ALAMEDA, Calif., December, 13, 2001 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced the completion of the initial integration phase for the switch support package (SSP) integrating the Tornado® for Managed Switches (TMS) 2.0 product line with the IBM PowerNP NP4GS3 Network Processor. This integration indicates progress toward achieving goals set forth in the joint agreement announced in February of this year.

In order to take advantage of advances in both TMS and IBM PowerNP NP4GS3 architecture that have occurred in parallel over the past few months, general availability of the TMS SSP is scheduled for 2Q 2002.

The IBM PowerNP NP4GS3 network processor is the latest in a suite of network processors to be supported by TMS. Integrated together, TMS and the IBM NP4GS3 network 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 and supports hardware such as the IBM PowerNP NP4GS3 that is optimized for Layer 2 and Layer 3 fast-path forwarding and packet processing.

Wind River has invested our resources into the integration of TMS and IBM's PowerNP NP4GS3 so that our customer's can choose from the leading network processors when creating their advanced networking devices, said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager, Wind River Networks business unit. Using a proven and integrated foundation like TMS allows our customers to focus on differentiating their product rather than spending precious development resources on reinventing the wheel.

Wind River TMS helps our customers achieve faster time to market. Working with Wind River, IBM is able to provide OEM customers with the tools and products they need to quickly deliver high performance networking solutions to the marketplace, said Steve Longoria, director of Network Processor Marketing & Strategy.

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, and Tornado for Managed Switches are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organization.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., December 12, 2001 — Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announces its involvement with the latest project from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). A prototype of the spacecraft that will serve as the "lifeboat" for the International Space Station (ISS) will be tested this week at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at California's Edwards Air Force Base. Dubbed the X-38, every function of this prototype, as well as the functions of the final space-based vehicle, will be controlled by Wind River's VxWorks embedded real-time operating system. This same operating system is currently in use by Wind River customers ranging from Sony, Cisco and Siemens, to Rockwell and Raytheon.

The X-38 resembles a smaller, sleeker version of the NASA Space Shuttle. It will be affixed to the outside of the ISS, acting as a "lifeboat" in case the men and women aboard the ISS need to abandon ship. The crew will enter the X-38, close the hatch and hit "Go." The entire operation of the X-38 will be automated, requiring no input from the passengers. Since these space scientists have not been trained as pilots, they would not have the skills needed to fly the X-38 from the ISS to the Earth. They will have to rely on the sophisticated systems and software to bring them home.

The complexity of the X-38 places many demands upon the VxWorks operating system. "This is a vehicle that's got to fly like a spacecraft, then in the atmosphere, like an airplane, and it's got to deploy a parachute and fly like a skydiver," says John Muratore, NASA's X-38 project manager. "And that means that we've got to fly in many different modes. Those modes all have events that happen on a very regular basis, very fast, and that's why the operating system is so critical."

This week's test, scheduled for Thursday, is important to the future success of the X-38 as well. "If the operating system and the flight computer system don´t perform the way we programmed them to in the lab and the way we tested them, we either lose the test vehicle or we lose somebody's life in the actual operational vehicle," says Muratore. "So it's absolutely critical that the operating system perform the way we had planned it to."

In this test, the X-38 will be strapped to the underside of a B-52 bomber. The test vehicle will be taken to an altitude of approx. 45,000 feet before being released. It will then glide to landing at Edwards AFB.

In addition to controlling every aspect of the flight of the X-38, the VxWorks operating system will also be responsible for the precise operation of all communication and life support functions. It's a responsibility that is not taken lightly at Wind River. "The reason NASA chose VxWorks is the same reason that many of our other customers have chosen it," says Wind River chairman and co-founder Jerry Fiddler. "We provide them with a very reliable keystone. They need us so they can concentrate on their other critical areas."

The ISS is the largest scientific cooperative program in history, drawing on the resources and scientific expertise of 16 nations: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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, VxWorks and How Smart Things Think 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., Dec. 10, 2001 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) today announced general availability of its single board computer (SBC) 405GP hardware reference design for prototyping and developing embedded applications that implement the latest field programmable gate array (FPGA) and CPU co-processing technologies. The SBC 405GP enables rapid bring-up of FGPA / CPU co-processing hardware, as well as the testing and debugging of software. Devices that benefit from FPGA / CPU co-processing design are numerous and span a wide variety of market segments including aerospace and defense, networking, wireless and consumer electronics devices (see related press release dated April 10, 2001).

Powered by IBM's Power PC(tm) 405GP embedded processor, the SBC 405GP reference design enables engineers to jump start system and software application development before their own co-processing hardware is available, saving valuable time in the development process. In co-processing designs, the CPU typically runs system applications while the FPGA manages other computationally intensive tasks, resulting in significantly improved system performance. Further, FPGA hardware can be programmed with new functionality after the product has been deployed and is often referred to as "re-configurable computing."

