ORLANDO, FL – June 25, 2007 – Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced its support for Freescale Semiconductor's new Multi-core Communications Platform. Announced today at the Freescale Technology Forum, the platform is an innovative multi-core architecture designed to deliver breakthrough efficiencies, performance and scale, while addressing the emerging challenges of multi-core software development.

Building on a long-standing relationship between the two companies, Wind River was an early supporter of Freescale's popular MPC8641D multi-core processor, and intends to support the MPC8572D multi-core processor, which is sampling now. Wind River will be supporting forthcoming products based on Freescale’s new multi-core processor roadmap. Wind River is committed to delivering platform solutions for the next generation of processor innovation, uniquely offering designers access to integrated platform solutions based on either VxWorks® or Wind River Linux operating systems.

Multi-core solutions from Freescale and Wind River help remove the complexity associated with developing a software solution on a multi-core silicon system while taking full advantage of the performance benefits of multi-core hardware components, ultimately enabling customers to significantly reduce time-to-market. By working closely with Freescale as it rolls out its Multi-core Communications Platform to the industry, Wind River ensures that its shared customers benefit from the most optimal software and hardware environment and reduces the risk to developers of including this platform in their future development plans.

"Like Wind River, Freescale has allocated significant research and development into advanced multi-processing architectures," said Jeff Timbs, Director of Marketing for Freescale's Networking Systems Division. "We appreciate Wind River's solid support for our new platform and we look forward to working with the company to drive success for our shared customers."

Programming multi-core processors adds a level of complexity that embedded software developers need to manage. This complexity encompasses system design and development. By providing a stable runtime software foundation for communications applications and a complete set of development tool capabilities—both extended to address the specific challenges of multi-core device software development—Wind River platforms significantly reduce the scope and complexity of the development process.

Wind River offers a flexible choice of tools, run-time environments and interprocessor communication protocols and technologies for the development and optimization of multi-core and multiprocessing solutions. Successful adoption of new silicon is often gated by the availability of required ecosystem components. Wind River VxWorks and Linux operating systems are both already widely used today with Freescale silicon in communication applications. By supporting Freescale's Multi-core Communications Platform, Wind River will enable easy migration of software from today's leading communications products to future versions based on this innovative new hardware platform. Similarly, by providing both an RTOS-based platform and a Linux-based platform, Wind River gives customers confidence and mitigates risk for their design as their multiprocessing requirements change over time.

"Wind River is the leading DSO vendor for multi-core development because we offer customers the flexibility to optimize to their specific requirements for each device," said Tomas Evensen, Chief Technology Officer at Wind River. "Applications today require more and more processing power within existing system power budgets—the combination of Freescale's Multi-core Communications Platform with Wind River's complete end-to-end multi-core solution puts the 'power' back in the hands of developers."

Wind River will continue to invest in adding capabilities specific to the needs of multi-core device developers and will offer these capabilities to developers working with Freescale's Multi-core Communications Platform as new processors are released.

Visit Wind River at the Freescale Technology Forum
Wind River is a 2007 Platinum Global Sponsor of the Freescale Technology Forum, taking place June 25-28 in Orlando, Florida. For more information on Wind River's pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions and platforms, please visit Wind River in the exhibition hall at booth numbers 1520-1525.

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process, from concept to deployed product.

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 1-800-872-4977.

The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems. Other marks used herein are the property of the respective owners.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

ALAMEDA, CA – June 18, 2007 - Wind River Systems, Inc., (NADSAQ: WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced that it has been selected by Honeywell Aerospace to support the development of NASA's New Millennium Program Space Technology 8 (ST8) Dependable Multiprocessor. The contract marks the first time a Linux platform has been selected by Honeywell for a space mission. Honeywell Aerospace is the prime contractor for NASA's ST8 Dependable Multiprocessor project. Wind River® Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, will be the underlying operating system to support the processing of science and experiment data onboard the ST8 spacecraft.

The Dependable Multiprocessor is a game-changing technology that will create a new generation of "smart" spacecraft and robotics for future exploration missions conducted by NASA. Composed of a state-of-the-art commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-based supercomputer architecture capable of incorporating both on-chip and FPGA-based algorithmic co-processors, Dependable Multiprocessor technology can autonomously and adaptively configure the level of fault tolerance applied to the COTS-based computer system in response to constantly changing mission environments and the criticality of the mission application. The Dependable Multiprocessor will allow the spacecraft to process and analyze its own data to make instant decisions about what is observed without having to send the information to Earth and wait for a reply.

"Honeywell is pleased to work with Wind River in the development of our Dependable Multiprocessor," said Dr. John R. Samson, Jr., Principal Engineering Fellow at Honeywell Defense and Space. "As space missions continue to become more complex and demanding, it is critical that the onboard computing equipment be built to handle the intense data processing and analysis that is required. As a result of the demonstration of COTS in the ST8 flight experiment, the application of Dependable Multiprocessor technology is expected to yield unparalleled benefits for years to come, particularly in the reduction of development time, cost, and risk of future space systems."

"One of the biggest challenges when developing a dependable multiprocessor is enabling a COTS board to work in the harsh conditions in space," said Rob Hoffman, Vice President and General Manager, Aerospace & Defense at Wind River. "Wind River is thrilled to have been selected by Honeywell for such an incredible project. Customers like Honeywell continue to choose Wind River technology because of our ability to provide dependable, reliable, and most importantly, thoroughly-tested software solutions."

Any material put into space is subject to variable accelerations, mechanical shock and vibration, harsh vacuum conditions, extreme temperatures, and often, intense particle and electromagnetic radiation. Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, running in conjunction with GoAhead SelfReliant® Software, which provides high availability middleware, and Honeywell's Dependable Multiprocessing Middleware on Extreme Engineering Solutions' XPedite6031 boards, will support the demonstration of high availability and high reliability operation for the ST8 Dependable Multiprocessor experiment.

The ST8 mission is scheduled for launch in November 2009, with an expected duration of at least seven months consisting of two phases, including a one-month commissioning phase and a six-month experiment phase. The mission consists of four independent experiments, including the Dependable Multiprocessor on a common spacecraft bus being provided by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The Dependable Multiprocessor experiment will validate a computer system architectural approach that allows application flexibility by applying robust control of the high performance COTS cluster, enhanced software-based SEU (Single Event Upset) tolerance, and user-selectable redundancy only to the level required by the environment and the criticality of the task or computation.

About Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition
Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, is a commercial-grade Linux solution for device development and deployment. The platform contains a fully tested and validated Linux distribution based on Linux 2.6 kernel technology. It is an open, cross-build system, leveraging "pristine source" packages and managing individual patches to transparently build the Linux run-time distribution for a specific device.

The platform combines a high performance kernel environment with powerful networking applications, file systems, management and security features. Wind River Platform for Network Equipment also includes the Eclipse-based Wind River® Workbench development suite, customer education to help jump-start your projects, a specialized professional services team and 24/7 global technical support.

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process, from concept to deployed product.

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 1-800-872-4977.

The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems. Other marks used herein are the property of the respective owners.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

 

Alameda, CA – June 12, 2007 – Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced the immediate availability of the DSO industry's most comprehensive advanced networking technology portfolio, Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies. Leveraging technology from the company's March 2006 acquisition of privately-held Interpeak AB, Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies integrate functionality–including mobility, security, wireless, and advanced IP networking capabilities–into both VxWorks and Wind River Linux platforms. This product portfolio enables the DSO industry's most full-featured, reliable, high-performing, scalable and configurable platforms.

"This product set is designed to benefit Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) who seek to improve system performance, minimize latency and footprint, and optimize time to revenue across a wide range of DSO markets for core, edge, access and endpoint network elements," said Kuljeet Kalkat, Vice President of Product Management for Wind River. "It also provides an important stepping-stone for companies moving from proprietary hardware to COTS hardware by allowing the re-use of existing software intellectual property as it moves from one hardware platform to another. Equipment manufacturers can now meet the ever-expanding connectivity requirements, regardless of the underlying operating system."

