NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Wind River helps automotive IVI device manufacturers and OEMs speed their rate of innovation and time-to-market.
• Android offers the automotive industry new opportunities to create compelling user experiences.
• Wind River has two decades of automotive experience and been pioneering Android innovation since joining the Open Handset Alliance in 2007 as a founding member.

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Nov. 29, 2011 – Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, announced that Clarion, a leading manufacturer of high-performance in-car entertainment systems, is collaborating with Wind River to develop Android-based in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems.

Wind River is creating a customized Android software platform for an automotive environment and providing software integration services to ensure Clarion delivers a compatible, reliable and high quality device. Leveraging Android’s flexibility for innovation, Clarion Malaysia’s new IVI device is designed to deliver a compelling user experience, especially in areas of multimedia, entertainment and connectivity. The Clarion Malaysia IVI device is based on the Freescale i.MX applications processor family. Clarion designs and manufactures leading automotive audio and video products and related accessories for the aftermarket and original equipment manufacturers.

“With two decades of automotive experience, as well as extensive Android project knowledge, Wind River provides an ideal mix of expertise to address the latest IVI trends,” said Georg Doll, general manager of automotive solutions at Wind River. “Wind River delivers commercial-quality Android software and takes care of the complex matters of custom software development, integration and testing to allow customers to concentrate on developing innovative features that will distinguish their devices.”

“Clarion continues to be at the forefront of the newest automotive technologies. With Wind River’s expert help, we are taking breakthrough Android technologies that have resonated with consumers and leveraging it for the automotive market,” said T.K. Tan, Managing Director of Clarion Malaysia. “Ensuring that new technologies work for the automotive industry is a complicated task. In order to get to market quickly and deliver the highest quality device, it was critical to collaborate with an expert like Wind River who possesses deep automotive and Android experience.”

Wind River’s world-class customization and consulting services and global support help customers in the management of highly detailed requirements and complex project planning associated with the automotive industry. In addition to Wind River’s Android software platform and services and support, Clarion is using Wind River FAST to test for device software quality and user experience. Wind River FAST is an automated software testing solution that is able to rapidly test any Android or GENIVI-based implementation for software quality, performance and compliance with the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS).

As a veteran in the automotive industry, Wind River is an expert in handling complex matters such as automotive regulations and combining the latest automotive innovations with integration services, life cycle support offerings, testing and validation, while working closely with a dynamic partner ecosystem to meet the needs of the automotive market. Additionally, Wind River’s automotive portfolio also includes Wind River Platform for Infotainment, a software platform on which automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers can develop sophisticated IVI devices. Wind River Platform for Infotainment is among the first GENIVI-compliant automotive solutions.

For additional details about Wind River automotive solutions, visit https://www.windriver.com/solutions/industries/automotive.

About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), is a world leader in embedded and mobile software. Wind River has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is found in more than 1 billion products. Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with offices in 20 countries. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or www.facebook.com/WindRiverSystems.

Wind River, its referenced products and its logo are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. Other company names and marks used herein may be the property of their respective owners.

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Comau Robotics C5G system delivers market-leading performance using Wind River’s VxWorks
• VxWorks enables the system’s high processing power, low power consumption, and power failure recovery functionality
• VxWorks delivers the levels of performance, reliability, safety, and security required for Comau Robotics’ next-generation Robot Control Unit

SPS/IPC/DRIVES, Nuremberg, Germany — Nov. 23, 2011 — Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced that Comau Robotics, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of high quality industrial robots, is running Wind River’s VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) for its C5G system, the latest generation of its Robot Control Unit.

Comau Robotics has been designing automated integrated solutions for the past thirty years, offering a complete range of innovative robots to deliver high performance solutions. The C5G, the company’s fifth-generation control unit, is 50 times faster than the previous version. Using VxWorks, it runs peripherals control software, application software and real-time functions on an advanced multi-core architecture. The C5G modular hardware architecture has been designed to simultaneously manage several robots, running a variety of advanced motion algorithms. The system’s high processing power, low power consumption, and power failure recovery functionality are made possible by VxWorks, and demonstrate Comau Robotics’ practice of building highly innovative and reliable automated solutions for the market.

