Wind River Systems, Inc. is a company providing embedded systems, development tools for embedded systems, middleware, and other types of software. The company was founded in Berkeley, California in 1981 by Jerry Fiddler and David Wilner. 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. Wind River concentrates on middleware: software and operating systems, for information appliances and devices. Their products are used in cellular phones, auto braking systems, routers,... digital cameras, projectors, set-top boxes, traffic signals, Mars Rovers MER-A and MER-B and more. 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 . Wind River's head offices are located at 500 Wind River Way, Alameda, California. As of 2004, their strategic theme is device software optimization.
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| NASDAQ symbol: | WNDY |
| Founded: | 1981 |
| Headquarters: | Alameda, California |
| Annual revenue: | $285,300,000 |
| Operating income: | $34,600,000 |
| Industries: | Computer software, Computer, Custom Computer Programming Services |