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Intel buys Wind River: the End of the Wintel Duopoly?
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| Obviously, Intel has to tread carefully here, since it can't trumpet that
| Linux side too much, but the reality is rather stronger than those neutral
| statements would suggest.
|
| When I interviewed Wind River's Chief Marketing Officer last year, here's
| what he said when I explored the Linux angle...
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2246&blogid=14
The only downside is Linux being associated with the criminal company, Intel.
Additionally, x86 sucks for devices. It sucks energy.
Intel to acquire Wind River for $884 Million
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| IntelCorp. said today it has agreed to acquire Wind River Systems for about
| $884 million in cash, in an effort to bolster its offerings in the market for
| processors for embedded systems and mobile devices.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133945&source=rss_news
Recent:
10-K: WIND RIVER SYSTEMS INC
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| Investing in targeted growth product areas: We are focusing engineering,
| sales, and marketing resources in certain targeted growth product areas,
| including Linux platforms, Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS)
| solutions in the aerospace and defense industry and multiprocessing
| capabilities.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/10-k-wind-river-systems-inc/story.aspx?guid={0E5D6C4E-5A35-44B4-A633-9AD5F06BF5CD}&dist=msr_1
http://tinyurl.com/cylk47
Wind River Linux platform adds multicore support
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| Based on Linux kernel 2.6.27 and GCC 4.3, Wind River Linux 3.0 comes with
| packages for multimedia, graphics and HMI (human-machine interface)
| technologies, such as X.org, GTK+, GNOME or GStreamer.
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http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/03/17/45684/wind-river-linux-platform-adds-multicore-support.htm
Embedded Linux distro rolls in verticals
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| Wind River is shipping version 3.0 of its commercial embedded Linux
| distribution, which now integrates vertical distributions, including
| networking. Wind River Linux 3.0 upgrades to kernel 2.6.27 and GCC 4.3,
| speeds boot-time, adds 250 applications, upgrades real-time and multi-core
| support, and launches a Kernel-based Virtualization Machine (KVM), says the
| company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7299612713.html
Wind River reports strong year, lowers guidance
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| Wind River's 4Q Linux bookings, meanwhile, grew 48 percent year over year,
| says the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3623706496.html
Intel and Wind River buddy up on multicore
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| The partnership also appears to involve the Wind River Platform for Network
| Equipment. This Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 4.0-registered networking version
| of Wind River Linux supports a variety of multicore processors, including the
| Intel Core 2.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2492664316.html?kc=rss
Wind River reports strong year
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| Wind River released another solid earnings report in the third quarter,
| reporting a 12 percent increase in revenues to $91.6 million, and a nine
| percent increase in deferred revenues to $125.8 million year-over-year. Linux
| revenues totaled $13.3 million, an increase of 71 percent over last year,
| says the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8805237655.html?kc=rss
Linux phone pioneer acquired
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| Wind River has completed its $16M acquisition of Linux smartphone pioneer
| Mizi Research, it announced. The Seoul, Korea based acquisition will broaden
| its mobile Linux services delivery capability in Asia Pacific, while
| deepening the value of its vertical market offerings, it hopes.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8751303309.html
Chalk Another One Up for Linux
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| As ongoing challenges in the economy continue to pressure companies to
| control operating costs, is it any surprise that IT managers are continuing
| to deploy economical IT solutions like Linux in their data centers? In June,
| open-source leader Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) reported bang-up results for its
| second fiscal quarter, and yesterday, Wind River (Nasdaq: WIND) also reported
| a strong Q2, attributable in part to demand for its Linux solutions.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/09/02/chalk-another-one-up-for-linux.aspx
Wind River makes deal to boost mobile Linux business
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| Software optimization technology provider Wind River Systems Inc. [WIND] has
| agreed to buy MIZI Research Inc., a nine-year-old private company based in
| Seoul, Korea, that develops mobile application platforms based on embedded
| Linux.
