Virtio Joins Wind River's WindLink Partner Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2002 Virtio's Virtual Platform Technology coupled with Wind River VxWorks and Tornado delivers complete software development environment in software Virtio Corp., the creator of virtual platforms today announced that it has joined Wind River Systems, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:WIND) WindLink(TM) Partner Program. Virtio's virtual prototyping technology enables software development engineers to boot operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and run software application programs without the need for physical hardware. With this technology, software development engineers can work with Wind River's VxWorks(R) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (OS) and the Tornado(R) integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) on Virtio Virtual Platforms. The first Virtio Virtual Platform supporting the Wind River IDE and OS is the MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. Malta Virtual Platform and offers the developer a complete software development environment on their desktop PC for developing drivers, middleware and applications for the MIPS32 architecture. The Virtual Platform provides complete hardware and software visibility and binary compatibility See binary compatible. with the real hardware so software can be developed and integrated with hardware concurrently. Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. Ben-Chorin, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. for Virtio, stated, "Virtio's virtual prototyping technology enables embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. developers to innovate software on software. Since software is a key differentiator for any embedded system, it's important that functional validation of that software on the targeted system be available early on to speed the delivery of the end product to the market. "In addition, Virtio's virtual platforms proactively address the short product life cycles and compressed development schedules that have become the norm in today's embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. marketplace," continued Ben-Chorin. "With our products, embedded system developers don't have to wait for physical development boards that can be difficult to acquire and hard to use in the software development process. By joining Wind River's WindLink program, we can extend these benefits to the large number of embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. developers using Wind River software." "Wind River is pleased to welcome Virtio as a WindLink(TM) partner and recognizes the value of having a virtual platform using Wind River's technology," said Caroline Yao, director of partner solutions at Wind River. "By working with leading partners such as Virtio, Wind River can ensure its customers have access to leading software technology that can significantly augment their overall embedded system development activities." Virtio's Virtual Prototyping Platforms offer significant software development benefits by providing: -- Accurate hardware behavior (binary compatible) -- Complete control and visibility of both the hardware and software environments -- Wide-spread access for continuous hardware/software integration -- Easy electronic distribution of the software development environment to colleagues, partners and customers -- Accurate model of the user interface -- High performance that supports booting operating systems and running applications such as the VxWorks run-time environment and Tornado tools on the same PC workstation. -- Integration with industry-standard software development tools About the Wind River WindLink Partner Program The WindLink Partner Program is focused on helping hardware and software developers, system integrators and consultants create and sell products and services that complement or are integrated with Wind River products. Wind River continually seeks out partners in strategic market segments such as Internet infrastructure, telecommunications, Internet appliances, consumer electronics and semiconductors. WindLink partners work hand-in-hand with Wind River to provide total solutions to joint customers. About Wind River Wind River is a worldwide leader in integrated embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. solutions for creating reliable and innovative connected devices. Wind River provides development tools, real-time operating systems (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. , and advanced connectivity software for use in products, in network infrastructure, digital consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think(TM). Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with operations worldwide. About Virtio Virtio speeds the creation and distribution of software models of embedded systems for early software development. These software models, called virtual platforms, shorten the design cycle through early software development, improve product quality with early HW/SW HW/SW Hardware/Software integration and promote design collaboration via on-line access and easy electronic distribution. Virtio is based in Campbell, Calif. Additional information about Virtio is available at www.virtio.com. Note to Editors: Virtio is a trademark of Virtio Corp. All other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and should be treated as such. |
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