• Hands on demonstrations of VxWorks 6.0 and Wind River Workbench

WHAT:
In a special hands-on tech lab, Wind River will demonstrate VxWorks® 6.0, the next generation of the world's most proven operating system. The company will also demonstrate Wind River Workbench, the new Eclipse-based development environment for both VxWorks and Linux, the two established standards in device software development.

Additionally, Wind River engineers will lead technical breakout sessions, where attendees will learn to:

• Increase the accuracy and speed of debugging in a Linux environment


• Enable heterogeneous IPC, from single processor to multicore to cluster


• Use new compiler optimization technologies to produce fast, efficient code.

WHERE:
Smart Networks Developer Forum (SNDF) - sponsored by Freescale Semiconductor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola, Inc.
Hyatt Regency Dallas
Marsalis Hall
300 Reunion Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75207

WHEN:
Monday, April 26, 2004 - Thursday, April 29, 2004

Demonstration:
Warren Kurisu product line manager, will showcase Wind River Workbench with
VxWorks Simulator for VxWorks 6.
Tuesday, April 27, 2004, from 3:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. CDT

SNDF Breakout Sessions:
Kent Shaw, senior technical marketing engineer, will present "Optimizer
Technologies," demonstrating the significant optimization capabilities of the Wind River Compiler
Tuesday, April 27, 2004, from 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CDT

Gil Hellman, senior product manager will present "Challenges of Linux Development"
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 from 4:30 p.m - 5:30 p.m. CDT

Maarten Koning, principal technologist, will present "From Single Processor to Multicore to Cluster: Enabling Heterogeneous IPC"
Wednesday, April 28, 2004, from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CDT

WHY:
Increased competition is driving network equipment manufacturers to cut costs and reduce development time, even as they dramatically increase functionality and performance levels. Wind River will discuss the trends affecting this industry and showcase Wind River's DSO solutions which enable these manufacturers to develop new products by leveraging existing IP, thereby speeding time to market for next generation network infrastructure products.

For further information or to schedule a meeting with Wind River executives, please contact Wind River public relations at windriverpr@windriver.com

About Wind River
Wind River is the market leader in device software optimization. Wind River enables companies to develop and run software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably. Wind River Platforms tightly integrate a rich set of market-leading operating systems, development tools and middleware with services to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. 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 800-872-4977.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

• Enables engineers to develop compact code faster and more efficiently
• Cross platform development with Linux and VxWorks

ALAMEDA, Calif.--April 27, 2004--Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in device software optimization (DSO), today announced the general availability of Wind River Compiler 5.2.1. The Wind River Compiler, formerly known as the Diab compiler, builds on and extends the Diab technology. With significant, new optimization capabilities, the Wind River Compiler will allow developers to create compact code faster and more efficiently -- enabling them to fit complex device software applications into their products using fewer microprocessor and memory resources. The Compiler is available for all Wind River Platforms and the Wind River Workbench.

"Developers continue to rely on Wind River's Diab Compiler to get the most out of their code and maximize their silicon investments. Because Wind River has extended its existing Diab technology into the next generation Wind River Compiler, device software developers can benefit from new optimization capabilities that continue to adhere to software industry standards," said Jerry Krasner, Ph.D., vice president of Embedded Market Forecasters (www.embeddedforecast.com).

With the Wind River Compiler companies can:

• Create exceptionally fast, tight code for device software with cross module inlining


• Fine-tune the Wind River Compiler's output to meet the needs of demanding device software applications


• Maximize performance from their silicon investment with the Wind River Compiler's modular architecture


• Reduce development time, risk and cost with the Wind River Compiler's adherence to software industry standards

New Technology features include:

• Seamless integration with Wind River Platforms and Wind River Workbench


• Expanded target architectures (Pentium; PowerPC 970, Power PC 85xx, 8280, MGT5200; ColdFire 5282, 547x, 548x)


• New cross module optimization technology


• Increased GNU compatibility


• All new documentation


• HW floating support for 54xx


• Abridged STL

"As the leading provider of Platforms that enable DSO, we will continue to deliver products that allow our customers to develop device software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably," said Dave Fraser, chief marketing officer at Wind River. "With this latest version of the Wind River Compiler, we enable developers in a wide variety of markets to create exceptionally fast code for their device software applications while offering proven reliability, flexibility and interoperability with other development tools."

