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News Release from: Wind River Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 May 2008
Automotive Linux package to be free for
all
Open source platform will be optimised for the Intel Atom processor, and will be ideally suited for in-vehicle infotainment applications.
Wind River Systems is working with Intel to create an open source Linux platform for the automotive industry The open source platform will be optimised for the Intel Atom processor, which was introduced in April 2008 and will be ideally suited for in-vehicle infotainment solutions that demand connected, multimedia and graphics intensive application support in a low-power envelope
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Wind River, together with Intel, is developing an open, extensible software platform around which a rich ecosystem will evolve", says John Bruggeman, Chief Marketing Officer at Wind River.
"Not only will this accelerate the pace at which new and compelling automotive applications are developed, we believe this will also allow new business models to emerge in the infotainment market".
Wind River expects to deliver the open source specification and code to the Moblin.org in-vehicle infotainment community in August 2008.
"Automotive manufacturers face a tremendous challenge integrating rapidly evolving multimedia requirements into vehicles that typically have long development cycles", says Ton Steenman, Vice President, Intel Digital Enterprise Group and General Manager, Low-Power Embedded Products Division.
"Establishing open infotainment platforms that enable developers to more quickly and cost efficiently create products is paramount".
"By extending Moblin.org to automotive application developers, we expect to see greater innovation from the open source community".
Open source solutions offer several benefits to the automotive industry, including no vendor lock-in for solution components or tools, broad options available for consumer electronics integration and the ability to customise a solution, driving manufacturer branding and differentiation.
In addition, open source solutions such as Linux offer a flexible business model compared with proprietary solutions and leverage the efforts of the broader open source development community, resulting in reduced time to market.
Companies such as BMW Group, Bosch, Delphi and Magneti Marelli are actively supporting Wind River's strategy to drive Linux into the automotive infotainment market and its commitment to accelerate the defragmentation effort by creating a standardised platform so that OEMs and auto manufacturers may add differentiating services and solutions demanded by the modern day consumer.
Wind River already plays leading roles in collaborating with industry consortia aimed at developing open, Linux-based software platforms, namely: Eclipse, SCOPE-Alliance, OpenSAF, The Linux Foundation, LiMo Foundation and Open Handset Alliance.
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