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Intel and Wind River Systems to create open-source Linux platform for automotive applications
21st May 2008
At this week's Detroit Telematics 2008 conference, Wind River Systems and Intel announced their intention to create an open-source Linux platform for automotive applications. Optimised for Intel's Atom processor, the platform will enable the creation of "infotainment" applications based on interoperable, standards-based hardware and software components, according to Wind River Systems.
Wind River said it will deliver open-source specifications and code to the open-source community through a new in-vehicle infotainment segment of www.moblin.org, a site for software vendors and Linux application developers.
Advantages of the open-source approach for vehicile manufacturers include brand differentiation, more resources for innovation, faster time to market, broad options for integration of consumer-electronics devices, and the avoidance of "lock-in" with a single electronics vendor and its particular roadmap and development cycles, according to Intel and Wind River.
Wind River also announced a Wind River Linux Platform for Infotainment, which will be available in the third quarter of this year.
The platform will support connectivity with consumer devices such as the iPod, support for three-dimensional graphics, broad multimedia-standard support, power-state management, fast boot and initialization times, and connectivity with the automotive industry's CAN (controller area network) and MOST (media-oriented systems transport) network standards.
(Electronics Design, Strategy, News - www.edn.com, 20 May)
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