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Exhibit 10.45

Notice of Grant of Stock Option   Wind River Systems, Inc.
ID: 94-2873391
500 Wind River Way
Alameda, CA 94501    

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[Name of Optionholder]
[Address of Optionholder]   Option Number:
Plan:   [Option Number]
1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan

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Effective [Date of Grant] (the "Date of Grant"), you have been granted a(n)
Non-Qualified Stock Option to buy [Number of Shares] shares of Wind River
Systems, Inc. (the Company) stock at $[Price Per Share] per share. The date on
which your shares begin to vest is [Vesting Start Date] (the "Vesting Start
Date").

The total option price of the shares granted is [Total Exercise Price of
Option].

Shares in each period will become fully vested on the date shown.

Shares

  Vest Type

  Full Vest

  Expiration Date

[Number of Shares]   On Vest Date   [Month/Day/Year]   [Month/Day/Year] [Number
of Shares]   Monthly   [Month/Day/Year]   [Month/Day/Year]

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By your signature and the Company's signature below, you and the Company agree
that this option is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of
the Company's Stock Option Plan (see above reference to plan) as amended and the
Stock Option Agreement of which are made available on the Wind River internal
web site. Both the Company's Stock Option Plan and the Stock Option Agreement
are incorporated by reference and made a part of this document.

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Wind River Systems, Inc.  

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Date

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[Name of Optionholder]
 

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Date

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ATTACHMENT I

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.
1998 NON-OFFICER STOCK OPTION PLAN

NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

    Pursuant to your Notice of Grant of Stock Option ("Grant Notice") and this
Stock Option Agreement, Wind River Systems, Inc. (the "Company") has granted you
an option under its 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") to purchase
the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock indicated in your Grant
Notice at the exercise price indicated in your Grant Notice. Defined terms not
explicitly defined in this Stock Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall
have the same definitions as in the Plan.

    The details of your option are as follows:

    1.  Vesting.  Subject to the limitations contained herein, your option will
vest as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting will cease upon the
termination of your Continuous Service.

    2.  Number of Shares and Exercise Price.  The number of shares of Common
Stock subject to your option and your exercise price per share referenced in
your Grant Notice may be adjusted from time to time for capitalization
adjustments, as provided in Section 11 of the Plan.

    3.  Method of Payment.  Payment of the exercise price is due in full upon
exercise of all or any part of your option. You may elect to make payment of the
exercise price in cash or by check or in the following manner:

    (a)  In the Company's sole discretion at the time your option is exercised
and provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded
and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, pursuant to a program developed
under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to
the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check)
by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate
exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds.

    4.  Whole Shares.  You may exercise your option only for whole shares of
Common Stock.

    5.  Securities Law Compliance.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, you may not exercise your option unless the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act.
The exercise of your option must also comply with other applicable laws and
regulations governing your option, and you may not exercise your option if the
Company determines that such exercise would not be in material compliance with
such laws and regulations.

    6.  Term.  You may not exercise your option before the commencement of its
term or after its term expires. The term of your option commences on the Date of
Grant and expires upon the earliest of:

    (i)  the Expiration Date indicated in the Grant Notice;

    (ii)  the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant;

    (iii)  eighteen (18) months after your death, if you die during, or within
three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service;

    (iv)  twelve (12) months after the termination of your Continuous Service
due to disability;

    (v)  three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service for
any other reason, provided that if during any part of such three (3)-month
period the option is not exercisable solely because of the condition set forth
in paragraph 4 (Securities Law Compliance), in which event the option shall not
expire until the earlier of the Expiration Date or until it shall have been
exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after the termination of
Continuous Service.

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    7.  Exercise.

    (a)  You may exercise the vested portion of your option during its term by
delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together
with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person
as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such
additional documents as the Company may then require.

    (b)  By exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to any
exercise of your option, the Company may require you to enter into an
arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax
withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of
your option or (2) the disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such
exercise.

    8.  Transferability.  Your option is not transferable, except by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only
by you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the
Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party
who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise your
option.

    9.  Option not a Service Contract.  Your option is not an employment or
service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed to create in any
way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the
Company or an Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your
employment. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the Company or an
Affiliate, their respective shareholders, Boards of Directors, Officers or
Employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or
Consultant for the Company or an Affiliate.

    10.  Withholding Obligations.

    (a)  At the time you exercise your option, in whole or in part, or at any
time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding
from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make
adequate provision for (including by means of a "cashless exercise" pursuant to
a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve
Board to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums required to satisfy the
federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or
an Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection with your option.

    (b)  Upon your request and subject to approval by the Company, in its sole
discretion, and in compliance with any applicable conditions or restrictions of
law, the Company may withhold from fully vested shares of Common Stock otherwise
issuable to you upon the exercise of your option a number of whole shares of
Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined by the Company as of the
date of exercise, not in excess of the minimum amount of tax required to be
withheld by law. Any adverse consequences to you arising in connection with such
share withholding procedure shall be your sole responsibility.

    (c)  You may not exercise your option unless the tax withholding obligations
of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you may not be
able to exercise your option when desired even though your option is vested, and
the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares of
Common Stock or release such shares of Common Stock from any escrow provided for
herein.

    11.  Notices.  Any notices provided for in your option or the Plan shall be
given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the
case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5) days after
deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last
address you provided to the Company.

    12.  Governing Plan Document.  Your option is subject to all the provisions
of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your option, and
is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations
which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In
the event of any conflict between the provisions of your option and those of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.

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ATTACHMENT II

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

Wind River Systems, Inc.
500 Wind River Way
Alameda, CA 94501

    Date of Exercise:            

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

    This constitutes notice under my stock option that I elect to purchase the
number of shares for the price set forth below.

Type of option:   Nonstatutory
Effective Date of Option/Date of Grant:
 
     

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Number of shares as to which option is exercised:
 
     

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Certificate(s) to be issued in the name of:
 
     

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Total exercise price:
 
$    

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Cash payment delivered herewith:
 
      $    

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    By this exercise, I agree (i) to provide such additional documents as you
may require pursuant to the terms of the 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan and
(ii) to provide for the payment by me to you (in the manner designated by you)
of your withholding obligation, if any, relating to the exercise of this option.

    Very truly yours,
 
 

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(Signature)
 
 

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(Print Name)

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