Board Support Package includes support for Tornado 2.2.
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Board Support Package (BSP), with Tornado 2.2 Integrated Development Evnvironment (IDE), provides feature support for all included hardware. Available for VMPC6 series single board computers equipped with VxWorks 5.5 real-time operating system, package allows users to create clusters of computing nodes dedicated to run complex data and signal processing applications.
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Thales Computers Announces Support for Wind River Tornado 2.2 Integrated Development Platform
Raleigh, NC, November 2002 - Thales Computers, a leader in providing PowerPC and Pentium VME computing solutions to OEMs and system integrators, has announced that it will provide support for the latest version of the Tornado® integrated development environment (IDE), Tornado 2.2, introduced in September 2002 as a significant upgrade to the market-leading VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS) by Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND).
Thales Computers, an Associate member in the Wind River Partner Program, will support the Tornado 2.2 IDE with a comprehensive Board Support Package (BSP) that provides extensive feature support for all included hardware. The comprehensive BSP will be available for all Thales Computers boards equipped with VxWorks RTOS, beginning immediately. The entire VMPC6 family of single board computers along with the complete range of V4G4 signal processing VME boards can now be combined with the latest version of the Wind River product to create large clusters of computing nodes dedicated to run complex data and signal processing applications.
"We are delighted to provide support for Wind River's state-of-the-art Tornado IDE," said Robert Negre, Vice President, Product Marketing & Services, Thales Computers. "By combining Thales' expertise in the development of comprehensive Board Support Packages with the latest upgrade from Wind River, we continue to demonstrate our full commitment to our customers in the defense and aerospace industries."
"We are pleased to have Thales Computers as a Wind River Partner providing a comprehensive BSP for their VMPC6 family of boards integrated with Tornado 2.2 and VxWorks 5.5," said Caroline Yao, Director of Partner Solutions at Wind River. "Aerospace and defense customers developing data and signal processing computers will clearly benefit from our joint solution."
Support for the Tornado 2.2 integrated development environment is available immediately from Thales Computers. For more information, please contact Thales Computers at 1-800-848-2330, fax 919-231-8001, or visit the Thales Computers website at www.thalescomputers.com.
About Thales Computers:
Thales Computers, a Thales Group company, is headquartered in Toulon, France, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Thales is one of Europe's largest professional electronics groups and a world leader in three areas: Aerospace, Defense, and Information Technology & Services. In 2001, Thales generated approximately $16.1 billion (E10.3 billion) in revenues and now has close to 65,000 employees worldwide.
Thales Computers is the leading developer of commercial and ruggedized VMEbus hardware and software solutions based on PowerPC and Pentium microprocessors. The company's products are optimized for a wide variety of applications in military, aerospace, communications and industrial markets and are in active use by customers worldwide, including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Toshiba, EADS, British Aerospace, Ericsson, Alcatel and the Thales Group.
About the Wind River Partner Program:
The Wind River Partner Program builds invaluable relationships with both globally established and emerging companies in the hardware and software arenas, all of which offer integrated and complementary products to Wind River technologies. Together, Wind River and partners enable success in product development with total embedded solutions that satisfy customers in all of the following strategic markets: aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure.
About Wind River:
Wind River is a worldwide leader in integrated embedded software solutions for creating reliable and innovative connected devices. Wind River provides development tools, embedded operating systems, and advanced connectivity software for use in products in network infrastructure, digital consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think(TM). Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.
