Sun and Wind River Partner to Deliver Carrier Grade Linux for Next-Generation Networking

Platform Helps Customers Accelerate Delivery of High-Performance Multicore-Enabled Applications, Sun Netra Systems will be first

Wind River will port its Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) and Workbench development suite to Sun's UltraSPARC T2 chip multithreading (CMT) processor. Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, will be the first carrier grade Linux for Sun's CMT processors. With this announcement, Sun and Wind River will be providing the networking industry with a fully integrated and tested solution of the industry's leading multicore processing hardware and CGL, enabling companies to quickly develop and deploy nextgeneration enabled networking applications. Sun's Netra Carrier Grade rack servers and ATCA blades will be the first CMT systems to run Wind River Carrier Grade Linux.

With today's announcement, Sun can deliver the benefits of CMT processor technology to embedded systems designers, enabling them to increase system throughput performance by as much as three times compared to competing, network-based processor designs. CMT also dramatically lowers processor parts counts by a third or more and cuts power and heat emissions. An eight-core, 64-thread processor, the UltraSPARC T2 is powered by less than 95 watts (nominal) with less than two watts per thread, boasts the most functionality, and lowest wattage per core and thread of any processor in its class.

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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, with operations worldwide. To learn more, call 1-800-872-4977 or visit Wind River at http://www.windriver.com.

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