Wind River Systems
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| Subsidiary | |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Alameda, California, U.S. |
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Key people
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Jim Douglas, President |
| Revenue | US$359.7 million (FY ended Jan 31 2009) |
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Number of employees
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1,800+ (11/2012) |
| Parent | Intel |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 37°46′52″N 122°15′43″W / 37.78116°N 122.26195°W
Wind River is a subsidiary company of Intel providing embedded system software which comprises run-time software, industry-specific software solutions, simulation technology, development tools and middleware. On June 4, 2009, Wind River announced that Intel had bought the company for a reported $884 million. Wind River continues to exist as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel. Its product portfolio is supported by global professional services and support, and a broad partner ecosystem.
Wind River concentrates on middleware: software and operating systems for information appliances and devices for intelligent connected systems. Wind River's technologies are used in a wide range of markets including: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Energy, Industrial, Medical, Consumer Electronics and Networking & Communications. Their products are used in industrial and transportation systems such as factory automation, robotics, rail transport, smart grids; military systems such as unmanned vehicles and military communications, telecommunication infrastructure equipment such as routers; automotive systems such as connected in-vehicle infotainment, digital cluster displays, telematics, braking systems; consumer devices such as multifunction printers. digital cameras, projectors, set-top boxes, traffic signals aircraft and aerospace systems such as Mars rovers MER-A and MER-B.
Among their flagship products are the VxWorks real-time operating system, the Wind River Linux operating system, and the Eclipse-based Wind River Workbench IDE. VxWorks began as an add-on to the VRTX operating system in the early 1980s. Wind River Workbench superseded the previous Tornado environment.
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