Wind River Delivers New Upgrades to Its Workbench Development Tools.Enhancements and New Plug-Ins Extend the Open Source Eclipse Framework and Unlock the Power of Wind River Run-Time Solutions for Greater Integration and Solution Flexibility ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization Device Software Optimization is a concept promoted by Wind River Systems and CMP Publications at dso.com. It refers to a set of toolchains and analysis tools to develop and debug software for embedded systems. (DSO See CSO. ), today announced Wind River[R] Workbench 2.6, a significant upgrade and collection of enhancements to the company's comprehensive device software development tools. With today's announcement, developers will be able to more easily integrate the commercial-grade software design, analysis and test tools provided by Workbench 2.6 into existing development projects or workflows, and even install the tools into pre-existing Eclipse installations. Wind River's collection of software development tools will help device manufacturers focus on building differentiated device applications, understand and test complex projects and accelerate time-to-market by leveraging the deeply instrumented middleware technology in both VxWorks and Wind River Linux platforms. "Our latest Workbench tools are designed to unlock the power of VxWorks and Wind River Linux run-times," said Steven Heintz, director of product management, Wind River. "Wind River is committed to enriching our customers' overall development experience by increasing interoperability with other software tools and fostering collaboration among hardware engineers, software developers and testers within a project team. The new Workbench enhancements empower device developers to innovate at the application layer, reduce development costs and increase overall productivity." Workbench 2.6 delivers device software tools in a standards-based Eclipse development environment that ensures higher-quality products, improved kernel and middleware insight, and higher productivity. Optimized for device software development across the entire product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. , the latest version of Workbench offers knowledge-sharing facilities and a unique set of diagnostic tools to rapidly test and repair running systems. New Enhancements in Workbench 2.6: * Implementation onto existing Eclipse installation as a plug-in: To support users who already develop with Eclipse, Workbench can now be installed as a set of plug-ins to an existing Eclipse 3.2 installation. As a result, users may now preserve projects and configurations in an existing Eclipse implementation when adopting Workbench. * Compatibility with Eclipse C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ Development Tools (CDT CDT abbr. Central Daylight Time CDT Central Daylight Time CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro; (BRIT ): Workbench is now compatible with CDT, allowing users to have both CDT projects and Workbench projects in the same Eclipse shell. This allows Workbench to co-exist with other vendors' Eclipse-based products that may require CDT, significantly improving interoperability across the desktop. * Java development support: The Java Development Toolkit (JDT JDT Java Development Tool JDT Joint Development Test JDT Joint Development Team JDT Joint Draft Text JDT Java Development Tooling ) is now included in Workbench to facilitate device-focused Java development. Support for multi-language systems has also been added to allow users to develop and support systems with both Java and C/C++. Users may debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. Java calls into C or C++ at either source code level. Supporting Java helps developers deploy the right technology for the right task within their device while using Workbench as the common development environment. * Now based on the Eclipse 3.2.1 framework: This version of Workbench is based on Eclipse version 3.2.1, which is an upgrade from version 3.1 - used in Workbench 2.5. As the DSDP DSDP Deep-Sea Drilling Project DSDP Deflect, Segment and Drop Policy (IEEE) project lead in Eclipse, Wind River is committed to helping customers stay current with the latest versions of Eclipse each year. New Wind River Linux Platform Integration Plug-Ins for Workbench 2.6: * New Wind River Linux Patch Manager: The Patch Manager makes it even easier for developers to visually import and manage Linux kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. patches provided by Wind River and the community. * Wind River ScopeTools now support uClibc -- uClibc is a small footprint version of the GNU C library (library) GNU C Library - (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Latest version: 2.1. . Those using or planning to use uClibc can now leverage the power of Wind River ScopeTools for dynamic visual analysis. * QEMU now supported as a target emulator -- QEMU is an open source processor emulator. It allows users to emulate Wind River Linux and device-focused middleware technology on specific target processor architectures, rather than run the target software in native mode on a Linux host. Using QEMU is more accurate than native mode simulation and can be easier and less expensive than using actual target hardware. New VxWorks Platform Plug-Ins for Workbench 2.6: * Workbench On-Chip Debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. support for VxWorks Minimal Kernel Layer (MKL MKL Math Kernel Library (Intel) MKL Much Klown Love MKL Multi-space Karhunen-Loeve (transform) MKL Jackson, TN, USA - McKellar Field (Airport Code) MKL Modeling Kernel Language ): MKL users can now debug using Wind River[R] Workbench, On-Chip Debugging Edition. Developers can continue to use a common tool set across the enterprise, even when the device 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. is scaled to extremely small footprints (as small as 36 Kb). * Improved performance of VxWorks Image Projects: Users with projects containing a large number of files will see a performance improvement for VxWorks Image Projects. * Enhanced kernel object viewer: Functionality improvements include a new hierarchical organization  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. to more easily organize many objects, and a new name display for I/O devices See peripheral. . New Wind River Developer Center Developers will be able to access online resources such as code samples, video tutorials, and community-provided tips via the new Workbench Developer Center. The Developer Center is a Web-based repository of community and Wind River knowledge about how to get the most from VxWorks and Wind River Linux solutions using Workbench. The developer center is accessed through either a view in the Workbench development environment, or online at: http://www.windriver.com/developers/workbench/ Availability The upgraded Wind River Workbench 2.6 toolset will be available December 15, 2006. To learn more about Wind River Workbench, please visit: http://www.windriver.com/products/development_suite/. 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 Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. , with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at http://www.windriver.com or call 1-800-872-4977. The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River, Workbench and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. Other marks used herein are the property of the respective owners. |
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