The Wind Power Compiler is available now. To learn more about the Wind River Compiler visit www.windriver.com/products/development_tools/compilers/wind_river_compiler.

About Wind River
Wind River is the market leader in device software optimization. Wind River enables companies to develop and run software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably. Wind River Platforms tightly integrate a rich set of market-leading operating systems, development tools and middleware with services to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. 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. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

• Developer satisfaction improves with Wind River visionCLICK
• Enables engineers to optimize development across VxWorks and Linux projects

ALAMEDA, Calif. April 27, 2004--Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in device software optimization (DSO), today announced that Wind River visionCLICK, the industry's most feature-rich and proven debugger, now supports Linux debugging for PowerQUICC II processors from Freescale Semiconductor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola. With significant optimization capabilities, Wind River visionCLICK and Wind River Workbench will allow developers to create and deploy application software for PowerQUICC II processors with a higher degree of flexibility and openness, providing developers with total control of their system at all times.

Until recently, developers have been largely dissatisfied with the quality of Linux tools on the market. Today's announcement meets a growing need across the industry for proven, flexible and reliable development tools for Linux. According to a 2003 survey from Evan's Data Corp, despite the large and growing popularity of embedded Linux among developers, fewer than 20 percent of developers rated Embedded Linux toolsets as "good," while only 5 percent rated them "excellent".

Wind River visionCLICK now provides developers with the following benefits:

• Linux and VxWorks support


• Linux development support, distribution and version independence


• No Linux kernel instrumentation required


• Hardware breakpoints and built-in diagnostics


• Drag-and-drop debugging


• Extensive Flash programming support


• Open API for in-house proprietary operating systems


• High speed download and debugging

Wind River Workbench will provide additional flexibility and cross-platform development by enabling:

• Efficient cross-project, cross-platform development


• Reduced training costs with one environment, one set of development tools


• Increased developer proficiency - requiring no retraining


• Improved collaboration and productivity across the real-time enterprise

"As the leading provider of Platforms that enable device software optimization, we continually deliver new debugging and development environments that allow our customers to develop more reliable device software faster and at a lower cost," said Dave Fraser, chief marketing officer, Wind River. "With the latest version of Wind River visionCLICK and the upcoming version of Wind River Workbench, the company is making good on its commitment to provide truly interoperable tools to both VxWorks and Linux-based PowerQUICC devices."

Wind River visionCLICK is available immediately for all Wind River Platforms. To learn more about Wind River visionCLICK visit: http://www.windriver.com/products/development_tools/debuggers_emulators

To learn more about the Wind River Workbench, visit: http://www.windriver.com/announces/workbench/

About Wind River
Wind River is the market leader in device software optimization. Wind River enables companies to develop and run software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably. Wind River Platforms tightly integrate a rich set of market-leading operating systems, development tools and middleware with services to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. 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. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

• Yaskawa Electric selects Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation
• Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation to improve reliability and real-time processing for MOTOMAN robot controllers

Alameda, Calif.--April 22, 2004--Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), the global leader in device software optimization, today announced that Yaskawa Electric Corporation has selected Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation as the device software foundation for its NX100 and NXC100 robot controllers. Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation provides fully integrated device software technology and development tools that meet the stringent requirements for industrial control safety and reliability. Yaskawa Electric chose Wind River's integrated platform for industrial automation devices to increase efficiencies and reduce overall development time.

"Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation provided Yaskawa with unrivaled reliability, real-time performance and support of key industrial networks. In addition, with Wind River we were guaranteed clear product roadmaps and global technical support," said Fumihiko Takemoto, manager of Yaskawa Electric's Robotics Automation Division, Robot Plant, Control Technology Department, Controller Technology Section 2. "By basing our robot controller device on the Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation, we were able to focus our resources on innovating superior robotic controllers faster, better, less expensively and more reliably."

"The robotics market is a significant market opportunity for Wind River to provide Yaskawa Electric with the technologies and tools that optimize device software development for its industrial robotics," said Dave Fraser, chief marketing officer, Wind River. "Device software optimization builds sustainable competitive advantage for our customers -- from robotics to medical equipment to traffic control systems and more -- and we are committed to enable this marketplace with the best technologies for the creation of intelligent, connected industrial devices."

Yaskawa Electric was the first company in Japan to ship the all-electrical "MOTOMAN" industrial robots and to date the company has shipped more than 100,000 robots, making Yaskawa the world's leader in total shipments of industrial articulated robots. Brisk demand has been seen in different applications, particularly arc welding, spot welding, spraying and liquid crystal glass conveyance, while orders received for semiconductor related robots have also been on the rise.

About Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation
Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation is an integrated device software platform designed for the rapid development of reliable, connected, and manageable industrial automation devices. It integrates the necessary foundational software to quickly design, develop and deploy such devices. Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation is based on the proven reliable VxWorks® real-time operating system and powerful development tools. Devices can easily connect to fieldbus and Ethernet-based factory-floor networks, supervisory systems, business applications and the Internet. Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation is made for designers of factory automation applications, ranging from programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to robotics and process control equipment. To learn more about Wind River Platforms for the industrial market, please visit www.windriver.com/products/platforms/industrial/

About Wind River
Wind River is the market leader in device software optimization. Wind River enables companies to develop and run software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably. Wind River Platforms tightly integrate a rich set of market-leading operating systems, development tools and middleware with services to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. 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 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. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

• National Instruments Selects Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation
• Marks a New, Strategic Relationship between Wind River and National Instruments to speed time to market for Next Generation Industrial Test and Measurement Devices

ALAMEDA, Calif.--April 12, 2004--Wind River Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in device software optimization (DSO), today announced that it entered a strategic relationship with National Instruments to help expand their presence within the industrial market, including test and measurement, machine and process control, and autonomous and embedded applications. National Instruments selected Wind River's Platform for Industrial Automation (Platform IA), an integrated platform for industrial automation devices, to develop its next generation industrial control products. National Instruments' decision to work with Wind River is based on Wind River's ability to satisfy their technology and middleware needs, architecture requirements and real-time performance demands.

"As a leader in the test and measurement market, National Instruments is always looking for ways to leverage our success into other market areas," said Tim Dehne Senior VP of R&D, National Instruments. "By collaborating with Wind River, we are better equipped to develop the most optimal and competitive industrial measurement and control devices on the market, enabling us to strengthen our product offering for the industrial market."

By standardizing on Wind River's Platform IA, National Instruments can effectively reduce the time-to-market of its control devices while also increasing product reliability and minimizing software development.

"This announcement marks a new strategic relationship between Wind River and National Instruments," said Dave Fraser, chief marketing officer, Wind River. "Wind River's Platform for Industrial Automation continues to set the standard for next generation industrial devices. We're excited that Platform IA will be a software foundation for National Instruments' control devices."

To learn more about Wind River Platform for Industrial Automation please visit www.windriver.com/platforms/platformia/index.html

About Wind River
Wind River is the market leader in device software optimization. Wind River enables companies to develop and run software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably. Wind River Platforms tightly integrate a rich set of market-leading operating systems, development tools and middleware with services to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. 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

ALAMEDA, Calif.--April 01, 2004--Wind River Systems, Inc. (WIND, Trade), the global leader in device software optimization, today announced it plans to support the new IBM PowerPC 970FX. This next generation IBM PowerPC processor and Wind River technology are intended to help developers build next generation networking and aerospace and defense applications better, faster and at a lower cost.

Wind River plans to support the PowerPC 970FX in its Wind River Platforms that run VxWorks® 6.X, the next generation of Wind River's industry leading real time operating system, which includes new features that complement the PowerPC 970FX such as MMU-based memory protection, open standards and advanced error detection. Other Wind River products that will support the IBM PowerPC 970FX include the VxWorks Developer's Toolkit and the Wind River® Workbench.

"Wind River and IBM deliver technology that spans from devices to enterprise systems, which enables us to collaborate to provide device software optimization solutions to our customers," said Dave Fraser, chief marketing officer for Wind River. "The PowerPC970FX processor coupled with Wind River's market-leading technology eliminates the need for customers to spend time on hardware and software integration, allowing them to focus on building better, more reliable products at a lower cost."

IBM has been instrumental in Wind River's embrace of Linux, and Wind River also plans to incorporate the PowerPC 970FX into its ongoing Linux strategy. Additionally, through Wind River's recently announced partnership with Red Hat, IBM and Wind River customers will have device software solutions that span from the device to the enterprise.

"The new PowerPC 970FX processor joins other PowerPC processors to comprise IBM's next generation scalable microprocessor family that runs applications that span from devices to supercomputers," said Ray Bryant, director of PowerPC products, IBM Systems & Technology Group. "Through Wind River's software and tools support, developers can work with a well-rounded device software development platform that can help speed time to market and reduce development costs."

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop and run software faster, better, less expensively and more reliably. Wind River Platforms tightly integrate a rich set of market-leading operating systems, development tools and middleware with services to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. 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, Calif., 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. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

• Wind River's device software that powers the Mars Exploration Rovers was awarded overall "Best in Show" as well as best aerospace and defense product.
• Wind River also won the communications award for its device software that powers The Weather Channel's Intellistar.

ALAMEDA, Calif.--April 01, 2004--Wind River Systems (WIND, Trade), the global leader in device software optimization (DSO), today announced that its device software that powers NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Exploration Rovers -- Spirit and Opportunity -- won the overall "Best of Show" award, as well as the best aerospace and defense product. The Weather Channel's Intellistar won "Best of Show" within the communications category. Wind River enabled its customers -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and The Weather Channel -- to develop and run the software that powers their respective devices faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably.

"These awards are a great testament to Wind River's ability to continually provide our customers with the software, development tools and services expertise they need to build some of the world's most innovative intelligent, connected devices," said Ken Klein, chairman, president and CEO, Wind River Systems. "Wind River is proud to be taking home these awards today as they are a tribute to our long-standing collaborative relationships with NASA and The Weather Channel."

The Mars Exploration Rovers -- "Spirit" and "Opportunity" -- are NASA's twin robot geologists, which are part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. The two Rovers launched toward Mars on June 10 and July 7, 2003, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars and respectively landed on Mars on January 3 and January 24, 2004. Wind River serves as the "brains" of the Rovers, enabling the machines to perform complex, mission-critical tasks, including trajectory, descent and ground operations control, data collection and Mars to Earth communication relay.

The Weather Channel's Intellistar is the next generation, geography-specific TV programming system and device. By relying on Wind River to develop the Thunderstorm PCI card -- the brains of the IntelliStar -- The Weather Channel leveraged Wind River's device software expertise and technology portfolio to architect, develop, deliver and field test the IntelliStar. IntelliStar will be used by TV program distributors nationally, including Cox Communications, Comcast Communications, DirecTV, Charter Cable, and National Cable Television Cooperative.

"Wind River provided us with the device software and services expertise that were required to reach a new level of programming advances that include robust content and sophisticated localization capabilities," said Brian Shield, executive vice president and chief information officer at The Weather Channel. "The IntelliStar provides our customers with immediate enhancements and opens the way for future programming advances and support for new revenue services. We are honored that this innovative technology received kudos at a conference that is so well-known for being on the forefront of technological advancements."

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop and run software faster, better, less expensively and more reliably. Wind River Platforms tightly integrate a rich set of market-leading operating systems, development tools and middleware with services to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. 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, Calif., 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. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RTI, Real-Time Innovations, ScopeTools and NDDS are registered trademarks or trademarks of Real-Time Innovations, Inc. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications