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Wind River adds embedded Linux support
News Wind River Systems, the largest provider of software for embedded devices, has added its first official support for the Linux operating system, underscoring the momentum of Linux in devices outside the PC realm.
[October 3, 2003, 11:00]
Wind River acquires BSD's Unix
News In a major upheaval in the open-source software market, Wind River Systems has acquired Berkeley Software Design's version of Unix, merging the realms of proprietary and freely shared software. But Wind River likes the BSDi software as much for its...
[April 5, 2001, 8:23]
Wind River launches embedded hypervisor
News Wind River has released a hypervisor for embedded systems, a key part of its effort to enable multiple operating systems to run on single or multicore processors. The embedded software specialist, currently in the process of being acquired by...
[June 18, 2009, 12:43]
Wind River gives Intel a shot in the software arm
News Thousands of its employees already work on software, but Intel's agreement to acquire Wind River Systems means that the chipmaker is moving software from an indirect supporting role to a significant and direct revenue stream.
[June 5, 2009, 13:50]
Wind River joins open-source groups
News Wind River Systems, an operating system specialist that decided to embrace Linux rather than fight it, plans to announce Monday it has joined two prominent open-source groups. Joining the groups, which each work on software that directly competes...
[December 1, 2003, 10:45]
Intel completes Wind River acquisition
News Intel completed its acquisition of the embedded software firm Wind River Systems on Friday. The deal, through which Intel bought Wind River for around $884m (£545m), was announced at the start of June.
[July 20, 2009, 11:34]
Intel to buy Wind River for $884m
News Chip giant Intel is set to acquire Wind River Systems, a maker of software for embedded devices. Intel has entered a definitive agreement to buy the company for $11.50 per share in cash, which works out to a total value of approximately $884m...
[June 4, 2009, 17:13]
Linux to power US Navy aircraft
News Boeing has awarded Wind River Systems a contract to embed its version of Linux into a new military aircraft, the company plans to announce Monday along with a new batch of products built around the open source operating system.
[July 31, 2006, 9:45]
Linux heads for embedded status
News Wind River, a major force in software embedded in devices such as cellphones or factory robots, has signed a deal with leading Linux seller Red Hat to jointly develop a version of the open-source software, the companies plan to announce on Monday.
[February 23, 2004, 7:25]
The rise and rise of embedded Linux
News In the past two years, Wind River Systems got over its scorn for Linux. So if the customers don't want to hand control to Microsoft, why would they want to do that with Wind River? Wind River specialises in embedded software used in computing...
[April 8, 2005, 11:30]
Embedded Linux firms spar over tools
News The rivalry between Wind River Systems and MontaVista Software warmed up this week in the market for Linux in embedded-computing devices such as mobile phones and network equipment. At Wind River's user conference on Monday, the company announced...
[May 25, 2005, 9:10]
Icebox Switched to Microsoft Windows CE .NET When Building the Latest Version of its Icebox Kitchen Internet Appliance
White Papers Icebox, LLC switched to Microsoft Windows CE .NET from Wind River VxWorks and OpenTV Device Mosaic when building the latest version of its Icebox kitchen Internet appliance. Windows CE .NET offers powerful development tools that enabled Icebox to...
[November 5, 2003, 23:00]
Kyocera hops aboard Android bandwagon
News Wind River Systems, an embedded-computing specialist that has increased its staff to help manufacturers support Android, said on Tuesday that it is providing engineering services to help incorporate the software from the 34-member Open Handset...
[October 22, 2008, 12:56]
Android may spread beyond phones
News It's also has a lot of customers, and to beef up its Android support services, Wind River acquired mobile Linux firm Mizi Research in August for a price it said could reach $16m (£8m). But Wind River is a notable member of the 34-company Open...
[September 23, 2008, 8:28]
Fighter pilots, periscopes and device software optimisation
Blog Developing for these and other devices is different, so why do vendors like Wind River keep pushing the whole optimisation programme? DSO has now, according to Wind River, encompassed multi-core software development and virtualisation techniques.
[June 18, 2008, 15:09]
Embedded Linux alive and kicking
News The top dog is Wind River Systems with its VxWorks and pSOS products, but it has been weakened by reduced design spending on the part of its telecommunications customers and has had to cut staff. And a Wind River dalliance with an open-source...
[January 24, 2002, 8:52]
ARM backs Linux for consumer devices
News The software is starting to encroach into the markets held by existing embedded-computing companies such as Wind River Systems, Green Hills Software, and on the turf of newcomers such as Microsoft, which are trying to make their own entrance.
[October 27, 2003, 16:30]
Google denies Android phones delayed
News Android software overseen by Google will appear in the first Android phones, but Android software overseen by partner Wind River Systems will appear in later models, expected in the first quarter of 2009, said John Bruggeman, chief marketing...
[June 3, 2008, 9:00]
MS unveils Whistler Embedded beta
News IDC analyst Al Gillen noted that Windows CE competes head-to-head with other "hard-core" embedded operating systems, such as Wind River Systems' VxWorks and embedded versions of Linux, more than Windows NT Embedded or Whistler Embedded does.
[December 19, 2000, 8:57]
Novell plans launch of snap-response Linux
News Nevertheless, Wind River and others such as MontaVista Software have been working to give Linux a snappy response. Wind River, Concurrent and LynuxWorks all have embraced Linux despite having competing proprietary products of their own.
[September 21, 2006, 8:55]
