Santa Clara and Alameda, Calif.--Sept. 16, 2003-- NEC Electronics America, Inc. and Wind River Systems, Inc. today announced that customers purchasing NEC Electronics' RockHopper™ development kits, featuring its VR Series™ MIPS-based microprocessors, will receive a free 30-day trial of Wind River Systems' visionPROBE II hardware-assisted software development tools. Customers can use the RockHopper development kits to evaluate Wind River's debugging and programming tools and their range of options and features, which are now available for NEC Electronics' VR Series microprocessors. Offering Wind River's tools with NEC Electronics' RockHopper development kits will enable greater productivity for software and hardware developers.

"Our commitment to facilitating embedded product design and development for our customers led to this agreement. By enabling our customers to evaluate Wind River's feature-rich hardware and software debugging tools, we are making it easier for them to reduce their time to market," said George Wang, general manager, standard LSI solutions strategic business unit, NEC Electronics America. "NEC Electronics' VR Series microprocessors have contained hardware debugging capabilities for many years. Being able to take advantage of these features for embedded products has always been a competitive advantage for our customers. We are leveraging our long-standing working relationship with Wind River to extend our capabilities and benefits to our customers."

"Our visionICE II and visionPROBE II tools, coupled with our hardware-optimized debuggers, provide fast, feature-rich and flexible debugging capabilities for embedded microprocessors, and by combining them with NEC Electronics America's RockHopper kit, we can also offer our customers access to a highly flexible, proven development system," said Michel Genard, general manager, Hardware-Assisted Tools Division, Wind River Systems. "NEC Electronics America customers are in turn provided with a robust, well-supported, N-Wire tools option for debugging and programming."

NEC Electronics America RockHopper Development Kits
The RockHopper development kits are a highly efficient and flexible development environment featuring the capabilities of NEC Electronics' VR Series embedded processors. RockHopper development kits can be used as a reference design or as a platform to evaluate the capabilities of NEC Electronics' processors and companion chips or other vendors' peripherals. The RockHopper kits enable the development and testing of peripheral hardware, device drivers and software applications. The kits use operating systems such as VxWorks®, Windows® CE or Linux®. In addition, GNU tools and other relevant software are also provided by NEC Electronics America for compatibility and add-on value. The RockHopper development platform supports the VR7701™, VR5500™, VR5432™ and VR4131™ microprocessors.

Wind River visionICE II and
visionPROBE II Hardware Development Tools
visionICE II is a fully integrated hardware-assisted software development tool that addresses the entire product development cycle--from board bring-up, to debug, to production test. In addition, visionICE II is flexible by design; support for additional processors is as simple as changing the personality module and updating a license key. The visionPROBE II is a robust, yet cost effective hardware-assisted debugging and test tool used by system developers and software engineers in any phase of the product development lifecycle. visionICE II and visionPROBE II are optimized for support of VxWorks and WIND RIVER®PLATFORMS, but also provide the flexibility to debug any application.

Pricing and Availability
Effective immediately, customers purchasing NEC Electronics America's RockHopper development kits will be provided with a free 30-day evaluation of Wind River's visionPROBE II development tools. Customers wishing to use the visionPROBE II or visionICE II tools beyond the 30-day trial may purchase the hardware bring-up and software-development solutions directly from Wind River Systems. The RockHopper kits are available now, list priced from $1800 to $3050 depending on board and combination of features, through NEC Electronics America's authorized distributors or online at NEC Electronics America's e-commerce site. On the site, customers may purchase the kits with a credit card and typically will receive their orders within 72 hours. (Pricing and availability are subject to change.)

About Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It provides market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

NEC Electronics America, Inc., VR Series, VR7701, VR5500, VR5432, VR4131, VR4130 and VR4133 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of NEC Electronics Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. RockHopper is a trademark of NEC Electronics America, Inc. Window CE is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. visionICE, visionICE II, visionPROBE, visionPROBE II and VxWorks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other registered trademarks or trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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• Continuing its tradition of anticipating and exceeding customer demands, Wind River has increased performance of its network routing stack through the use of PLATFORM for Network Equipment (PNE) to meet changing market needs for increased throughput.
• The fully integrated, tested, and feature-rich PLATFORM NE works to reduce the risks of developing and delivering products on time and on budget.

Alameda, Calif.--September 16, 2002--Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services, will illustrate its continued innovation in the network equipment development space at the Intel Developer Forum, September 16-18 at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California (booth number 406). In response to changing market needs for IP stack performance, Wind River has increased the performance capabilities in Wind River's router stack, as reflected in results from a recent Intel performance test in which Wind River PNE doubled improvement over the standard Wind River VxWorks 5.5 network stack.

The market needs for IP stack performance in networking equipment is changing rapidly with several trends driving the need for faster IP performance. For example, new access technologies like VDSL and FTTH are driving bandwidth requirements, and access equipment like DSL, Cable, and FTTH modems are requiring higher and higher IP performance. In the wired and wireless infrastructure markets there has been a considerable movement from proprietary circuit/packet switched backplanes to standard Ethernet backplanes. To enable manufacturers of these access, wireless, backplane, and other network infrastructure products to meet the demand for higher performance, Wind River has advanced performance of its PLATFORM for Network Equipment, as showcased in Intel's most recent performance test findings using the Intel IXP425 reference board. Visit PLATFORM for Network Equipment Whitepaper for details.

"We are committed to providing our customers with the most progressive, robust and reliable development solutions," said Dave Fraser, group vice president of products for Wind River. "Wind River's comprehensive and fully integrated PLATFORM NE has revolutionized the way developers can create network equipment."

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It provides market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc., and VxWorks is a registered 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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WHAT:
Steve Blackman, director of business development for aerospace and defense at Wind River, will present two sessions at the Military Electronics Conference and Show 2003 entitled:

-- "Killing Bugs on Mars: A NASA Case Study"
The case study will detail how NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory utilized a COTS solution to successfully meet the development schedule for the Mars Pathfinder Mission.

-- "Meeting RTCA/DO-178B/12B and ARINC 653 Safety Requirements for Critical Systems"
This presentation will explore and review the DO-178B/ED-12B software guidance document and the ARINC 653 standard. It will also discuss how equipment makers can benefit from an ARINC 653 COTS based solution that introduces the possibility of software reuse and incremental certification.

WHERE:
Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

WHEN:
September 16, 2003
9:40 am - 10:10 am ET: "Killing Bugs on Mars: A NASA Case Study
10:20 am - 10:50 am ET: "Meeting RTCA/DO-178B/12B and ARINC 653 Safety Requirements for Critical Systems"

WHY:
Attendees will hear how leading aerospace and defense companies rely on Wind River to provide proven solutions that meet exceptional standards of performance and reliability. For more information about the conference, please visit: http://www.mes2003.com/

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It provides market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc., and VxWorks is a registered 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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

• Wind River announces plans to support IPv6 across all of the company's integrated embedded platforms.
• The first of those platforms, PLATFORM CD, provides the consumer electronics industry with the first ever, integrated embedded platform with dual IPv4 and IPv6 capabilities.

Alameda, CA-- September 2, 2003--Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services, today announced its plans to eventually support IPv6 across all of the company's integrated embedded PLATFORMS. In so doing, Wind River provides the first-ever integrated platforms with dual IPv4 and IPv6 capabilities, allowing customers to take full advantage of cross-product efficiencies and meet the changing needs of the networked world. Kicking off this initiative, Wind River announced the integration of IPv6 and IPsec to its WIND RIVER® PLATFORM for Consumer Devices (PLATFORM CD 1.1).

PLATFORM CD 1.1 represents the first of Wind River's PLATFORMS to include IPv6 and IPsec support. With the integration of IPv6 and IPsec into Platform CD 1.1, consumer electronics manufacturers are provided with the additional Internet addresses, security and network authentication they require--enabling secure device to device or device to server communication for next-generation, Internet-enabled digital cameras, digital TVs, set-top boxes and printers. Through Wind River's subscription-based model, consumer electronic manufacturers can rely on Wind River to include market-specific technology required to stay competitive, year over year.

Anticipating the demand for IPv6 enabled devices, global companies are turning to Wind River's technology. Currently, PLATFORM CD is the strongest selling WIND RIVER PLATFORM and leading electronics manufactures such as, Motorola, Sony, Panasonic, Minolta, Pace and more continue to use Wind River's proven technology and services.

"Wind River's technology, tools and services have proven to be a cost effective, time saving development option," said Minoru Kuramoto, deputy general manager, development group, of Sumitomo Electric Networks, Inc. "With the IPv6 integration in PLATFORM CD 1.1, companies can build current and future products without incurring costly platform upgrades--allowing us to get our new products to market quickly and maximize their potential time in market."

The number of Internet-enabled networks is nearly doubling every year. With such rapid growth and the related increase in the use of wireless networked devices, the world is quickly running out of IP addresses to support the demand for connections. While the U.S. has the majority of Internet addresses, usable addresses for non-U.S. markets are quickly running out. IPv6 will make ubiquitous Internet connectivity affordable and practical--and Wind River's fully integrated embedded platforms provide the tailored IPv6 support necessary to create the next generation of Internet-enabled devices

WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Consumer Devices 1.1
PLATFORM CD 1.1 tightly integrates a rich set of Wind River's market-leading operating system, world-class development tools, connectivity software and management features with service credits to provide a complete embedded development foundation. End applications include printers, copiers, set-top boxes, digital televisions, digital cameras and emerging digital devices.

PLATFORM CD 1.1 includes:

• Fully integrated embedded platform with Tornado development tools. VxWorks RTOS, wireless components (802.11b, 802.1x), USB stack, 2D graphics, networking components (SNMP, HTTP Server, PPPP, PPPoE, IPsec) and services


• All components are IPv6 enabled and IPv6 integration tested


• Scalable, embedded IP stack, supporting dual IPv4 and IPv6 modules


• Enhanced network security and authentication with IPsec integration


• Compatibility with MIPS, ARM, PowerPC, SuperH, XScale and IA32 processor architectures

"Through WIND RIVER PLATFORMS and our subscription based pricing model, Wind River is committed to providing our customers with increased value year over year," said Dave Fraser, group vice president, products for Wind River. "One of the ways we are creating that value comes from increased support for next generation, innovative technologies as seen with IPv6 in PLATFORM CD."

Pricing and Availability
PLATFORM CD's subscription model is priced to meet the price sensitive cost structure of digital consumer electronics. PLATFORM CD1.1 is available immediately. Current Wind River PLATFORM CD customers can receive PLATFORM CD 1.1 as a free upgrade. New customers can license PLATFORM CD through Wind River's flexible, subscription-based pricing model. For more information about WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Consumer Devices please visit www.windriver.com/platforms/platformcd/.

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It provides market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc., and VxWorks is a registered 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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications