Wind River Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO),
today announced it is collaborating with Intel
Corporation to create an open source Linux platform for the
automotive industry. Wind River, working with Intel, is developing an
open source platform for the in-vehicle infotainment market. The open
source platform will be optimized for the Intel®AtomTM
processor, which was introduced in April 2008 and will be ideally suited
for in-vehicle infotainment solutions that demand connected, multimedia
and graphics intensive application support in a low-power envelope.
As part of a major new product strategy for Wind River and the broader
in-vehicle device industry, Wind River will make available open source
specification and code from the platform to the open source community
via a new in-vehicle infotainment segment within Moblin.org.
Moblin.org is a community web site for software vendors and Linux users
to collaborate, share solutions and contribute code. The code, in
combination with the Intel Atom processor, will enable the development
of Open Infotainment Platforms that are based on interoperable,
standards-based hardware and software components. This will allow
manufacturers to scale software across devices, leading to cost and
development efficiencies.
“Wind River, together with Intel, is
developing an open, extensible software platform around which a rich
ecosystem will evolve,” said John Bruggeman,
chief marketing officer at Wind River. “Not
only will this accelerate the pace at which new and compelling
automotive applications are developed, we believe this will also allow
new business models to emerge in the infotainment market.”
Wind River expects to deliver the open source specification and code to
the Moblin.org in-vehicle infotainment community in August 2008.
“Automotive manufacturers face a tremendous
challenge integrating rapidly evolving multimedia requirements into
vehicles that typically have long development cycles,”
said Ton Steenman, vice president, Intel Digital Enterprise Group and
general manager, Low-Power Embedded Products Division. “Establishing
open infotainment platforms that enable developers to more quickly and
cost efficiently create products is paramount. By extending Moblin.org
to automotive application developers, we expect to see greater
innovation from the open source community.”
Open source solutions offer several benefits to the automotive industry,
including no vendor lock-in for solution components or tools, broad
options available for consumer electronics integration and the ability
to customize a solution, driving manufacturer branding and
differentiation. In addition, open source solutions such as Linux offer
a flexible business model compared to proprietary solutions and leverage
the efforts of the broader open source development community, resulting
in reduced time-to-market.
Companies such as BMW Group, Bosch, Delphi and Magneti Marelli are
actively supporting Wind River's strategy to drive Linux into the
automotive infotainment market and its commitment to accelerate the
defragmentation effort by creating a standardized platform so that OEMs
and auto manufacturers may add differentiating services and solutions
demanded by the modern day consumer.
Wind River already plays leading roles in collaborating with industry
consortia aimed at developing open, Linux-based software platforms,
namely: Eclipse, SCOPE-Alliance,
OpenSAF, The Linux Foundation, LiMo
Foundation and Open
Handset Alliance.
For further information about Wind River’s
and Intel’s open source efforts, visit
opensource.windriver.com and Moblin.org.
Wind River is the Official Open Source Sponsor at this year’s
Telematics
Detroit 2008 Conference (May 20-22) and will be exhibiting at Booth
#48/57.
About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO).
Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software
faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms
are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development
solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and
reliability at all phases of the device software development process,
from concept to deployed product.
Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California,
with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com.
The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind
River is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems. Other marks used
herein are the property of the respective owners.
Intel and Intel Atom are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and
other countries.
Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and
other countries.
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