Through the toolbox initiative, Wind River can engage with any embedded developer globally and supply solutions tailored to the needs of its customers be it tools-only solutions or complete systems that include an RTOS, IDE, application specific components, and professional services. These tools support virtually all popular embedded microprocessor architectures and are integrated with many third-party RTOSs. Through its recent acquisitions over the past year, Wind River has inherited and added several prominent development tool technologies to its product offering. Although these are not part of the Tornado platform, they are in the process of being integrated or in some cases already have been integrated with Tornado. Through the tools initiative, developers gain access to some of the industry s most widely used development tools, no matter which RTOS, if any, they may be using.
Customers achieve greater flexibility when selecting development tools.
Developers often select code management tools and other key development tools such as hardware emulators, software debuggers and compilers prior to choosing a platform operating system, said John Fogelin, vice president and general manager of Wind River s Platforms business unit. Wind River has amassed an unparalleled wealth of technology in these areas and is in a unique position to support customers with these tools prior to and independent of their RTOS selection.