“After looking at other RTOSs, Comau turned to Wind River because VxWorks delivered the levels of performance, reliability, safety, and security required for our next-generation Robot Control Unit,” said Luca Lachello, software engineering manager at Comau. “In addition, Wind River’s global footprint and strong technology heritage in the industrial control automation and robotics market segments were leading factors that set them apart from the rest. By implementing VxWorks, we have laid the foundation for a technological relationship that we believe will provide us with long-term competitive advantages.”

“We are honored to have an industry leader like Comau rely on Wind River to power its cutting-edge C5G design,” said Jens Wiegand, vice president and general manager of industry solutions at Wind River. “Wind River is helping Comau focus on delivering differentiated and powerful robot control units by providing the foundational technology required to successfully introduce a complex product to market.”

About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), is a world leader in embedded and mobile software. Wind River has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is found in more than 1 billion products. Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with offices in 20 countries. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or www.facebook.com/WindRiverSystems.

Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• ISaGRAF joins Wind River Partner Validation Program
• Partnership extends Wind River’s leadership in the energy, transportation and process markets with safety controls solution comprised of Wind River’s VxWorks Cert Platform and ISaGRAF’s FlexiSafe® solution
• Wind River is first certified operating system provider to offer a validated SIL 3 solution

SPS/IPC/DRIVES, Nuremberg, Germany — Nov. 22, 2011 — Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, and ISaGRAF, the leading automation software technology partner, today announced that ISaGRAF has joined the Wind River Partner Validation Program. The two companies will collaborate on a validated and tested modular safety controls solution designed for companies in the energy, transportation and process markets.

Through this strategic relationship, Wind River becomes the first certified operating system provider to partner with ISaGRAF for a validated Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 solution. SIL is a measurement for specifying the safety integrity requirements of the safety functions to be allocated to electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems (SIL 4 has the highest level of safety integrity; SIL 1 the lowest).

Under the terms of the agreement, ISaGRAF will integrate and validate its FlexiSafe solution to Wind River’s VxWorks Cert Platform, a commercial off-the-shelf real-time operating system for delivering safety critical applications that must be certified to the stringent requirements of IEC 61508 and other related software standards. FlexiSafe is the only available IEC 61131-3 solution on the market offering the full language set for IEC 61508 SIL 3 systems.

Specifically, the combined VxWorks Cert Platform and ISaGRAF solution will have IEC 61508 SIL 3 certification, offering industrial companies a validated and tested solution for control systems with up to SIL 3 software certification requirements. By validating and certifying both solutions, customers will have a faster time to market, as well as lower development and maintenance costs.

“The industrial automation world is changing, and increasingly products are required to comply with the IEC 61508 standards,” said Julien Chouinard, ISaGRAF managing director. “The ISaGRAF-Wind River partnership will make the development of safety products more accessible and easier to implement. The combination of ISaGRAF and VxWorks Cert Platform fills an important gap in the technology offerings available to the industry.”

“With certification requirements becoming more stringent and widely enforced in the energy, transportation and process markets, it is important to streamline the certification path for our customers. Through our collaboration with ISaGRAF, we are mitigating the risks that companies face when getting components and run-time systems certified, thereby making the process more efficient,” said Alexander Damisch, director of industrial solutions at Wind River. “By offering a robust partner ecosystem, Wind River enables customers to focus their development efforts on core competencies and highly differentiating application work.”

The Wind River Partner Validation Program offers a pre-integrated software and hardware ecosystem that helps solve the increasingly important business issues of reducing time-to-market, achieving cost savings and realizing successful project deployment. To learn more about the Program, visit www.windriver.com/partners/partner-validation.html.

About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), is a world leader in embedded and mobile software. Wind River has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is found in more than 1 billion products. Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with offices in 20 countries. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or www.facebook.com/WindRiverSystems.

Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

ISaGRAF and FlexiSafe are trademarks or registered trademarks of ICS Triplex ISaGRAF, Inc.

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Wind River designated a Wurldtech Achilles Communications Certification partner
• Wind River will help customers certify and deploy products with certified defenses against cyber-attacks
• Wind River’s VxWorks was the first real-time operating system to be certified under Wurldtech's Achilles Communications Certification program

SPS/IPC/DRIVES, Nuremberg, Germany – Nov. 22, 2011 – Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, and Wurldtech Security Technologies, a leading provider of cyber-security testing and certification solutions for critical industries, today announced that Wind River is the first operating system vendor to be designated a Wurldtech Achilles Communications Certification partner.

