Wind River Acquires Hard Real-Time Linux Technology from FSMLabs

Acquisition of industry's only commercially supported, hard real-time Linux technology enables company to access broader Linux device software markets

Wind River, the global leader in Device Software Optimisation (DSO), announced that it has acquired the intellectual property including patents, copyrights, trademarks and associated product rights for RTLinux, the software industry's only commercially-available, patented, hard real-time Linux technology developed by Finite State Machine Labs, Inc., (FSMLabs). As a result of this purchase agreement, Wind River will offer Linux customers hard real-time functionality tightly integrated with its market-leading, Linux-based device software platforms. Hard real-time functionality will extend the viability of Linux to a broader set of their device development projects that requires mission-critical performance.

RTLinux technology enables hard real-time response times for applications ranging from single-core feature phones, high bandwidth IP communications, robotics and industrial control. FSMLabs' RTLinux distribution has been regarded in the software industry as one of the best and most mature, hard real-time Linux solutions available today. RTLinux technology includes a hard real-time executive that coexists with the standard Linux kernel. Together, they combine the hard real-time capabilities necessary for high-performance responsiveness with the general-purpose capabilities of the Linux operating system for file system management, networking and other operating system functions.

Once available, the combination of RTLinux technology and Wind River's market-leading Linux device software platforms will provide device manufacturers with mature, proven technology for developing complex, next-generation Linux-based applications that require hard real-time functionality. By offering RTLinux technology integrated with Wind River Platform for Consumer Devices, Linux Edition, Wind River will deliver high-performance, hard real-time solutions such as feature phone or digital imaging applications with high volume streaming media requirements as well as automotive applications such as vehicle crash avoidance. RTLinux integrated with Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition will enable a new level of high performance for Linux-based device applications with ultra-high packet traffic such as routing that require hard real-time and route thousand of IP packets.

Wind River now offers three real-time solutions for its device customers: VxWorks, a fully deterministic real-time operating system (RTOS) that can run multiple real-time tasks within a real-time operating system; RTLinux technology, which enables a hard real-time application while running standard Linux as a separate process; and a soft real-time solution based on open source patches to the standard Linux operating system.

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About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop and run 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.

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