Tuesday November 21, 5:02 am Eastern Time
Press Release
Motorola Chooses Wind River As Microcode Development Center for Networking, Communications Devices
Expert Services Team Showcases Ability to Develop Communications Solutions with Industry Leading PowerQUICC II Processor Family
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2000-- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND - news), a leading provider of software and services for smart devices in the Internet age, today announced a strategic agreement with Motorola in which Wind River, through its Doctor Design Services group, will develop networking and communications applications for third party customers on Motorola's MPC8260 PowerQUICC II(TM) and related communications processor architectures. Wind River has created a specialized design team at the Doctor Design facility to focus on providing critical microcode development solutions for customers using these Motorola architectures. This initiative underscores Wind River's strategy to provide complete, vertical market-specific solutions for the networking and communications industries.
Wind River's new microcode development services target Motorola customers who need to deliver state-of-the-art communications applications but have a limited amount of time or resources to devote to learning all of the PowerQUICC II's unique capabilities. Wind River's microcode development team specializes in implementing designs using this processor family, with a specific emphasis on developing custom protocol support for PowerQUICC II applications. Typical applications include asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and high-level data link control (HDLC) data transmission, Voice over ATM, and multi-protocol switch / gateway functions for Internet protocol (IP).
``By supporting Wind River as a specialist development center for this architecture, Motorola is able to broaden and deepen its penetration of vertical communications markets, offering a more complete service to its semiconductor customers and system integrators,'' said Keith Cheney, general manager of Motorola's Networking and Communication Systems Division. ``MPC8260 customers can leverage the expertise of Wind River's proven Doctor Design Services team to take advantage of the processor's built-in communications processor module (CPM), enabling faster time-to-market for their applications with enhanced features that differentiate their products from their competitors.''
``Wind River's Doctor Design Services is well known as a hardware and software design powerhouse with 'concept through manufacturing' implementation capability and a growing number of engineering centers around the world,'' said Kamran Sokanvari, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Services business unit. ``Our engineers focus on specialist markets where understanding and implementation of advanced technology, like the MPC8260, is imperative for success. This new capability leads us into exciting areas of specialist networking equipment design and expands our depth in providing solutions based around Motorola technology.''
``What's especially exciting about this growing opportunity is the extent to which this project exemplifies the synergies between business units in Wind River's organization,'' added Curt Schacker, vice president of marketing and corporate development for Wind River. ``The basic tool chain and development platform are products from the Wind River Hardware Software Integration (HSI) business unit, while critical embedded software elements such as networking protocols typically come from the Wind River Networks business unit. The combined products and services offering underscores a key strength of Wind River in this market.''
The Wind River PowerQUICC II development team currently has several projects underway and expects to have the first commercial projects completed by the end of the calendar year. For more information on Wind River's PowerQUICC II microcode development services or any aspect of the services team, please call +1(800) 545-WIND or contact your local Wind River representative.
About Motorola's MPC8260 PowerQUICC II
An integral component of Motorola's Smart Networks Platform, the MPC8260 PowerQUICC II is Motorola's next generation integrated communication processor, providing higher performance in all areas of device operation, including greater flexibility, extended capabilities, and higher integration. Like the MPC860 PowerQUICC, the MPC8260 integrates two main components, the embedded PowerPC core and the Communications Processor Module (CPM). This dual-processor architecture consumes less power than traditional architectures because the CPM offloads peripheral tasks from the embedded PowerPC core. The CPM simultaneously supports three fast serial communications controllers (FCCs), two multichannel controllers (MCCs), four serial communications controllers (SCCs), two serial management controllers (SMCs), one serial peripheral interface (SPI) and one I2C interface.
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, with operations in sixteen countries worldwide.
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