Through this strategic relationship, Wind River will provide Achilles Level 1 cyber- security vulnerability testing for its customers in the process automation, power and energy, oil and gas, and transportation market segments so they may deploy products with certified defense against cyber-attacks.

The two companies first collaborated in 2010 when Wind River’s VxWorks became the first real-time operating system to be certified under Wurldtech's Achilles Communications Certification program. Since then, many of the world’s regulatory organizations and largest industrial companies have made Achilles Communications Certification a selection requirement. As an Achilles Communications Certification partner, Wind River will test and certify the complete customer-deployed system as customers build mission-critical systems on top of its Achilles-certified VxWorks platform.

“Wurldtech’s Achilles certification directly addresses cyber-security at a time when accessible, affordable, high-speed connectivity has created increased vulnerability to malicious cyber-attacks,” said Jens Wiegand, vice president of industry solutions at Wind River. “Being able to provide our customers with this certification mark adds another level of independent verification to their cyber-security efforts. We are very pleased to continue to grow our suite of security-focused offerings and provide our customers with a comprehensive solution that aligns tightly with current and emerging industry standards.”

"The security and robustness of critical digital infrastructures must improve, given the evolving nature of cyber-risk," said Dr. Nate Kube, chief technology officer of Wurldtech Security Technologies. "This collaboration with Wind River continues to build out our network robustness and security testing strategy as we address key challenges facing embedded device makers against cyber-attacks."

About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), is a world leader in embedded and mobile software. Wind River has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is found in more than 1 billion products. Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with offices in 20 countries. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or www.facebook.com/WindRiverSystems.

Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Wind River Platform for Gateways is the initial offering in a series of smart gateway solutions designed to expand IP services into the home.
• Sumitomo Electric Networks Inc. is the first customer for Wind River Platform for Gateways.
• Wind River draws from a rich ecosystem of partners to deliver a ready-to-use platform pre-integrated and validated with key hardware and software components.

 

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Nov. 14, 2011 — Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, has introduced Wind River Platform for Gateways, a software platform for the development of smart gateways. Initially targeting the residential gateway market, Wind River Platform for Gateways is the first in a series of smart gateway solutions from Wind River that begin to address machine-to-machine (M2M) technology needs. Sumitomo Electric Networks Inc., a leading provider of broadband access equipment for major carrier customers in Japan, is currently using Wind River Platform for Gateways to develop its newest line of service gateways.

Wind River Platform for Gateways provides equipment makers with a platform they can use immediately to develop gateways that easily manage connected devices and services at the network edge. As a broadband access device, gateways are the hardware and software building blocks that connect consumers and their digital home devices with Internet-based services. Smart gateways enable operators and service providers to configure, manage, diagnose, support and deliver services more efficiently and intelligently. Beyond streaming music and entertainment, smart gateways enable services that let consumers monitor and manage sophisticated home automation and multimedia systems, such as centralized HVAC, lighting or security systems, with even greater ease and gain deeper insights into their home systems or data usage habits. As gateways evolve for the home and beyond, Wind River can provide a foundation for the expansion of connected device services for medical, energy and other M2M solutions.

"As gateways become more powerful in the way they connect devices with the Internet and handle data, consumers and operators can better capitalize on a wider range of services into the home. Equipment manufacturers must create rich platforms that scale to meet the demands of these new services, while keeping costs low," said Paul Anderson, vice president for marketing and strategy for Linux products at Wind River. "By taking care of pre-integration, validation and optimization, Wind River Platform for Gateways dramatically reduces development costs and helps customers rapidly get to market. It also provides an extensible platform allowing them to anticipate future needs and expand services."

"In order to grow IP services to the home, our customers are eagerly searching for new ways to effectively and intelligently handle massive amounts of data and quickly deploy equipment. It is critical that we deliver the highest quality scalable devices that enable a wide variety of smart services," said Minoru Kuramoto, director and senior general manager, 1st Technologies Group at Sumitomo Electric Networks, Inc. "By working with an expert like Wind River possessing deep embedded Linux expertise and using its Wind River Platform for Gateways, we are able to unlock even greater performance capabilities and develop leading-edge features compliant to global standards while meeting our tight deadlines."

Wind River Platform for Gateways is built on the latest version of Wind River's market-leading commercial embedded Linux, delivering the benefits of open source innovation with a proven commercial Linux offering. It is currently pre-validated on multiple ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) processors.

"Together with Wind River, we are delivering technology for intelligent service-enabled and high-performance gateways that support home automation applications and remote-management capabilities that help to significantly reduce the operating costs of broadband value-added service delivery," said Marco E. Bello, executive director of customer premises equipment (CPE) marketing and product management at Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. "The pre-integrated offering based on our Comcerto processors and Wind River Linux, allows equipment makers to develop their products quickly and reduce their total cost of ownership."

Relieving original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers and operators from the hassles of managing multiple software vendors, Wind River has built a rich ecosystem of third-party independent software vendors that includes industry-leading application-specific software and middleware that has been validated and pre-integrated with Wind River Platform for Gateways. Customers also have the convenience of turning to Wind River as the single point of contact for ongoing support. By pre-integrating, testing and validating third-party software components, Wind River is able to help customers reduce development cycles and total cost of ownership. Partner software solutions include the following:

• Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) interoperability technology from DigiOn enabling the sharing of digital content


• OSGi-based dynamic service platform technologies for Java from Makewave and ProSyst


• Remote device management technologies using standards-based protocols such as TR-069 from Works Systems


• Virtual machine technologies from Skelmir


 

Wind River Platform for Gateways is immediately available to customers worldwide. Additional information about Wind River Platform for Gateways is available at http://www.windriver.com/products/platforms/gateways/.

About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), is a world leader in embedded and mobile software. Wind River has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981 and its technology is found in more than 1 billion products. Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with offices in more than 20 countries. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or www.facebook.com/WindRiverSystems.

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• Rockwell Collins is using Wind River's VxWorks MILS Platform to enable its SecureOne™ Processor and SecureOne™ Guard, components of a family of high assurance technologies for military tactical systems.
• VxWorks MILS Platform is designed for software development of multi-level secure (MLS) systems and cross domain solution devices by providing high security, high robustness, and high performance.
• VxWorks MILS Platform allows SecureOne Guard to deliver trusted multi-classification information sharing and enables simultaneous cross domain multilevel security access on a single display, resulting in reduced size, weight and power (SWaP) on the aircraft.

   

 

MILCOM, Baltimore, MD — Nov. 7, 2011 — Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced that Rockwell Collins, a leading global provider of communication and aviation electronics for military and commercial customers, has selected Wind River's VxWorks MILS Platform to enable its SecureOne Processor and SecureOne Guard, two of five cross domain technology building blocks that are part of a family of Rockwell Collins' high assurance technologies for military tactical systems.

VxWorks MILS Platform, part of Wind River's industry-leading VxWorks real-time operating system product portfolio, enables software development of multilevel secure (MLS) systems and cross domain solution products by providing high security, high robustness and high performance on a shared computing platform.

Rockwell Collins selected VxWorks MILS Platform because the MILS architecture allows for the development of high robustness (EAL6+) MLS systems for use in environments requiring security and safety.

With VxWorks MILS Platform as a technology foundation, SecureOne cross domain technologies ensure that aircraft can securely process, communicate, display and store data at different classification levels, without the need to install physically separate equipment to securely protect classified data. This results in the user having access to unclassified and classified data on the same display, which provides enhanced situational awareness and reduced user workload, while reducing size, weight and power (SWaP) on the aircraft.

"Wind River is very proud to be an integral part of Rockwell Collins' innovative SecureOne cross domain technologies," stated Chip Downing, senior director of aerospace and defense at Wind River. "Companies that are responsible for creating powerful aerospace, defense and other infrastructure systems are demanding ever increasing functionality and safe and secure operation, with very high levels of security and safety assurance. VxWorks MILS Platform meets these stringent demands."

Rockwell Collins is demonstrating its SecureOne Guard running on VxWorks MILS Platform at MILCOM 2011 at Wind River’s booth No. 721. More information about VxWorks MILS Platform is available at www.windriver.com/products/platforms/vxworks-mils/. More information about Rockwell Collins SecureOne Guard is available at: www.rockwellcollins.com/sitecore/content/Data/Products/Information_Assurance /Cross_Domain_Solutions/SecureOne_Cross_Domain_Technologies.aspx.

About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), is a world leader in embedded and mobile software. Wind River has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is found in more than 1 billion products. Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with offices in 20 countries. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or www.facebook.com/WindRiverSystems.

Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

 

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