Wind River acquires patented real-time Linux technology
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| Wind River, one of the world's top embedded software providers, has
| acquired a real-time Linux distribution and patented hard-real-time
| technology from FSMLabs Inc.
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| In response to the growing popularity of embedded Linux, the company
| several years ago began transitioning to Linux as its second major
| embedded OS platform, alongside VxWorks, but positioned it as a
| solution for non-, or at most "soft-real-time," timing constraints,
| with VxWorks recommended for customers requiring hard-real-time.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2333482316.html
Related:
Sun's Niagara chip breaks like the Wind River
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| Wind River this week lent a helping hand to one of Sun Microsystems'
| more interesting processor efforts. The software maker announced that
| its telco hardened version of Linux will be tuned for Sun's UltraSPARC
| T1 processor.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/sun_windriver/
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