MILWAUKEE, Wis. / ALAMEDA, Calif., October 31, 2001 – Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) and Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) today announced an agreement to integrate EtherNet/Industrial Protocol (IP) technology–based on Rockwell Automation's EtherNet/IP Master Library–and Wind River's Tornado® for Industrial Automation development software. The relationship will benefit the industrial automation industry by simplifying the development of a wide range of EtherNet/IP-enabled industrial devices such as controllers, I/O, drives, robots, weigh scales, operator interfaces, supervisory control stations and more.

"Wind River is the worldwide leader in real-time operating systems and embedded development tools for the industrial automation market," says Jack DeLeon, strategic marketing director of Rockwell Automation's Automation, Control, and Information Group. "From our own experience of developing EtherNet/IP-based devices using Wind River technologies, the integration of EtherNet/IP will significantly accelerate the ability of developers to bring highly functional and efficient EtherNet/IP-enabled devices to the market."

"Wind River sees EtherNet/IP technology as an integral part of our rapidly broadening connectivity strategy for industrial devices," said Scot Morrison, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Automotive and Industrial business unit. "Rockwell Automation is the key supplier of Ethernet/IP technology and products in the industrial automation market and Wind River is pleased to extend our longstanding relationship with Rockwell to deliver a complete software development solution for this important market. Tornado for Industrial Automation customers will find developing industrial applications with market-leading connectivity much easier and more cost effective."

The emergence of Ethernet connectivity on the factory floor has been enabled by its increasing speed and reduced deployment cost. To leverage these benefits and ensure interoperability of industrial devices, EtherNet/IP uses the same proven, standard application layer, common object model and universal device profiles as DeviceNet™ and ControlNet™. The EtherNet/IP specification is maintained by the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association (ODVA), of which both Wind River and Rockwell Automation are members.

About EtherNet/IP Master Library
The EtherNet/IP Master Library is a communication stack that provides the developer with a complete set of functions to give your products Control and Information Protocol (CIP) connectivity over TCP/IP as defined in the EtherNet/IP specification. These functions allow you to implement an EtherNet/IP product, without requiring detailed knowledge of the Ethernet protocol.

About Tornado for Industrial Automation
Tornado for Industrial Automation is a vertical solution for the development of industrial automation devices. It is comprised of the Tornado integrated development environment, the market leading VxWorks® real-time operating system, embedded development tools and industrial automation specific networking protocols including Wind River DeviceNet and OLE for Process Control (OPC) implementation. Tornado for Industrial Automation is designed to shift the focus of embedded industrial device developers from the integration of enabling technologies to the development of the application itself–thus resulting in faster time to market. In addition, Tornado for Industrial Automation users benefit from Wind River's worldwide support and services organizations, more than 600 WindLink™ partners, and embedded expertise.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado, VxWorks are registered trademarks and WindLink and How Smart Things Think is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. DeviceNet is a trademark of the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association. ControlNet is a trademark of ControlNet International. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective companies or organizations.

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AUSTIN, Texas and ALAMEDA, Calif., - October 30, 2001 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced the expansion of their Center of Excellence co-development technology initiative for processors that implement the PowerPC architecture. The successful collaboration has been expanded to provide Wind River's leading software support for Motorola's S1 family of network security processors, with the two companies teaming up to deliver the market's first off-the-shelf embedded development solution for hardware-accelerated encryption of network traffic. The optimized hardware-software offering is designed to enable customers to quickly develop secure network applications in markets such as cable and DSL modems, broadband access points in SOHO-gateways and routers, as well as network edge access concentrators.

The fully integrated solution combines Wind River's suite of security software products, including the WindNet™ networking protocols for VxWorks, with Motorola's S1 family of network security processors&151;beginning with the MPC180. This announcement extends a long list of Wind River products supporting Motorola processors that implement the PowerPC instruction set architecture through a Center of Excellence agreement announced earlier this year (see Wind River, Motorola Create Center of Excellence to Deliver Leading Software for Prominent PowerPC Microprocessors, February 12, 2001).

