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Wind River Introduces Yocto Project Compatible Carrier Grade Linux

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS • Wind River Linux Carrier Grade Profile is the first CGL registered product that is Yocto Project Compatible. • The new profile offers customers a turnkey CGL registered platform. • Compatibility with the Yocto Project allows improved cross-platform compatibility and component interoperability.

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Mar. 27, 2013 –Wind River® a world leader in embedded and mobile software, has introduced the Wind River Linux Carrier Grade (CG) Profile for the latest version of Wind River Linux. Formally registered for the CGL 5.0 specification with the Linux Foundation, the profile is the first delivery of Carrier Grade Linux functionalities on top of a Yocto Project Compatibleproduct.

With Wind River Linuxas a base, the Wind River Linux CG Profile gives customers a turnkey platform that allows them to meet their CGL requirements. Additional profiles for Wind River Linux will continue to be developed to address a variety of market specific needs. The mix and match nature of these profiles for Wind River Linux offers developers flexibility and choice to meet a diverse range of specialized needs.

Carrier Grade Linux registration requires several key requirements to be met, including compliance to standards, support for highly available hardware, serviceability, performance, high availability, clustering and security. Carrier-grade products typically require up to 5 nines or 6 nines (99.999 to 99.9999 percent) availability, translating to downtime as low as 30 seconds a year. Additionally, given rising network traffic growth and the associated need for greater security of this data, the CGL requirements designed to help make systems more reliable and resistant to attacks become even more signnifcant. Carrier grade is a hard requirement for networking devices, but can also apply to large corporate infrastructures, data centers, and highly mobile devices.

“We’ve taken our knowledge and proven technologies for the networking industry and carrier grade requirements and extended it with Yocto Project compatibility. Carrier grade is essential as it not only establishes essential capabilities on which companies can build the next generation of intelligent network devices, but also provides a sound technology foundation for a broad spectrum of embedded Linux based solutions,” said Chris Buerger, senior director of open platform products at Wind River. “Additionally, the combination of our market leading commercial embedded Linux with world-class support and long-term maintenance, vertical market and technology-specific profiles, and advanced tools provide the ultimate starting point for embedded Linux innovation.”

“By providing Yocto Project-based carrier grade Linux, Wind River is furthering cross architecture support and helping developers who must deliver carrier grade requirements to overcome a myriad of complicated development challenges and meet tight deadlines,” said Amanda McPherson, vice president of marketing and developer programs at The Linux Foundation.

Wind River Linux delivers a commercial-grade Linux platform and easy out-of-the box user experience with a rich set of capabilities based on the latest open source technologies, fully integrated development tools, worldwide support and maintenance, and expert professional services. Developed from the Yocto Projectâ„¢ open source development infrastructure, Wind River Linux achieved Yocto Project Compatible registration in 2012.

The Wind River Linux CG Profile is available now and more information can be found at http://www.windriver.com/products/linux-cgp/.

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 on Facebook.

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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Global Corporate Communications

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Wind River to Showcase FACEâ„¢ COTS Solution Stack at FACE Air Force TIM and Exposition

ALAMEDA, Calif. – March 25, 2013 –Wind River®, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, will be demonstrating a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution stack at the upcoming Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) Air Force Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) and Exposition taking place April 2 in Fairborn, Ohio. The event will provide attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in FACE capabilities, and will feature examples of products that are aligned with the FACE Technical Standard.

The demonstration is a reference platform of an integrated FACE COTS solution stack based upon industry-leading technology from Wind River, Core Avionics & Industrial LLC (CoreAVI), Esterel Technologies, GE Intelligent Platforms, and Real-Time Innovations (RTI). The operating system foundation of the solution stack is Wind River VxWorks® 653, a COTS platform for delivering integrated modular avionics (IMA) applications. Used in nearly 300 programs, VxWorks 653 will enable a wide range of commercial and military applications to be deployed on FACE platforms.

The solution stack also includes the CoreAVI RTCA DO-178C-certifiable OpenGL SC graphics driver, Esterel SCADE Displayâ„¢, GE Intelligent Platforms FORCE1â„¢ Open Reference Computing Environment for FACE application development, and RTI Connextâ„¢ DDS.

“Wind River is very pleased to team with fellow industry leaders to promote interoperability and reuse across avionics platforms and systems, which is the underlying theme of the FACE approach,” said Chip Downing, senior director of aerospace and defense at Wind River and chair of the FACE outreach subcommittee of the FACE Business Working Group. “A complete FACE solution stack using COTS components can significantly accelerate a program’s time-to-market, reduce both risk and cost, and rapidly generate DO-178C and other safety critical and security certification evidence, further improving program metrics.”

As a principal member of the FACE Consortium, a managed consortium of The Open Group, Wind River is active in the steering committee, and technical and business working groups. The FACE Consortium was formed in 2010 and builds upon the tenets of open architecture, IMA, and modular open systems architecture by defining a standardized method of interface between software components and architectural segments.

To advance the proliferation of this COTS solution, Wind River will also be participating in a web seminar on March 26 with Esterel, GE Intelligent Platforms, and RTI discussing the objectives of the FACE Consortium, and how open architectures, such as the FACE reference architecture, create opportunities to use COTS solutions in critical environments. To register for this web seminar visit bit.ly/11bTmpD.

For more information about and to register for the FACE Air Force TIM and Exposition, visit www.opengroup.us/face/meetings.php?action=show&mtid=50. To learn more about Wind River aerospace and defense solutions, visit www.windriver.com/solutions/aerospace-defense/.

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 on Facebook.

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.

FACEâ„¢ is trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

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Wind River Announces Agreement with Leading Japanese Electronic Product Distributor JEPICO

TOKYO, Japan — March 15, 2013Wind River®, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, has entered into a distribution agreement with JEPICO Corporation, a leading electronic products distributor in Japan. Under the terms of the agreement, JEPICO will market, distribute, and provide sales and product support for the full Wind River portfolio of software, related hardware, and other products to customers in Japan.

Founded in 1972, JEPICO‘s business is focused on three areas: sales and marketing of self-developed and manufactured electronic devices; import and sales of embedded hardware and software and electronic components; and system integration. The company has a global business presence, with sales subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and Asia. JEPICO has an especially strong presence in aerospace and defense markets, and recently contributed to a JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) project for the asteroid explorer Hayabusa.1

“With increasing demands in this region for safety and security, open source deployment, and product lifecycle management, Wind River’s relationship with JEPICO will help customers choose and roll out the right solution to meet changing software requirements for aerospace and defense systems,” said Muneo Sakurai, director of worldwide sales for Japan at Wind River. “JEPICO is well positioned to successfully provide sales and product support for the Wind River product portfolio, and we look forward to significantly expanding our reach in the market through this collaboration.”

“We are delighted to expand our relationship with Wind River,” said Koko Yamakawa, managing director of marketing promotion division at JEPICO. “As Wind River’s distributor, JEPICO’s extensive sales and support capabilities will offer Wind River’s comprehensive solution portfolio to our customer base, equipping them with all of the necessary pieces to build cutting-edge technologies on their devices with faster time-to-market and reduced cost.”

Wind River has had a strong presence in Japan for more than two decades. The company is a major player in a wide range of industries in the region, including aerospace and defense, networking, automotive, industrial, and medical.

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 on Facebook.

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.

Contact Information
Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications