More good news for Wind. I wonder when the stock price will follow suit. Why is this stock out of favor? Seems like there have been good PR's almost daily for awhile now.
Wednesday September 1, 7:51 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Wind River First to Support Intel/ Level One's New IXP1200 Network Processor, Creating Unsurpassed Solution for Infrastructure Equipment
Charter Membership in Intel's IXA Developer's Forum, RTOS on Networking Chip Solidifies Leadership in Networking for Embedded Systems
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1999-- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND - news), the leader in embedded development software and services for the post-PC era, announced today that it is the first software vendor to support the newly announced Internet Exchange-Processor(a), the IXP1200(a) from Level One Communications, Inc. (an Intel company).
Original equipment manufacturers will now be able to use Wind River's world-class Tornado(TM) embedded development platform and VxWorks© real-time operating system (RTOS) to build IXP1200-based Internet equipment, resulting in faster time to market than traditional solutions.
In addition to being the sole original RTOS for the IXP-1200, Wind River will become one of the charter partners in Intel's newly announced Internet Exchange Architect (IXA) Developers Forum(a), a joint engineering and marketing program to support developers using IXP1200 and related networking products such as Wind River's operating system, development tools and embedded protocols.
Wind River also recently formed a networking-focused business unit; began shipping Tornado for Managed Switches, a complete software solution for developing layer 2 and layer 3 switches; and acquired RouterWare, Inc., a leading supplier of portable network protocol source code.
Support of Intel's networking initiatives, along with these other projects solidifies Wind River's position as the leading provider of embedded software and tools for the Internet infrastructure equipment market.
Until now, Internet infrastructure equipment was developed with proprietary, in-house, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) solutions. However, high non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs and protracted product development cycles associated with ASICs make these implementations impractical and undesirable for the high volume, rapidly evolving products that comprise the Internet infrastructure.
Having access to Level One's IXP1200 in concert with Wind River's Tornado development platform and VxWorks RTOS will enable product developers to meet demanding market delivery dates while also building product software that takes full advantage of Intel's new microprocessor.
Wind River support for IXP1200 also allows developers to access a premier platform for advanced networking products with the widest value chain of supporting partners and technologies in the industry.
``The key issues in networking are dealing with the phenomenal complexity of protocols while the market is undergoing rapid evolution,' said David Fraser, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit.
``Without an integrated solution of hardware and software, OEMs find it hard to keep up. With Intel, Level One and Wind River working together on networking solutions, developers have the building blocks and tools to deliver cutting edge data networking and telecom equipment products to market quickly.
``In addition, developers get a proven reliable operating system, increased productivity with our tools, and a phenomenal value chain of integrated protocols and applications available for the industry's premier platform.'
``Intel and Level One are highly committed to the networking market and we are pleased and excited that Wind River has completed the port of its VxWorks RTOS to the IXP1200,' said Bob Pepper, vice president and general manager of Level One Communications, an Intel company.
``This marriage of our network processor with Wind River software provides a robust development environment as an off-the-shelf solution that is unsurpassed in quality.'
``The combination of Wind River's VxWorks RTOS and the Intel IXP-1200 has enabled us to rapidly develop a next-generation access platform that fully addresses the needs of our service provider customer base,' said Joe Sarkar, director of software development for Broadband Access Systems, which has been using a beta version of the IXP-1200 running the VxWorks RTOS.
``Furthermore, the Tornado tools allowed our engineers to simultaneously connect to and debug several target processors, which drastically reduced our time to market and simplified our software development process.'
John Freeman, principal analyst for enterprise infrastructure service at the research firm Current Analysis noted that ``two revolutionary shifts we are now beginning to see are: 1) a movement toward a more open development environment in the networking equipment industry based on a new generation of packet processors; 2) the emergence of a wide variety of post-PC info-appliances.
``Wind River is uniquely positioned to capitalize on both these trends and leverage the synergies between them, enabling the company to be a critical foundation in the growth of ubiquitous networking in the mass market.'
IXP1200
The Level One IXP1200 network processor, the primary component of Intel's new initiative in the network processor market, is geared towards application-specific embedded designs for products used in the Internet infrastructure such as high-speed network switches and other network access products.
The IXP1200 network processor is comprised of a StrongARM(a) (SA-1) Core with a clock frequency of 166 MHz; six packet-processing microengines; and interfaces to external SDRAM, SRAM, a PCI bus, and a FIFO bus. Each of the six microengines can be programmed to perform various operations to network traffic at wirespeed. The VxWorks RTOS has been ported to the StrongArm core processor. This processor is used to control and manage the operations of the six microengines.
The integration of the six packet-processing microengines and the control and management processor give the IXP1200 an unparalleled advantage in terms of speed, cost, and power consumption.
IXA Developer's Forum
The Internet Exchange Architecture (IXA) Developer's Forum is an Intel specification open to the industry for common APIs, buses, and library functions. The IXA Developer's Forum was formed to establish a strong, open design community around the IXA.
Specifically, the forum is charged with providing solutions that allow faster time to market, higher performance, and reduced development costs. As embedded technology becomes more pervasive, connectivity to the Internet and other devices is becoming crucial.
Wind River Embedded Networking Technology
Wind River's VxWorks RTOS and award-winning Tornado tools provide significant benefits for developers using the IXP1200 network processor for Internet infrastructure equipment.
The Tornado II embedded software development platform is the most powerful and complete platform for building real-time embedded applications and devices. It is comprised of three highly integrated components: Tornado Tools, the only embedded development tools that include a target hardware simulator for immediate product development; the VxWorks RTOS; and a full range of communications options for target connection to the host.
The VxWorks RTOS is the de facto standard operating system for running real-time embedded applications and devices.
Developers can take advantage of Wind River's extensive networking product portfolio including a world-class TCP/IP suite; a full line of layer-2 switching protocols; a full line of layer-3 routing protocols; VPN components, LAN protocols and network management components. The result is much quicker time to market, reduced development costs and a platform that allows product differentiation.
In addition, developers can leverage the products from over 320 third party companies that have been ported to the VxWorks RTOS or integrated with the Tornado development platform, including products from over 100 embedded networking software companies.
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wind River Systems, Inc., windriver.com, is the 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, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, and aerospace/defense markets.
Wind River is how smart things think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in fifteen countries worldwide.
Note to Editors: Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. Tornado is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc.
(a) All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks
or service marks of their respective companies or organizations.
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Wind River Systems, Inc., Alameda
Pamela Sufi, 510/749-2340
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