, CGE helps Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) and Telecom companies lower their total cost of ownership with extended power management capabilities and support for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware.