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Wind River Releases Latest Linux 4 Platform

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August 17, 2011

Wind River Releases Latest Linux 4 Platform

By Stefanie Mosca, TMCnet Managing Editor


Wind River (News - Alert), provider of embedded multi-core and mobile software, has released the latest version of its Wind River Linux 4, Update Pack 2. Wind River Linux 4 is a commercial embedded Linux runtime and development platform and is the first commercial embedded Linux to provide a fully integrated graphics software stack for the latest Intel and Texas Instruments' (News - Alert) processors.


The graphics stack is preloaded into the Wind River Linux platform and includes GTK, Qt, X.Org and the Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite. Utilizing the latest hardware and graphics drivers, Wind River Linux 4 includes Intel(R) Embedded Media and Graphics Driver on Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor with OpenGL and PowerVR driver on Texas Instruments' (TI) AM35x, AM37x, AM389x TI Sitara(TM) ARM (News - Alert)(R) microprocessors and OMAP35x processors with OpenGL ES, according to the release.

"As deeply embedded devices become more connected and complex, there is an increasing move towards richer graphics and more sophisticated user interfaces across a wide range of industries. We're rising to meet this need with the industry's first commercial embedded Linux to provide a pre-integrated hardware-through-middleware graphics stack for multiple hardware platforms," said Paul Anderson, vice president of marketing and strategy for Linux products at Wind River.

The Wind River Linux 4 graphic stack bundles the latest versions of popular graphics applications and is optimized for embedded development. Linux Standard Base (LSB) certification also assures compatibility with all LSB-compliant third-party applications.

"Wind River's introduction of a fully integrated graphics stack delivers significant benefits to customers and enables important open source technologies for the industry," said Vasu Jakkal, senior marketing manager of low power embedded software, Intel. "With Intel's Embedded Media and Graphics Driver, the latest release of Wind River Linux will give device manufacturers across a wide range of market segments the technology they need to rapidly build secure, reliable, graphics-optimized next-generation devices at a lower cost."

Coinciding with the newest release of Wind River Linux 4, Wind River Linux was recently named the embedded Linux market leader for the third consecutive year by VDC Research Group (News - Alert). In VDC's 2011 Linux in the Embedded Systems Market report, Wind River achieved the market share lead in 2010 with more than 30 percent of total market revenue, according to the company.

Other key features of Wind River Linux 4, Update Pack 2, include a Web 2.0 Cross Web Development Toolkit that enables developers to debug, deploy and test directly on targets using HTML/Javascript and web page rendering languages. Linux 4 also includes a Qt Development Toolkit optimized for embedded development, which can increase productivity, reduce costs and shorten time to market. Enhanced Workbench enhancements and new tools for Linux developers for streamlined Linux development have also been added to the latest version.

"TI is continually seeking to add value to its complementary software offering to make embedded processing design even easier," said Jake Alamat, director, marketing, Sitara(TM) ARM microprocessors, Texas Instruments. "Wind River's Linux 4.2 integrated graphics stack works with our TI-provided Linux SDK and is bundled with our PowerVR driver to enable fast development of secure next-generation devices with high-end graphics."

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Stefanie Mosca is a Managing Editor for TMCnet, with a particular focus in wireless technologies as well as mobile and IP communications. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University and a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of New Haven. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page or follow her on Twitter (News - Alert) @stefaniemosca.

Edited by Chris DiMarco








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