From WIND's 10k:
Wind River Systems, Inc. ("Wind River") develops, markets, supports and provides consulting services for advanced software operating systems and development tools that allow customers to create complex, robust, real-time software applications for embedded computers. An embedded computer is a microprocessor that is incorporated into a larger device and is dedicated to responding to external events by performing specific tasks quickly, predictably, and reliably. Some examples of embedded computers are telecommunications products such as PBXs, routers, central office switches, and call processing systems; office products such as fax machines, laser printers, and photocopiers; vehicle anti-lock brakes and navigation systems; consumer products such as digital cameras, camcorders, video games, and set-top boxes; medical instrumentation and imaging systems; industrial automation equipment such as robots and process control equipment; and aerospace products used for projects such as NASA's on-going missions to Mars. Wind River's flagship product, TORNADO-TM-, enables customers to enhance product performance, standardize designs across projects, reduce research and development costs, and shorten product development cycles.
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Wind River's customers include Boeing Company, Cisco Systems, Inc., Ericsson Radio Systems AB, General Motors Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Hitachi, Ltd., Hughes Aircraft Company, Lucent Technologies Inc., Intel Corporation, Lockheed-Martin Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Network Computer, Inc., Nippon Electric Corporation, Northern Telecom Ltd., Raytheon Company, Siemens AG, Sun Microsystems, Inc., and TRW Inc. |
