NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
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Company releases Wind River Linux 8 with improved out-of-the-box
experience and scalability for addressing the opportunities and
challenges of IoT.
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Latest version of Wind River Linux uses kernel and toolchain from the
upcoming Yocto Project 2.0 release.
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Wind River also adds new capabilities to its Open Virtualization
profile enabling building and deploying high-performance cloud
operating systems.
Company Website:
http://www.windriver.com
DUBLIN -- (Business Wire)
EMBEDDED LINUX CONFERENCE EUROPE –Wind
River®, a global leader in delivering software for the
Internet of Things (IoT), today introduced the latest version of Wind
River Linux. Wind River Linux 8 brings together the flexibility and
interoperability of open source along with improved user experience and
scalability for addressing the opportunities and challenges of IoT. The
company also introduced new features for Wind River Open Virtualization.
The latest version of Wind River Linux delivers an improved
out-of-the-box experience with a significant reduction in set-up and
installation time, allowing customers to start developing applications
within minutes. It uses the latest kernel and toolchain from the
upcoming Yocto Project 2.0 release, Linux kernel 4.1, and GNU toolchain
5.2. Driving a broad ecosystem of silicon partners, Wind River Linux
features hardware support for the latest Intel® architecture,
as well as ARM®, MIPS, and PowerPC®.
Wind River Linux 8 will serve as the baseline for all existing
technology profiles, including Carrier
Grade Profile for Wind River Linux, Security
Profile for Wind River Linux, and the newly enhanced Open
Virtualization profile for building and deploying a cloud operating
system. The new features enable cloud services and high-performance
computing capabilities to integrate a compute node to a number of
frameworks or infrastructure providers.
“Wind River Linux allows customers to extract vast amounts of business
intelligence and value from their data, and supports devices of all
sizes, architectures, and industries—from general purpose and
high-performing real-time devices to carrier grade, virtualization, and
highly secure military applications,” said Dinyar Dastoor, vice
president and general manager of operating system platforms at Wind
River. “With the latest version of Wind River Linux and our updated Open
Virtualization profile, we are delivering a versatile and robust Linux
offering to the market that is ideally suited for the development of IoT
devices.”
Developed from the Yocto Project open source development infrastructure,
Wind River Linux uses the latest Linux kernel as its upstream source to
ensure customers have commercially supported access to the newest
advancements from the open source community. Wind River Linux is part of
the Wind
River Helix™ portfolio of products enabling IoT advancements.
"Wind River continues to do important work with the Linux community, as
well as foster open source innovation," said Jim Zemlin, executive
director at Linux Foundation. “We look forward to the company’s ongoing
contributions to the Yocto Project, and their market success with
products like Wind River Linux.”
Wind River is a gold member of the Yocto Project Advisory Board, and
continues to be a top contributor to the Yocto Project, holding numerous
maintainer and technical lead positions, and contributing more than one
third of the Yocto Project lines of code.
Wind River open source solutions are being showcased at Wind River Booth
No. 5 at Embedded Linux Conference Europe October 5–7. For more
information on Wind River Linux 8 visit http://tinyurl.com/WindRiverLinux8.
To learn more about Wind River open source leadership, visit: www.windriver.com/products/linux/open-source-leadership/.
About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:
INTC), is a global leader in delivering software for the Internet of
Things. The company has been pioneering computing inside embedded
devices since 1981, and its technology is found in more than 2 billion
products. Wind River offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for
addressing the system-level challenges and opportunities of IoT that is
backed by world-class global professional services, award-winning
customer support, and a broad partner ecosystem. Wind River delivers the
software and expertise that enable the innovation and deployment of
safe, secure, and reliable intelligent systems. To learn more, visit www.windriver.com.
Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River Systems,
Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.
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Contacts:
Wind River
Jessica Miller, 510-749-2727
jessica.miller@windriver.com
Source: Wind River Systems, Inc.
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