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http://www.thedeal.com/techconfidential/money-out/blog/hardware/wind-river-makes-deal-to-bolst.php
Linux leads Wind River revenues upwards
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| Wind River Systems yesterday reported strong second quarter results, raising
| earnings guidance for fiscal 2009 to between $365M and $375M, or 17 to 19
| cents per share. Leading the growth were Linux-related revenues, up 60
| percent year-over-year, to $10,111,000, or 11 percent of the company's total
| revenues for the quarter.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4191568586.html
Big Deals for Wind River Systems
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| Wind River Systems exhibited particular strength in its Linux business, with
| Linux bookings and revenue up 115% and 60%, respectively, from the prior
| year. In addition, the company announced it will acquire Korea-based MIZI, a
| developer of mobile software for embedded Linux. The combination will
| leverage MIZI's expertise in telephony, user-interface design, and multimedia
| to further strengthen Wind River's mobile Linux strategy.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2008/08/29/big-deals-for-wind-river-systems.aspx
Wind River to buy mobile Linux software company MIZI for up to $16M
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| Wind River has signed an agreement to acquire the South Korean software
| company MIZI Research Inc. for up to $16 million in cash, Wind River said
| Thursday.
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| MIZI Research develops mobile application platforms based on the Linux
| operating system. Founded in 1999, the company has headquarters in Seoul and
| 65 employees.
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http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/othercities/eastbay/stories/2008/08/25/daily51.html
Wind River buys Mizi Research
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| Wind River announced it will acquire a Korean developer of Linux mobile GUI
| stacks. The $16 million acquisition of privately-held Mizi Research will
| bring Wind River "world-class mobile expertise" and will "accelerate its
| mobile services presence in Asia Pacific," says the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4529876314.html?kc=rss
VxWorks, Wind River Linux To Support Intel EP80579
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| Intel's new EP80579 Integrated Processor product line is compatible with
| VxWorks 6.6 operating system and Wind River Linux 2.0.
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/28127/news.htm
Datalight Flash File System Boosts Performance for Users of Wind River Linux
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| Datalight announced today that it has released new versions of Reliance and
| FlashFX Pro with preconfigured support for Wind River Linux.
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http://pr-canada.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40341&Itemid=65
Wind River spins MID Linux
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| Wind River is readying a vertical-market Linux distribution specifically for
| MIDs (mobile Internet devices). Wind River Linux Platform for Mobile Internet
| Devices is the company's second "Platform" product to target Intel's Atom
| processor, and its second developed in collaboration with Intel, it says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8446435808.html
Test automation suite targets embedded Linux developers
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| Wind River has announced a test automation framework aimed at streamlining
| the software quality assurance process for embedded Linux developers. Wind
| River Test Management (WRTM) enables development teams to plan and execute
| tests, perform fact-based analysis, and rapidly resolve testing issues, says
| the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8036182435.html
Wind River readies virtualization stack
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| Wind River will enter the virtualization software market, focusing on
| networking, consumer electronics, and industrial automation, it said. The
| company will in August begin beta-testing a hypervisor and tools aimed at
| letting customers flexibly deploy Linux, VxWorks, and other RTOSes
| symmetrically or asymmetrically on one or multiple physical processor cores.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8794366795.html
Wind River, Intel ride Linux into car market
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| Intel and Wind River Systems have teamed up to create a Linux/x86 platform
| for car electronics, which will debut at the Telematics Detroit 2008
| conference today (May 20). The offering is based on Intel's low-power Atom
| processor and a new variant of Wind River's embedded Linux.
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http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207801122
Linux Soon to be in your Car
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| Thanks to a new joint effort between Intel and Wind River, you may soon be
| running Linux in your car.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/linux-soon-to-be-in-your-car.html
Intel and Wind River driving Linux infotainment systems to cars
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| Linux is in our computers, our phones, our Wi-Fi equipment, and our TiVos —
| why not our cars? Intel Corp. and Wind River have been working with both the
| embedded and automotive industries to advance in-vehicle infotainment (IVI)
| with open, Linux-based, standards-based, interoperable hardware and software
| called Open Infotainment Platforms (OIP).
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http://www.linux.com/feature/135687
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