Wind River Announces Product Rollout Plans for Its BSD/OS UNIX-Based Operating System; Version 4.3 of BSD/OS Also Released.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2002 Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced the release of version 4.3 of BSD/OS(TM), the company's commercial UNIX-based operating system, and detailed roadmap plans for the product. Version 4.3 of BSD/OS is available now, and continues the operating system's heritage of providing superior features and performance for enterprise and Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) servers, server appliances, and other embedded server-like devices. Future releases of the operating system will target server appliances, security and traffic management appliances, network attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) devices, and telecom application processing blades as part of Wind River's strategy to provide end-to-end development platforms across the entire spectrum of original equipment manufacturer (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) and embedded market segments. Wind River is currently developing the next-generation release of BSD/OS -- version 5.0 -- for purpose-built or embedded applications that require a robust UNIX-based operating system. BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. 5.0, to be made available in the first half of 2002, will provide improved performance and exceptional throughput with a new symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ) kernel that offers fine-grain locking. In addition to continuing its superior support for Intel Architecture processors, the next release will bring BSD/OS to the PowerPC architecture, with support for the Motorola MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 7400 and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) PowerPC 750 platforms. Board support packages for Wind River's PPMC PPMC Physician Practice Management Companies PPMC Processor PCI Mezzanine Card PPMC Pearson Product Moment Correlation (Coefficient) PPMC Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic (geological time scale) 7400 and PPMC750 boards will be available for developers desiring an off-the-shelf solution. Wind River's VisionWare bootloader and the Vision tool suite will also be available for developers using BSD/OS on custom PowerPC boards. Although BSD support for Intel Architecture and PowerPC will enable BSD/OS to span an important class of applications, Wind River will consider further expansion of processor coverage in order to meet customer needs on a continuing basis. In addition, future releases will integrate Wind River's Tornado(R) integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) with BSD/OS. This will enable developers to build BSD/OS-based applications with the same award-winning development tools already used by thousands of software engineers. "This release delivers on Wind River's commitment to current BSD/OS customers with many advanced features and lays the groundwork for more embedded capabilities" said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit. "BSD/OS complements Wind River's operating system portfolio and extends our reach into new application areas beyond our traditional VxWorks and VxWorks/AE strongholds. Coupled with our products and services, BSD/OS is a technically superior UNIX-based platform with a commercially oriented license." BSD/OS 5.0 and other future releases of the product will target servers, server appliances, and purpose-built server applications, as well as non-real-time embedded systems that require a full-featured UNIX-based operating system. Such systems often have high degrees of software complexity and need the capability to run applications developed for UNIX-style operating systems. Wind River's VxWorks(TM) real-time operating system (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. will continue to be Wind River's core offering for embedded applications that require real-time, deterministic performance and constrained memory footprints. BSD/OS 4.3 Version 4.3 of BSD/OS includes a number of new advanced features including: -- Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support that enables remote execution so applications can run remotely from clients. -- Updated KAME snapshot for enhanced IPv4, IPv6, and IPSec functionality. -- Fixed priority rate scheduling. -- Gigabit Ethernet and Compaq 5300 RAID controller support. -- Updates protecting against the latest security threats. Availability BSD/OS 4.3 is available now. More information on future releases of BSD/OS will be announced later in 2002. For more information on BSD/OS or any of Wind River's development platforms, please visit www.windriver.com. About BSD/OS In May 2001, Wind River purchased the software assets of Berkeley Software Design, Inc (company) Berkeley Software Design, Inc - (BSDI) A company that sells BSD/OS, a commercial version of Berkeley Standard Distribution Unix, networking, and Internet technologies originally developed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California at . (BSDi), including those of the BSD/OS product line. Originally derived from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at Berkeley's 4.4BSD release, and enhanced by BSDi, the BSD/OS kernel is a fast, scalable, multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. 32-bit client/server network platform with virtual memory capability and memory protection. Its compact kernel, high performance, and enhanced networking capabilities make it ideal for the development and management of purpose-built server and embedded network applications. Today, BSD/OS powers enterprise and ISP servers, network firewall products, routers, Internet telephony applications, intelligent network devices, and point-of-sale systems. About Wind River Wind River is a worldwide leader in integrated embedded software solutions for creating reliable and innovative connected devices. Wind River provides development tools, real-time operating systems, 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 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda with operations worldwide. Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, VxWorks and Tornado are registered trademarks; BSD/OS and How Smart Things Think are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). is a trademark of The Open Group. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. |
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