Wind River and Intel to Drive an Open Source Platform for Automotive Industry

New Open Source Linux Platform to Foster Broader Adoption
DETROIT--(Business Wire)--
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(R)
Atom(TM) 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.

Wind River
Bryan Thomas, 510-749-2414
bryan.thomas@windriver.com
or
Bite Communications for Wind River
Jessica Cheney, 415-365-0382
jessica.cheney@bitepr.com

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