NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Wind River continues to grow open source in automotive by helping companies build in IVI support for popular consumer devices, while staying on time and on budget.


• Using Wind River software, a car’s central IVI unit can perform like an accessory to view and play content from iOS devices.


• Data can be streamed from the latest iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads.

AUTOMOTIVE LINUX SUMMIT, TOKYO, Japan – May 28, 2013 – Wind River®, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, has introduced Wind River Connectivity Solution Accelerator for Linux, which allows consumers to connect their iOS devices to Linux-based in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems.

Consumers increasingly desire the integration of familiar consumer electronics, such as today’s popular iOS devices, wherever they go. Recent research from J.D. Power & Associates indicates that the number one technology sought by consumers in new cars is the ability to link their smartphones to the car.¹

Wind River Connectivity Solution Accelerator for Linux enables the car’s IVI unit to act like an accessory to view and play content from an iOS device docked into the vehicle. After connecting to a consumer’s iOS device via Wind River software, the IVI unit can play multimedia content such as music and videos, and the car steering wheel can be used as a remote control. A wide variety of devices are supported, including iPhone®, iPad®, iPad mini, iPod, and iPod nano®.

"Consumers are incorporating personal devices into every facet of their lives; it is already happening in the automobile. In order to stay in step with the rapidly changing auto industry and its increasing adoption of open source technologies, companies must support a growing variety of devices and provide richer consumer electronics experiences while also upholding automotive requirements that protect against driver distraction,” said Georg Doll, vice president of automotive solutions at Wind River. “Drawing from decades of automotive and embedded technologies and open source expertise, we can help customers meet the demands of the market, no matter how complex, while keeping to their development schedules and budget."

The new software further expands existing Wind River iOS connectivity offerings, including Wind River Connectivity Solution Accelerator for Android, which allows Android-based IVI systems to view and play content from iOS devices.

Wind River will be presenting demonstrations of the Wind River Connectivity Solution Accelerators at the Automotive Linux Summit in Japan, May 27–28 at the Yocto Project™ booth.

The Wind River automotive portfolio also includes Wind River Platform for Infotainment, an IVI platform based on the Yocto Project open source development infrastructure. With decades of experience, Wind River automotive expertise covers a wide range of technologies and solutions, including GENIVI®, Android, Tizen IVI, and VxWorks®; tools such as Wind River Diab Compiler; and virtualization and hypervisor technologies. This diverse expertise allows Wind River to support the auto industry in virtually any project.

More information about Wind River automotive solutions and technologies is available at http://www.windriver.com/solutions/.

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.

¹ J.D. Power and Associates, 2013 U.S. Automotive Emerging Technologies Study

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Wind River demonstrates innovation and leadership with multicore enabled real-time operating system.


• VxWorks includes best-in-class support for latest Intel, Freescale, and ARM multicore processors.


• Key high performance interfaces required by next generation intelligent systems also supported.

MULTICORE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE, SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 21, 2013 – Wind River®, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced extended multicore capabilities for its industry-leading VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS). VxWorks has expanded multicore operating system support for the latest Intel®, Freescale, and ARM processors, and supports key high performance interfaces required by next generation intelligent systems.

VxWorks, a fully 32-bit and 64-bit capable RTOS, provides comprehensive multicore processor support, including, asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP), symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and mixed AMP and SMP mode configurations. The VxWorks AMP- and SMP-enabled platforms allow for scalable, higher-performance multicore-powered products with reduced risk and development investment. In addition, VxWorks can be paired with Wind River Hypervisor for an optimized scalable virtualization solution to enable single core and/or multicore configurations supporting multiple operating systems and AMP/SMP configurations on the same platform.

Wind River has a proven history of best-in-class support for the latest market-leading multicore processors across its product portfolio, which has broadened to include VxWorks support for Intel® Atom™, Freescale QorIQ T4240, and ARM Cortex™-A15 MPCore™. VxWorks enables unparalleled choice in system architecture, from small-scale single core, lower power devices up to large multicore, multi-OS, and multi-application devices. It also provides support for hardware offload acceleration on these devices for packet processing, signal and vector processing, and cryptography.

For the extensive connectivity, performance, and power management capabilities needed in next-generation devices, VxWorks now includes the latest input/output technologies and high speed interfaces to support multicore technologies, including USB 3.0, Serial ATA Revision 3.0, PCI Express 3.0, and Serial RapidIO.

"Wind River continues to stay ahead of the technology curve by progressively expanding VxWorks' proficiency to obtain maximum performance from the evolving multicore landscape, enabling customers to realize the benefits of multicore technology with an RTOS that's fully multicore enabled," said Dinyar Dastoor, vice president of product management at Wind River. "VxWorks delivers the greatest scalability and configurability to extract the highest performance with minimal footprint for multicore platforms."

Wind River has a unique advantage within the industry with its market-leading operating system portfolio1, which comprises run-time technologies including VxWorks, Wind River Linux, and Android technologies, as well as a large global professional services team with extensive experience in multicore architecture and migration strategies. For more information on VxWorks visit www.windriver.com/products/vxworks.html.

Wind River is a board member of The Multicore Association, an industry sponsor of the Multicore Developers Conference, and is a keynote presenter at the event. Additional conference details and full show agenda are available at www.multicore-devcon.com/agenda.php?expo_seq=13.

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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

ALAMEDA, Calif. – May 15, 2013 – Wind River®, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, is a platinum sponsor of the Multicore Developers Conference and will present an industry keynote exploring the impact of multicore software across embedded industry segments. Additionally, Wind River will lead a variety of technical sessions and demonstrations addressing key industry topics such as maximizing the potential of multicore, including the use of full system simulation and consolidation, during the event on May 21–22 at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, California.

"With the growth of multicore for embedded devices, the industry is increasingly shifting away from traditional processors and their related existing software, which has profoundly altered the software landscape,” said Dinyar Dastoor, vice president of product management for operating systems platforms at Wind River. “Wind River is committed to helping developers maximize their potential through the latest technologies and tackle the complexities of multicore in order to grow opportunities moving forward."

Special sessions

• Industry Keynote: The Emerging Future of Multicore Software: Evolving from Desktop Multicore to Embedded Multicore Software (May 21 at 10:50 a.m., Session ME1050): Presented by Dinyar Dastoor, the session will explore the impact multicore software has across various embedded industry segments, not only boosting compute power, but also opening up new applications and opportunities for the embedded multicore industry.
• Maxing Out Performance of Your Multicore Device (May 22 at 10:45 a.m., Session ME1057): This session investigates how to reap the full potential of multicore platforms by better understanding architecture options and navigating multicore-architecture landmines, as well as clear up industry misconceptions.
• Maximizing the Benefits of Multicore with Multi-OS Architecture (May 22 at 11:45 a.m., Session ME1058): This session examines the details of a multicore system, explores ways to migrate existing designs from several subsystems onto a single SMP-capable hardware unit without redesigning everything, and how to better leverage multicore and multi-OS topologies.

Key demonstrations

• Wind River VxWorks®: Demonstration of the market-leading real-time operating system (RTOS) running on Freescale QorIQ T4240 hardware as well as on a simulated model of the T4240 via Wind River Simics, a full system simulator.
• Wind River Hypervisor: A Type 1 embedded hypervisor designed for low latency, determinism, and multicore performance that allows for the consolidation of multiple operating systems onto the same processor. The demonstration will run on Intel architecture, hosting multiple guest OSes including VxWorks, Wind River Linux and Windows 7.

Wind River is a board member of The Multicore Association, an industry sponsor of the Multicore Developers Conference, and will be exhibiting at the event. Additional conference details and full show agenda are available at www.multicore-devcon.com/agenda.php?expo_seq=13.

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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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Award recognizes outstanding contributions of code and other valuable assets to the GENIVI Alliance.
• Wind River is a founding member of the GENIVI Alliance and plays an active, key role in the consortium.
• Ongoing Wind River contributions include source code and maintainer roles in the Yocto Project GENIVI Baseline Integration Team, as well as active contributions to a variety of GENIVI expert groups.

ALAMEDA, Calif. – May 14, 2013 –Wind River®, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, is a winner of the Most Valuable Contributor (MVC) award in the Company category from the GENIVI® Alliance. The GENIVI award recognizes companies and individuals who have made outstanding and significant contributions of source code and other assets to the GENIVI Alliance that provide high value and follow standards for code acceptance in the open source and automotive communities.

Wind River contributions include source code, the introduction of the Yocto Projectâ„¢ to the GENIVI standard baseline, and maintainer roles in the Yocto Project GENIVI Baseline Integration Team. Wind River provides ongoing contributions to several GENIVI expert groups, and has previously played an active role in the creation of the GENIVI Compliance program.

"In order to keep pace with progressively demanding needs, the auto industry has been increasingly turning towards open source. With automotive systems becoming more complex, the role of software has become even more important," said Georg Doll, vice president of automotive solutions at Wind River. "The MVC award is a major achievement that acknowledges our efforts to help the automotive market reap the benefits of open source. In addition to delivering open source innovation, Wind River provides companies with the confidence that comes with proven commercial-grade technologies and world-class global support and services."

"With the automotive industry needing to fulfill expectations coming from the consumer electronics world, auto companies are recognizing that they must innovate faster; and in order to do this, they will need assistance from experts within the ecosystem," said Philippe Gicquel, president of GENIVI Alliance. "From the start, Wind River has been a vital and active member of GENIVI. Their automotive industry expertise and ongoing contributions have helped advance the IVI landscape."

The MVC Program was created to increase participation, accelerate GENIVI advancements through contributions, and grow open source community collaboration. The program encourages members to contribute code and services by recognizing participation in GENIVI expert groups, open source development, code generation, and involvement in GENIVI compliance and alliance programs.

The GENIVI Alliance is a nonprofit organization committed to driving the broad adoption of an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) reference platform, and its members include top automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 companies. A founding member of the GENIVI Alliance, Wind River plays a key role in this consortium by developing, integrating, and contributing key automotive middleware components. The Wind River automotive portfolio includes GENIVI-compliant offerings such as Wind River Platform for Infotainment, an IVI platform based on the Yocto Project open source development infrastructure.

In addition to GENIVI, Wind River automotive expertise covers a wide range of technologies and solutions, including Android, Tizen IVI, and VxWorks®; tools such as Wind River Diab Compiler; and virtualization and hypervisor technologies. This diverse expertise allows Wind River to support the auto industry in virtually any project.

Furthermore, Wind River open source expertise and activities include ongoing support of the Yocto Project. Wind River is a Yocto Project founding member and Gold member of the advisory board, holding key maintainer and technical lead positions. The Yocto Project, hosted by the Linux Foundation, is an open source collaboration project to help developers create embedded Linux-based systems. Both Platform for Infotainment and the latest version of Wind River Linux are based on the Yocto Project open source development infrastructure.

More information about Wind River automotive solutions and technologies is available at 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 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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications