WIND--Wind River Unveils Tornado for Intelligent I/O 2.0
Provides Storage and Networking Acceleration for Increased Bandwidth and Throughput
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2000--Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND - news), a leading provider of software and services for smart devices in the Internet age, today announced general availability of Tornado® for Intelligent I/O 2.0, an integrated software development environment for input/output (I/O) processors.
This new version of the software includes TCP/IP support, which means developers can now build sophisticated networking into their I/O devices. A fully integrated software development platform, Tornado for Intelligent I/O is used by developers to create high performance I/O applications that are targeted towards emerging areas such as network attached storage (NAS), storage area networks (SANs), IP storage and web accelerators.
``Many server and networking vendors struggle to manufacture products that can keep up with the enormous data throughput (or I/O) demands of the Internet,'' said Dave Fraser, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit. ``With the addition of networking capability, Tornado for Intelligent I/O becomes a true network and storage accelerator, giving developers the ability to build complex scalable I/O solutions that meet these new bandwidth demands.'' P. ``Wind River has been part of Intel's efforts to make intelligent I/O a reality from the start,'' said Wendy Vittori, general manager of Intel I/O products division. ``As a result, Wind River's software is the perfect platform for intelligent I/O. The software, which is intimately tied to Intel I/O processors, greatly simplifies I/O application development and scales across a range of intelligent I/O configurations -- from dedicated I/O devices to complex distributed I/O systems serving multiple CPUs.''
Increased Scalability
According to Cahners In-Stat Group, US businesses are investing as much as 20% of their total IT spending on Internet-enabling services, personnel and solutions. With this level of Internet connectivity, the demand for I/O bandwidth has exploded. However, adding multiple servers to solve this problem can be a costly proposition. Tornado for Intelligent I/O 2.0 offers a more cost-effective alternative by providing a complete platform for development of scalable I/O systems. It also supports the full range of Intel I/O processors, including the Intel IOP303, i960Rx, Intel StrongARM* SA110, and future processors based on the Intel® XScale(TM) microarchitecture.
About Wind River
Wind River, www.windriver.com, is a worldwide leader in embedded software. 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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