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Wind River Becomes a Solutions Center for Intel Networked Devices
Center for Intel Corporation to help accelerate and optimize the development of networked devices. The initial focus will be on the Intel® IXP1200 Network Processor, but will expand in the future to include other processors from Intel. This center will develop projects based on Wind River and Intel technology for original equipment manufacturers in the telecommunications market segment. The new networking-focused development team expands Wind River's existing microcode development efforts.
A key offering from the center will be the development, customization, and integration of microcode for Intel's IXP1200 Network Processor, enabling the creation of a wide range of highly efficient switching, routing, and protocol translation functions that complement and extend the native code networking stack of communications products. The center will also provide porting and customization of vertically tailored Wind River products, including Tornado® for Managed Switches and Tornado for Home Gateways, to Intel networking processors.
"Having Wind River as a solution center for networked devices will help Intel offer a more complete service to its semiconductor customers and system integrators," said Doug Davis, general manager of Intel's Access and Switching Processor Division. "Intel customers can now take advantage of Wind River's expertise to get their products to market quicker, with higher performance, and with a wider range of features."
"As part of the microcode development center strategy, Wind River engineers focus on markets where our understanding of advanced technologies, such as network processor microcode, is imperative for success," said Kamran Sokanvari, vice president of global operations and service for Wind River. "Intel's network processor product line is quickly becoming a strong platform for networking-focused developers making innovative products. This new agreement leads us into exciting areas of networked device design and greatly expands our ability to provide a range of solutions based on Intel's networking technology."
"Wind River's services capabilities were instrumental in the development of our IXP1200-based video routing platform," said Alan Remen, vice president of corporate development at Path 1 Network Technologies, Inc. "Using a team combining both hardware and software expertise on this type of network processor helped us to verify key aspects of the solutions architecture in a very short time-scale, and to support compelling demonstrations at a key trade show. We are pleased to see an expansion of their microcode development center capabilities."
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Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think™. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in sixteen countries worldwide.
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