ALAMEDA, CA — July 28, 2009 — Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, today announced a strategic relationship with Germany-based KW-Software to collaborate on a pre-integrated software solution for the industrial market. Specifically, Wind River’s VxWorks 6.7 and VxWorks 61508 Platform will be tested, validated and optimized for KW-Software’s ProConOS, PROFINET and SafeOS runtime systems. KW-Software is a leading software manufacturer of IEC 61131 programming and runtime systems.

The companies are providing the pre-integrated software solution based on the growing need for commercial software in the increasingly connected industrial market. Industrial customers are seeing the emergence of networking connectivity standards, such as Real-Time Ethernet, as well as a strong demand for solutions certifiable to IEC 61508 and related standards. This collaboration creates an integrated SoftPLC platform that will help reduce integration and quality assurance efforts, thereby reducing overall risk while accelerating time-to-market. Additionally, the combination of the VxWorks 61508 Platform and KW-Software‘s SafeOS will enable customers to more easily reach certification levels up to Safety Integrity Level 3, according to IEC 61508 and derived standards.

Wind River and KW-Software will focus on providing the pre-integrated software solution for several key industrial market segments including industrial control, process automation, power and energy, and transportation. The pre-integrated software solution is based on the most acknowledged and accepted industry standards, including Ethernet-based, real-time communication based on the PROFINET standard and an IEC 61131-3 PLCopen-compliant PLC runtime environment standard for machine configuration, commissioning and engineering.

ABB, a leading supplier of power and automation technologies, selected Wind River and KW-Software’s software solution for creating a leading-edge solution in their market, with open standards in industrial real-time communication, as well as standard software for runtime configuration and commissioning.

“ABB implemented VxWorks and KW-Software’s PROFINET as a foundational component to its Industrial IT Extended Automation System 800xA used in control and process automation,” said Bernd Wansner, Head of R&D Fieldbus, ABB Automation GmbH. “Previously we were required to integrate different software solutions separately, and integration issues and product version changes became our problem. With this collaboration, there’s a software solution from two industry leaders that’s tested, validated and optimized, and meets the specific requirements for the industrial markets.”

Availability
Wind River introduced VxWorks 6.7 and VxWorks 61508 Platform in February 2009. The tested, validated and optimized software solution is currently available for customers worldwide. KW-Software will validate the software components and provide testing and commercial support to customers.

Additional details about Wind River’s solutions for the industrial markets are available at www.windriver.com/solutions/industries/industrial.

About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), 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, Calif., with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com/.

 

 

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ALAMEDA, CA — July 22, 2009 — Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, today announced it has been named the embedded Linux market leader by VDC Research Group. Released today in VDC’s 2009 Linux in the Embedded Systems Market report, Wind River achieved the market share lead in 2008 with greater than 30 percent of total market revenue, more than seven percentage points over the next closest competitor. Wind River entered the Linux business in 2004 to complement its market-leading, proprietary operating system, VxWorks.

"In four years Wind River established its Linux business from merely a concept to a market-leading global operation," said Vincent Rerolle, senior vice president and general manager, Linux Product Division, Wind River. "We can attribute this success to regular and systematic customer feedback, rigorous product testing, focused investments in leading open source consortia, and a world-class support organization. Our customers have grown to rely on Wind River to take advantage of the flexibility and cost benefits that an open source operating system can provide, while still being offered the stability of commercial-grade support."

Due to its scalability, portability and large ecosystem of applications and tools, Linux continues to gain momentum as one of the most popular operating system choices in the embedded market. According to VDC's 2008 Embedded Engineering Survey, Linux was being integrated as a target operating system within current development projects by 18 percent of surveyed engineers, making it the fastest growing operating system type among both public and commercial operating systems. The transparent business model of Linux offers device manufacturers choice, access to a large ecosystem of developers, and an operating system that’s well-suited for a wide range of applications across numerous industries ranging from automotive and mobile to networking, and increasingly, aerospace and defense.

"Linux has demonstrated value in the embedded market as a proven and reliable alternative, and, in many cases, a complement to proprietary operating systems," said Stephen Balacco, director of the Embedded Software and Tools Practice at VDC Research Group. "Linux continues to offer the necessary groundwork for teams looking to build more sophisticated embedded devices and software applications, and leading commercial vendors like Wind River are making great strides in the market as Linux continues to permeate into more specialized embedded applications."

Wind River Linux 3.0, announced earlier this year, offers a complete software development environment, resulting in a highly customized, commercial Linux distribution tailored for devices. It’s backed by worldwide, commercial-grade support and services, five years of software maintenance and a comprehensive partner ecosystem. Wind River Linux offers a broad range of hardware support optimized for leading CPU architectures, such as ARM, MIPS, PowerPC and x86. In addition, Wind River Linux 3.0 comes with more than 500 software packages, complies with the Linux Foundation’s Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 specification, and offers enhanced real-time and networking capabilities, and sophisticated multicore features such as virtualization and multicore offload.

VDC’s 2009 Linux in the Embedded Systems Market report also projects that from 2008 to 2011 the mobile phone and automotive vertical markets will generate the fastest compound annual growth rates (CAGR) of worldwide Linux software and services revenue.

More information about Wind River Linux is available at:
www.windriver.com/products/linux.

Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), 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, Calif., with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 17, 2009 — Intel Corporation today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Wind River Systems Inc.

Wind River is a leading software vendor in embedded devices, and is part of Intel's strategy to grow its processor and software presence outside the traditional PC and server market segments into embedded systems and mobile handheld devices. Embedded systems and mobile devices include smart phones, mobile Internet devices, other consumer electronics (CE) devices, in-car "info-tainment" systems and other automotive areas, networking equipment, aerospace and defense, energy and thousands of other devices.

"The acquisition will deliver to Intel robust software capabilities in embedded systems and mobile devices, both important growth areas for the company," said Renee James, Intel vice president and general manager of the company's Software and Services Group. "This multi-billion-dollar market segment is increasingly becoming connected and more intelligent, requiring supporting applications and services as well as full Internet functionality."

As a wholly owned Intel subsidiary, Wind River will continue to develop innovative, commercial-grade software platforms that support multiple hardware architectures that are optimized for the needs of its many embedded and mobile customers. The acquisition will boost Wind River's Intel-architecture focused sales as it gains access to Intel's technology investments, brand, employees and global sales force.

Wind River will continue with its current business model of supplying leading-edge products and services to its customers worldwide. Wind River is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel, reporting to the Software and Services Group. For full details of the results of the initial and subsequent tender offers and other details regarding the merger, please see www.sec.gov.

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