"The benefits of co-processing technology are enormous, and advances in this field continue to blur the lines separating hardware and software," said John Fogelin, chief technologist and vice president of Wind River's Platforms business unit. "The Wind River value chain provides developers of these complex co-processing systems a complete development platform to bring-up hardware, test and debug code, migrate bottlenecked code to hardware where appropriate, and remotely upgrade deployed re-configurable products. Wind River is well positioned to drive further innovation in this exciting area of computing."

"Wind River's 405GP development board is the first solution to give embedded systems engineers the unique capability to develop Platform FPGA solutions in either a loosely coupled architecture using an embedded system bus or a tightly coupled architecture with an embedded processor bus," said Rich Sevcik, senior vice president of FPGA products at Xilinx. "As we see one third of our design wins requiring field upgradability, this solution offers a tremendous value to the growing number of embedded systems designers who leverage programmability." Please see today's Xilinx release.

The platform includes an FPGA daughter card co-developed with Xilinx that plugs onto the SBC 405GP motherboard, providing a high-speed link between the CPU and FPGA and enabling users to re-configure or re-program the application at any time. The motherboard also supports a wide range of re-configurable PCI and PCI mezzanine cards (PMC) on the market, including several from Alpha Data Parallel Systems Ltd., allowing users to continuously upgrade the system with the latest FPGAs on the market. Other key benefits include detailed schematics, VxWorks® board support package, and pre-integration with all of Wind River's hardware-assisted development tools.

Complete Re-configurable Computing Value Chain
In addition to the SBC 405GP reference design, original equipment manufacturers developing re-configurable applications can leverage Wind River's extensive value chain including:

• Real-time operating systems (RTOSes) - Wind River's VxWorks RTOS provides the best environment for closely coupled CPU and FPGA systems, facilitating the migration of software content from the CPU to an FPGA.


• Development Tools - Wind River's Tornado® integrated development environment provides a graphical project workspace including RTOS management tools, debuggers and compilers. In addition, the visionWARE design tool accelerates and simplifies writing target diagnostics and initialization code for co-processing designs, and includes the visionBOOT boot loader for programming flash memory and FPGAs.


• Integrated Re-configurable Partner Technologies - Wind River technology is integrated with top re-configurable computing technology providers, including Xilinx and Celoxica. The Xilinx® programmable logic device applications interface for VxWorks environments (PAVE) allows FPGAs to be reprogrammed in deployed products. Wind River also resells DK1 developed by Celoxica - a "C-to-hardware" design suite that enables direct C-to-hardware synthesis - through the Wind River Direct™ program.

"This is an important platform for software developers wanting to explore a new approach to dramatically improving system performance without a steep learning curve," said Dennis Nye, senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, Celoxica. "We are delighted to support this initiative to overcome CPU bottlenecks by expressing software algorithms in closely-coupled parallel hardware. DK1, our direct C-to-gates design suite, shields Wind River customers wanting to target FPGAs from traditional aspects of the hardware design process."

Availability
The SBC 405GP reference design is available immediately, as are all other Wind River products previously mentioned.

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 software 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, VxWorks, and Tornado are registered trademarks, and How Smart Things Think 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., December 6, 2001 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices in the Internet age, today announced support for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) applications in its Tornado® for Home Gateways software platform. The new extension enables developers to build advanced gateway devices for the home and office, combining DSL broadband access with local networking, security, and versatile management capabilities.

The Tornado for Home Gateways DSL Package is part of Wind River's strategy to provide well integrated, vertically tailored solutions to key segments of the networking market. The package is suitable for DSL modems, routers, home gateways, integrated access devices (IADs), and other DSL-based gateway equipment for the home and small office. It can be further enhanced with plug-in additions from Wind River, including security and virtual private network (VPN) capabilities, voice-over-IP (VoIP), advanced routing and bridging protocols, and support for emerging wireless networking technologies such as 802.11b wireless LAN and Bluetooth. Furthermore, THG can be extended with value-added software and hardware from the over 600 members of the WindLink™ Partner Program.

The number of DSL subscribers has passed the 10 million mark worldwide, helped by rapid growth in the Asian and European markets. The technology has proven to be a cost-effective option for businesses to connect to the Internet, as well as an attractive service for home users and telecommuters. Technology advancements are enabling enhanced services such as voice and multimedia applications.

"Wind River has been a strong supplier to DSL equipment manufacturers since the very early stages of this market," said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networking business unit. "Now, with DSL support in Tornado for Home Gateways, we offer our customers a launching pad to create the most advanced DSL routers and gateway devices."

Recently Wind River awarded its "Cool Customer Design" to Apple for its recently announced AirPort® wireless networking solution for home, school and office. This next generation wireless solution includes the AirPort Base Station which includes Wind River's Tornado® for Home Gateways (THG) integrated development platform technology and WindNet™ RADIUS user access control software.

The Tornado for Home Gateways DSL Package includes a full set of protocol software components supporting the most common DSL architectures, including bridging and IP routing modes as well as PPP-over-Ethernet (PPPoE) client and server. Based on the VxWorks® real-time operating system, the package supports a large selection of hardware platforms, including the PowerPC™, MIPS™, ARM™ and XScale™ microarchitecture processor families. A hardware abstraction API facilitates porting of the DSL software components onto a wide variety of ATM and DSL silicon.

Fraser added, "For developers, versatility and flexibility are key. They don´t want to be constrained to a single hardware and software platform that leaves them at the mercy of their supplier. Wind River offers silicon access, allowing customers to preserve their investment and select the best hardware for their needs. Our platform combines an integrated software foundation with a multitude of expansion options that continues to grow."

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 are registered trademarks and WindLink is a trademark 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., December 5, 2001 — Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced a wide array of product support for Motorola's recently announced MPC8250 and MPC8241 processors. Key Wind River software and development tools, including the market-leading VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) and Tornado integrated development environment (IDE), are now fully available for these communications processors from Motorola. The MPC8250 and MPC8241 processors are well suited for a number of key market segments including data communications, storage and telecommunications. In related news, Wind River also now supports the latest version of Motorola's MPC8245 processor.

Through Motorola and Wind River's Center of Excellence relationship (see related announcement, Wind River, Motorola Create Center of Excellence to Deliver Leading Software for Prominent PowerPC Microprocessors, February 12, 2001), Wind River is able to quickly support leading communications processors upon their release with complete, end-to-end solutions for hardware and software development. Full software and development tool support available early on in the processor life cycle is a key consideration for developers implementing new processors in their embedded designs.

"Wind River is a key member of Motorola's Smart Networks Alliance–delivering customer solutions that can significantly accelerate development time for networking and communications equipment designers," stated Thomas Fehr, director of platform strategy for Motorola's Networking and Computing Systems Group. "Further enhancing Motorola's Smart Networks Platform, Wind River's continued support of our leading processors–including the recently announced MPC8250 and MPC8245–displays the effectiveness and benefit that the Center of Excellence relationship delivers to our Smart Networks customers."

"Wind River is pleased to once again deliver on our Center of Excellence relationship with early support for Motorola's latest communications processors," said John Fogelin, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Platforms business unit. "No other embedded supplier can match the breadth and depth of Wind River's integrated product offering for Motorola's leading communications processors, including debuggers, compilers, control emulators, real-time operating systems and other tools crucial for developers needing to get their products to market on-time and on-budget."

Wind River Support for the MPC8250 and MPC8241 Processors
This robust product offering enables embedded system developers to bring up new hardware, solve tough hardware-software integration issues and facilitate the production and test of completed products. Specifically, Wind River offers developers using these processors:

• Diab™ C/C++ compiler — Highly optimized compiling solution supporting both the MPC8241 and MPC8250 processors.


• Tornado® II IDE — Complete development environment providing GNU and Diab compiler support, SingleStep for Tornado II software debugger, the VxWorks RTOS and board support packages supporting the MPC8241 and MPC8250 processors for the Motorola Sandpoint evaluation system.


• Tornado AE — Wind River's most advanced platform with full memory protection. Featuring the VxWorks AE RTOS and board support packages supporting the MPC8241 and MPC8250 processors for the Motorola Sandpoint evaluation system.


• Complete Networking Solutions — Wind River offers networking equipment vendors integrated software platforms and development environments including Tornado for Managed Switches geared toward manufacturers of data networking, switch, and router equipment and Tornado for Home Gateways for developing broadband access gateway equipment.


• Network stacks — A wide variety of network stacks are available to help developers build data communication, telecom, and storage applications based on these processors. Among the offerings are WindNet™ TCP/IP, OSPFv2, BGP-4, PIM, PPP, Multilink PPP, MPLS, ATM, SIP, Mageco/MGCP, SS7, ISDN, IPSec, IKE, L2TP, RADIUS, NAT, 802.11b, Bluetooth, and IPv6, Envoy™ SNMPv1/v2c/v3, and the RapidControl™ line of device management products.


• Java Solutions — Personal JWorks™ is a complete implementation of Sun Microsystems´ PersonalJava Application Environment (PJAE) on Wind River's VxWorks RTOS. Personal JWorks is certified for full compatibility with the PersonalJava specification and allows developers to embed Java into their applications.


• visionPROBE II, visionICE II, visionCLICK, and SingleStep with vision — Hardware-assisted debugging solutions including real-time target control, source-level debugging, high speed downloads to the target, flash programming and built-in hardware diagnostics.


• SBC8250 reference board — A solid platform for both hardware and software engineers to use in prototyping MPC8250 processor-based designs and a live target for developing and testing code. The board will be available with a Wind River-validated board support package and visionBOOT boot loader and board diagnostics.

These products compliment Wind River's comprehensive support for Motorola's family of processors that implement the PowerPC architecture, including the MPC6xx, MPC7xx, MPC8xx, MPC74xx, and MPC82xx families.

Availability
The Diab C/C++ compiler suite, Tornado II, Tornado AE, Java solutions, and the networking stacks are all available today supporting the MPC8250, MPC8241 and faster MPC8245 processors. The hardware-assisted tools, including software debuggers, single board computer, and emulators will be made available in 2002.

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, Diab, Tornado, SingleStep, VxWorks, Envoy, RapidControl, and WindNet 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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