The collaboration between the two companies addresses the growing market demand for network security, which is rapidly becoming a required feature in all classes of data communications equipment. Measured strictly by security processors, the network security market is expected to grow 36% annually through 2005. (DataQuest, Security Processors in 2001).

"This expanded collaboration with Wind River will further enable our customers to design systems that take advantage of Motorola's highly scalable and flexible security technology architecture," said Dr. Larry Walker, vice president and general manager of Motorola's Networking and Computing Systems Group. "Our S1 family of network security processors provides the ideal foundation for secure networking. That foundation can now be extended with Wind River's security software– providing developers a extensive platform for designing their next generation security-enabled networking equipment."

"Demand for new Internet devices is also creating huge demand for increased security. This expanded agreement will offer developers the most comprehensive network security solutions to-date, including support options for our WindNet IPsec customers," said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit. "Together Wind River and Motorola can give developers the security they demand along with the benefit of shorter time-to-market, longer time-in-market, and the ability to come away ahead of their competition."

A Complete Solution
Wind River's security software is part of the WindNet family of networking products. It enhances the capabilities of embedded networking applications by providing a standard platform for securing networks with encrypted tunnels between two machines connected over a public network like the Internet. Wind River will support each processor that becomes available starting with the MPC180. The MPC180 Security Processor is the first of Motorola's S1 family of network security processors.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, How Smart Things Think™ are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Copyright Motorola, Inc. 2001.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., October 25, 2001 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced the completion of the switch support package (SSP) integrating the Tornado® for Managed Switches (TMS) 2.0 product line with the C-5™ Network Processor from Motorola's (NYSE:MOT) C-Port™ Corporation. The initial cooperative development agreement was announced in January of this year. View the previous announcement here.

The C-5 network processor is the first of many network processors to be supported by TMS. Integrated together, TMS and the C-5 processor bring a significant time to market advantage in the development of advanced networking devices used in optical networking and metropolitan Gigabit Ethernet applications. This SSP builds on the maturity, stability and flexibility of TMS as the development environment now supports hardware optimized for Layer 2 and Layer 3 fast-path forwarding and packet processing.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, How Smart Things Think™ are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Copyright Motorola, Inc. 2001.

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ALAMEDA and PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 24, 2001 — Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that the two companies are collaborating to jointly develop and market a complete end-to-end embedded development solution for Java technology-based automotive telematics applications. This strategic alliance targets in-car information, navigation, safety and entertainment systems, as well as the infrastructure required to deliver and administer these services. Through the agreement, Wind River's Tornado for Car Infotainment development platform will be integrated with Sun's Java technology, giving automotive manufacturers a complete solution for delivering telematics content and services over a wireless network to mobile vehicles.

Automotive telematic devices combine wireless voice and data communication systems in order to enhance driver safety and provide information including automatic airbag deployment notification, vehicle tracking, personalized information, real-time traffic data, roadside assistance, and entertainment from a central service center. Growth of telematics-enabled cars and light trucks in use in the United States is expected to increase from 1.1 million in 2000 to over 20.5 million by 2006 (Telematics Research Group).

"Java technology is in a unique position to support dynamic delivery of applications, content, and services to multiple telematics platforms, something we view as fundamental to telematics application development," said Aisling MacRunnels, director of marketing, Consumer and Embedded, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Today's announcement with Wind River extends the cross-platform and cross-device benefits of the Java platform by bringing more choices to the embedded developer community."

"Java technology has emerged as a key building block for leading-edge telematics applications, and we expect Sun's Java technology to further strengthen this position," said Marc Serughetti, director of marketing, Wind River Automotive and Industrial business unit. "Due to the complexity of deploying and maintaining in-car applications and services, auto manufacturers need complete, end-to-end solutions in order to get their products to market on time. Our alliance with Sun leverages these market trends, and will ultimately enable manufacturers to realize significant time-to-market advantages and focus on creating the intelligent networked vehicles of the future."

Through the alliance, Sun's Java technology will be integrated with Wind River's Tornado for Car Infotainment platform. This integration will result in a complete telematics solution comprised of the following components:

• Integrated development environment (IDE), embedded development tools, real-time operating system (RTOS), in-vehicle connectivity and Java programming interface required to develop in-car telematic devices.


• A back-end infrastructure enabling vehicle service providers to deliver and administer the provided content.


• A Java technology-based software framework to implement the services in the vehicle and in the supporting infrastructure.


• A set of partner companies providing complementary technologies throughout the Wind River value-chain.

Java Technology
With the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), Sun is developing a runtime environment and software platform for in-vehicle telematics applications. The scalable infrastructure and back-end enterprise platform is based on Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) for hosting and delivering applications, content and services. Sun believes that next generation telematics platforms should be non-proprietary and based on certified Java platforms providing original equipment manufacturers, vehicle service providers and tier-1 suppliers with multiple vendors to source both product and technology. This open in-vehicle and back-end end-to-end solution would lead to faster time to market and lower costs in the delivery of safety/security, diagnostics, entertainment and location-based services to consumers. Sun is working closely with AMI-C and OSGi in the evolution and adoption of standards in this space.

Tornado for Car Infotainment
Tornado for Car Infotainment is a vertical solution for the development of car infotainment and telematic devices. It is comprised of Wind River's Tornado IDE, market-leading VxWorks RTOS, embedded development tools, WindML™ multimedia libraries, Personal JWorks™ Java solution and automotive-specific components including support for controller area network (CAN), IDB-C, media oriented system transport (MOST), Bluetooth, voice command-and-control, and synthesized voice information for the driver. Tornado for Car Infotainment shifts the focus of automotive device developers from the integration of enabling technologies to the development of the application itself — reducing development cost and speeding time to market. In addition, Tornado for Car Infotainment users benefit from Wind River's worldwide support and services organizations, embedded expertise and more than 600 WindLink™ partners bringing complementary technologies such as speech recognition, browsers, open service gateway initiative (OSGI) and IDB-1394 networking protocol stack.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado, and VxWorks, and WindML are registered trademarks or trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. Java technology, J2ME, and J2EE are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2001 — Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today introduced Tornado® for Car Infotainment, a complete development platform for creating car infotainment and telematic devices such as in car navigation systems, global positioning systems, car entertainment systems, and wireless automotive devices.

Tornado for Car Infotainment provides a pre-integrated software development solution that combines Wind River's leading embedded software with the latest automotive connectivity and wireless networking protocols. In addition, Wind River partners provide integrated solutions in the area of voice recognition, browser service delivery management, and complementary networking–giving developers all the necessary tools they need to quickly build competitive, reliable, and cost-effective car infotainment and telematic devices.

"In less than ten years, there will be over 150 million telematics-enabled vehicles on the road, forming a telematics network that is ripe for services and applications," said Phil Magney, principal analyst, Telematics Research Group. "Wind River's development platform has the potential to help facilitate this growth."

"We have been using Tornado and VxWorks® for our car information systems successfully for several years," said Dr. Erich Geiger, CEO of Harman/Becker Automotive Systems. "As we are facing demands for greater product functionality, Tornado for Car Infotainment is clearly the solution that will help us achieve time to market with more advanced products. In addition, this clearly demonstrates Wind River's understanding of the automotive developer requirements and their commitment to this market."

With the growing requirement to be connected to the outside world, protected, productive and entertained while in a car, there is an increasing demand for telematic and infotainment devices in today's automotive electronics industry.

"The challenge for OEMs and tier1 suppliers alike, is to provide competitive, flexible, scalable, and reliable in-car telematic applications that incorporate emerging industry standards and meet tightening development cycles, while still remaining cost effective," said Scot Morrison, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Automotive and Industrial business unit. "Wind River is introducing Tornado for Car Infotainment to give them all the necessary pre-integrated tools and components to shift the focus from integration and testing of enabling technologies to their value-added application software."

Availability
Tornado for Car Infotainment will be available during the first quarter of 2002.

About Tornado for Car Infotainment
Tornado for Car Infotainment is a vertical solution for the development of car infotainment and telematic devices. It is comprised of Wind River's Tornado integrated development environment, market leading VxWorks real-time operating system, embedded development tools, WindML™ multimedia libraries, Personal JWorks™ Java solution and automotive-specific components including support for controller area network (CAN), IDB-C, Media Oriented System Transport (MOST), Bluetooth, voice command-and-control, and synthesized voice information for the driver. Tornado for Car Infotainment is designed to shift the focus of automotive device developers from the integration of enabling technologies to the development of the application itself–reducing development cost and speeding time to market. In addition, Tornado for Car Infotainment users benefit from Wind River's worldwide support and services organizations, embedded expertise and more than 600 WindLink™ partners bringing complementary technologies such as speech recognition, browsers, open service gateway initiative (OSGI) and IDB-1394 networking protocol stack.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado, and VxWorks are registered trademarks and Personal JWorks, WindML, and How Smart Things Think and are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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Alameda, Calif., October 18, 2001- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced the availability of wireless LAN (WLAN) technology for the VxWorks® real-time operating system and Tornado® for Home Gateways platform.

Wind River's new WindNet™ 802.11b Device Driver Kit provides source code support for 802.11b hardware, with enhanced support for Intersil's market-share leading PRISM® II Wi-Fi™ WLAN chipset. Using the WindNet Device Driver Kit, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can design WLAN capabilities into a wide variety of embedded devices, from industrial automation products and medical monitoring equipment to consumer networking gear.

In addition, when combined with Wind River's Tornado for Home Gateways platform, the kit facilitates the development of wireless access points and other WLAN-enabled gateway equipment for the home and small office. Wind River will continue to support new WLAN technology as IEEE 802.11 standards evolve, providing the benefit of increased bandwidth, improved security, and quality-of-service support for Wind River customers.

Wi-Fi WLAN Market Growth Driven By Connected Smart Devices The WLAN chipset market is expected to exceed $1.2 billion by 2005, with the residential market representing the fastest growing segment of the WLAN business, according to industry analyst firm Cahners In-Stat Group. By 2005, total enterprise WLAN end-use revenues is expected to reach $4.6 billion.

The driving force in the WLAN market will be low-cost, interoperable 802.11b products with Wi-Fi certification, a mark of compatibility issued by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance. The demand for these connected smart devices outside of North America will continue to be a boon for the industry. In 2002, the WLAN growth rate will increase as high-performance, interference free, multimedia capable and interoperable 5 GHz 802.11a products are introduced into the home, enterprise, and automotive markets.

Integration From Industry Leaders Shortens Development Time Intersil's PRISM technology, designed to comply with the IEEE's 802.11b standard, takes the complexity out of the design of wireless systems including wireless local area network links, handheld transceivers, and point-to-point microwave communications systems. PRISM® II WLAN chip set provides a complete solution from antenna-to-computer™ bus for 11Mbps WLAN systems.

"The integration of leading edge software and hardware from companies dedicated to keeping up with industry standards will enable our customers to focus on innovation and fast development cycles," said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit. "We see the support of PRISM technology as an opportunity to continue to provide our wireless customers with leading edge technologies and enhanced solution level products like our Tornado for Home Gateways platform."

"The level of integration in the WindNet 802.11b Device Driver Kit and Tornado for Home Gateways platform raises the bar, driving innovation to a new level," said Larry Ciaccia, Intersil vice president and general manger, Wireless Networking. "Wind River's selection of the Wi-Fi standard and Intersil's PRISM chipset for its innovative product is further evidence of our common goal to meet the challenges of this rapidly expanding market."

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado, VxWorks, WindNet, and HOW SMART THINGS THINK are registered trademarks or trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., October 15, 2001- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today awarded SONICblue™ (Nasdaq: SBLU) its "Cool Customer Design" award for its ReplayTV 4000 broadband digital video recorder (DVR). The ReplayTV 4000 is the first home-networked DVR with an integrated broadband connection to the Internet. SONICblue turned to Wind River for the company's market leading VxWorks® real time operating system (RTOS) and state-of-the-art Tornado™ development environment (IDE).

SONICblue's ReplayTV 4000 lets consumers store up to 320 hours of video programming. Users can then share video content between multiple ReplayTV 4000 units in the home over the home network or use the broadband connection to send those files to friends who also own a ReplayTV 4000 outside the home. Billed as the "world's first home video server", the ReplayTV 4000 can also be used to store photos and home movies. SONICblue chose to use off-the-shelf Wind River software to meet its own development deadlines and external adoption efforts.

Forrester Research predicts that 46.7 million homes throughout the U.S. will have broadband access through either DSL or cable modems by 2005. Technology experts predict that broadband connections to the home will be one of the fastest growing markets over the next five years. Each broadband connection will require a residential gateway or other home device to decode and distribute the broadband signals, bringing the market for this type of equipment to $5 billion by 2005, according to recent research by Cahners In-Stat Group.

"SONICblue has quickly brought a reliable product to market in a very competitive marketplace," said David Sheaffer, senior director of business development and marketing of Wind River's Platform business unit. "The seamless integration of the VxWorks RTOS and Tornado IDE made it easy for SONICblue to meet its time to market window. The reliability of our software and our ability to quickly and effectively deliver this technology to companies like SONICblue further enables a world of connected smart devices."

"Wind River's technology solution offered the complete package of software and development tools, as well as enhanced stability and the essential components needed to support the online capabilities of our new ReplayTV 4000," said Jeff Hastings, vice president of ODM, SONICblue. "Our revolutionary new ReplayTV home entertainment product clearly raises the bar for DVR-enabled devices with its numerous network-enabled features. The introduction of the ReplayTV 4000 is another example of our commitment to assemble the key components of the connected home of the future, where digital video and audio entertainment can be easily enjoyed in any room at any time."

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in sixteen countries worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., October 10, 2001 — Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced that it has purchased the assets of the Telenetworks business unit from Next Level Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTV). The Telenetworks business unit supplies embedded networking software products to telecommunications equipment manufacturers. As part of this agreement, key Telenetworks employees will join Wind River. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed at this time.

"The acquisition of Telenetworks allows us to offer original equipment manufacturers complete, well-supported converged voice/data solutions that speeds their time to market, lowers development costs, and reduces risk while leveraging the capabilities of the legacy voice network," said David Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit. "The networking assets we acquired from Telenetworks fit nicely into Wind River's product strategy, which is based on providing our customers with a comprehensive suite of embedded operating systems, software components and development tools."

This acquisition of voice-over-IP (VoIP) and telecommunications signaling technologies strengthens Wind River's position as the leading individual supplier of embedded networking solutions. The principle products acquired in the transaction include software stacks that implement the signaling and control mechanisms used in VoIP networks. Wind River will also acquire a comprehensive set of SS7 and ISDN signaling stacks – protocols that are used widely throughout the current telecommunications network infrastructure. Used in conjunction with Wind River's portfolio of embedded networking technologies, operating systems, and development tools these new products will provide manufacturers with a complete environment for developing new converged voice/data networking equipment, such as VoIP terminals, VoIP-enabled enterprise switches, integrated access devices, media gateways, and softswitches.

Converged voice/data services are an important offering from telecommunications service providers, as they look to reduce costs, expand services and upgrade their networks from traditional circuit-switched technology to IP packet switching. The market for such softswitches alone totaled $364M in 2000, and is projected to grow to $4.3B by 2004, according to The Yankee Group.

About Wind River Systems
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. Next Level Communications and the NLC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Next Level Communications in the United States and other countries. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. This release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including Wind River's expectation for the integration of the Telenetworks business unit into Wind River, expectations for development of new product solutions, and anticipated market size in the softswitch market. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Factors that realistically could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements are set forth under "Risk Factors" in Wind River's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2001.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., October 8, 2001 Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today awarded Ricoh its "Cool Customer Design" award for two products in its new category of devices called Image Capture Devices, (to view previous winners, please visit the Cool Customer Archive). To develop these innovative digital consumer products, Ricoh utilized a variety of Wind River's market leading products such as the VxWorks® embedded real-time operating system (RTOS), Tornado® development tools, and the VxWorks Network Stack.

Ricoh's new image capture devices, the RDC-7 and the RDC-i700, are much like digital cameras. Both products feature greater than 3.34 million pixel resolution for crisp clear pictures, flip-up LCD screen to easily review pictures, and an optical and digital zoom lens. They also include USB and CompactFlash connectivity. The RDC-i700 has full PC-Card expansion capability.

Additionally, using the VxWorks Network Stack, the RDC-i700 features innovative embedded functionality, which allows users to surf the Web, upload images to the Internet, and e-mail pictures to friends and relatives directly from the camera. The embedded VxWorks Network Stack in the RDC-i700 provides for Ethernet network connectivity, or serial line connectivity over a cellular wireless or standard wired phone. These innovative features, among others, led Time Magazine to declare the device "Consumer Technology Invention Of The Year" in 2000.

"For revolutionary products such as the RDC series of Image Capture Devices, Ricoh looked for an embedded technology provider with an array of usable technology components such as easy to use development tools, robust embedded operating system, and full Internet connectivity, as well as a company that could support our development team in Japan on all phases of product development," said Tomoyoshi Hiraiwa, general manager for Ricoh's Photo Products Division. "Innovation is a key hallmark for our products, and leveraging the strengths of a company like Wind River has allowed us to focus on quickly bringing our award-winning digital cameras to market, and in the process define a brand new category of simple to use Internet devices called Image Capture Devices."

"We are pleased that Ricoh chose Wind River's embedded Internet technology to develop its groundbreaking image capture devices, bringing its customers a new level of functionality and ease of use in the way they can capture and share digital images with friends and colleagues," said Sayeed Choudhury, director of business development, Asia for Wind River Platforms business unit. "Wind River is committed to providing our customers in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world with the innovative embedded technologies and support necessary to develop breakthrough digital consumer electronics products."

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in sixteen countries worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, VxWorks, and Tornado are registered trademarks, and How Smart Things Think is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., October 3, 2001 -- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, announced that it has filed suit against Green Hills Software, Inc. for patent infringement. The suit was filed in the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware and alleges that Green Hills is infringing Wind River's U.S. Patent Number 5,872,909 (the "Wilner '909 patent") as a result of Green Hills' use, distribution and marketing of its MULTI and EventAnalyzer products. The suit seeks damages and injunctive relief.

Wind River uses the technology of the Wilner '909 patent in its WindView® software analyzer product. The WindView product is a sophisticated visualization tool tailored to the demanding requirements of real-time embedded systems development. Using WindView, developers can dynamically view and monitor the performance of software running on a target system, allowing the developer to understand the interactions between tasks, interrupts and system objects executing on the target. Developers using WindView can reduce overall development time and improve software quality.

"Wind River invests millions of dollars each year in research and development to create new and innovative products that bring significant value to our customers," said John Fogelin, chief technical officer and vice president, general manager of Wind River Platforms business unit. "Those products and the intellectual property they contain are the cornerstone of our business and are significant assets which we will protect against infringement."

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think"!. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in sixteen countries worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo and WindView are registered trademarks, and How Smart Things Think is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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