"When Airspan Networks wanted to build a next-generation wireless WiMAX subscriber station, it found that Wind River was the only DSO vendor that could provide all of the necessary development components: real-time operating system, device management, high performance router stack and advanced networking technologies," said Paul Senior, Chief Technical Officer at Airspan Networks. "Wind River allowed Airspan to accelerate time to market and ensure reliability of its end product with a standards-based solution that supports current and emerging networking standards." Today Airspan is faster to market than their competition, and its WiMAX-based technology provides wireless broadband access to even the most congested metropolitan areas.

"Wind River's high performance networking software technologies are a great complement to the powerful OCTEON Multi-core MIPS64 processor solutions for next generation intelligent networking systems," said Rajiv Khemani, Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Cavium Networks. "The combination of Wind River's operating systems, software and tools with our broad line of software compatible OCTEON processors creates an ideal environment for developers to take full advantage of the advanced security and application hardware acceleration capabilities required for today's network elements."

"The communications industry and other vertical market segments building next generation networking equipment are just starting to realize the tremendous development efficiencies and time-to-market benefits of COTS hardware and software solutions," said Mike Langlois, President at LANGLOISGROUP, Inc. "Commercially available, standards-based components like Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies will contribute to the acceleration of the adoption of COTS-based solutions in networking infrastructures."

Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies include:

• Core Networking: Dual IPv4/IPv6 support – IPv6 phase2 logo certification


• Security: IPsec, IKE v1, IKE v2, cryptography offloading, SSL, SSH, 802.1x, EAP framework, NAT, Firewall


• Wireless Networking and Wireless Security: 802.11 a/b/g; 802.1x, 802.11i, WPA/WPA2


• Mobile IP: MIP home agent, foreign agent and mobile node


• Network Management: SNMPv1/v2/v3, AgentX, CLI, Web


• Routing: Policy-based Routing, Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), Equal Cost Multi-Path routing (ECMP)


• Quality of Service: ALT-Q, Differentiated Services (DiffServ)


 

Support and Availability
Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies are available for both VxWorks and Wind River Linux platforms. This allows developers to build application software that can easily move from project to project regardless of the underlying operating systems or hardware. This flexibility maximizes developer efficiencies and enables the re-use of valuable intellectual property.

For VxWorks, Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies are integrated into the now-available VxWorks 6.5 platforms. Components are available as add-ons (stand-alone products) for all previous versions of VxWorks 6.x. For Wind River Linux, all validated components are available as a single add-on bundle for the newly available Wind River Linux Edition 1.5 platforms, as well as for all the previously released Wind River Linux Edition platforms.

For more information
For more information on Wind River Advanced Networking technologies, please visit: www.windriver.com/announces/advanced_ip/

For more information on Wind River Linux and VxWorks platforms, please visit:
www.windriver.com/products/platforms/

To download Wind River's The Core of Your Next-Generation Networking Strategy white paper, please visit: www.windriver.com/whitepapers/landing/press/ngn/

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run, and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost, and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk, and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process, from concept to deployed product.

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 1-800-872-4977.

The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems. Other marks used herein are the property of the respective owners.

 

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

 

Alameda, CA — June 12, 2007 — Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced that Bluesocket has realized reduced time to market and the ability to focus on its core competencies by leveraging Wind River® Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition — the industry's leading Carrier Grade Linux (CGL). Specifically, within one year of using Wind River Linux, Bluesocket upgraded its entire controller product line and launched the high-end BSAP-1700, the first enterprise-class Wi-Fi Certified Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Access Point. Today, Bluesocket can launch products more quickly and has been able to focus more on value-added feature development and testing rather than developing its own Linux distribution. The result: Wind River is considered a trusted, reliable technology partner.

"Wind River solutions have given us the opportunity to focus our efforts on product innovation and value-add tools, without having to spend significant time debugging the hardware," said Jim Finucane, Vice President of Engineering at Bluesocket. "That, paired with Wind River's support services, has allowed us to speed our time to market while at the same time reducing overall costs."

Bluesocket chose Wind River for its reputation, support of Linux kernel 2.6, partner ecosystem and worldwide, 24/7 support network. The BSAP-1700 takes advantage of Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, which includes Wind River® Workbench, the company's Eclipse-based development suite. The product facilitates communication between minicomputers running embedded Linux and Bluesocket applications, enabling Access Point technologies to communicate more effectively. In addition to Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Bluesocket also selected Wind River Workbench®, On-Chip Debugging Edition 2.6.1, the industry's most complete, end-to-end development environment for on-chip debugging. The entire solution provides Bluesocket developers with a seamless and effective integrated hardware and embedded software debug process, enabling faster time to development while optimizing their core competencies.

Developing devices has never been more difficult, and as such, Wind River understands the ever-changing needs of the network industry. The company provides best-in-class operating platforms, device development tools and 24/7 support services that offer superior, cost-effective and consistent customer care.

"Wind River strives to bring efficiencies to the development cycles of our customers with our tools and operating platforms" said Kuljeet Kalkat, Vice President of Product Management for Wind River. "We are pleased that Bluesocket already is benefiting from the value of Wind River’s solutions and as a result, is able to focus on developing its value-add features while reducing their costs and increasing engineering productivity."

About Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition
Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, enables companies to decrease time to market and improve quality for a variety of devices, from expensive, chassis-based carrier-class equipment to resource-constrained, price-sensitive consumer electronics products. The platform offers multiple processor support and operating system flexibility, allowing developers to standardize on a single comprehensive development environment and migrate easily from project to project.

About Wind River Workbench, On-Chip Debugging Edition
Wind River Workbench, On-Chip Debugging Edition, offers the industry's most complete end-to-end development environment for on-chip debugging. The on-chip debugging solution takes customers from early hardware bring-up to test and manufacturing with a centralized development solution. The advanced hardware diagnostics and patent-pending multicore debugging capabilities help customers unlock the power of semiconductor technology.

For more information
For more information on Wind River Advanced Networking technologies, please visit: www.windriver.com/announces/advanced_ip/

For more information on Wind River Linux and VxWorks platforms, please visit:
http://windriver.com/products/platforms/

To download the Wind River white paper, The Core of Your Next-Generation Networking Strategy, please visit: www.windriver.com/whitepapers/landing/press/ngn/

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run, and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost, and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk, and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process, from concept to deployed product.

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

The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems. Other marks used herein are the property of the respective owners.

 

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

ALAMEDA, CA — June 4, 2007 — For the fifth year in a row, Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), has been named a winner of the SD Times 100, which recognizes the leaders and innovators of the software development industry. The 2007 list, which posted on June 1, notes, “Already the leader in embedded development, Wind River is getting the open standards religion in a big way.”

This past year, Wind River extended DSO into the verification and validation phase of the development life cycle with the availability of Wind River Lab Diagnostics. Wind River also upgraded Wind River® Workbench, On-Chip Debugging Edition, offering multicore device developers a more fully-supported, standards-based development environment. In addition, Wind River announced partnerships with Texas Instruments, RadiSys, OpenClovis, Esterel Technologies and Curtiss-Wright.

“We are delighted to once again be named to the prestigious SD Times 100 list,” said John Bruggeman, Chief Marketing Officer of Wind River. “The recognition of our device software efforts over the past year reaffirms Wind River’s position as the global leader in DSO.”

“The winners of this year’s SD Times 100 awards have demonstrated their leadership in shaping the software development industry,” said David Rubinstein, Editor-in-Chief of SD Times. “We took into account each nominee’s products and services, its reputation among development managers, and the new ideas it brought out. These select individuals and organizations are the ones we’ve identified as helping to move the art of development forward.”

For more information on the SD Times Annual 100 list please go to: www.sdtimes.com.

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process, from concept to deployed product.

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 1-800-872-4977.

The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems. Other marks used herein are the property of the respective owners.

Contact Information
Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications