Embedded Planet Partners

Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc., is a leading supplier of royalty-free real-time operating systems and software development tools for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Green Hills' royalty-free INTEGRITY and ThreadX® real-time operating systems, fully integrated with its market leading compilers and MULTI®/AdaMULTI® (IDE), provide a total development and run-time solution that addresses both deeply embedded and high-reliability applications. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom.

LynuxWorks is a world leader in the embedded software market, providing operating systems, software development products and consulting services for the world's most successful communications, aerospace/defense, and consumer products companies. Established in 1988, the company is a technology leader in the real-time operating systems (RTOS) industry, and a founding member of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC). LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San Jose, California. LynuxWorks offers Embedded Linux (BlueCat), POSIX-Conformant Realtime (LynxOS) and POSIX-Conformant Safety-Critical DO-178B (LynxOS-178) operating systems with a Common Set of development tools.

MontaVista Software, Inc. powers the embedded revolution by providing open-source systems software solutions for embedded design and development targeting applications ranging from communications infrastructure to thin-client and consumer devices. MontaVista offers MontaVistaâ„¢ Linux Professional Edition, a cross development platform, as well as a set of tool kits that includes MontaVista Graphics, HA Framework, QT embedded and Visual Age Micro Edition (VAME). Supported microprocessor architectures are x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, XScale, MIPS, SH, ARM.

Freescale's super-scalable PowerPC architecture was designed to meet the highly diverse needs of solutions ranging from desktop computers CPUs to high-performance, highly integrated embedded MPUs. Compelling price/performance, extended temperature options, multiprocessing capabilities, high levels of integration, instruction set compatibility across the entire product line, and the broadest selection of development tools have led to rapid adoption across the industry.

Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is a leading provider of realtime OS technology for the embedded market. Distributed worldwide, QNX® technology is helping companies like Intel, Motorola, Matsushita, IBM, Embedded Planet, and others build reliable applications in consumer electronics, telecommunications, automotive systems, medical instrumentation, and more.

Timesys is the provider of LinuxLink, a high-productivity software development framework for devices using embedded Linux. The LinuxLink framework includes the Linux kernel, cross-toolchain, application development IDE, an award winning build system called Factory, a vast library of middleware packages, software stacks and libraries, documentation and expert technical support. LinuxLink enables development teams to consistently build and maintain a custom, open source embedded Linux platform through regularly updated Linux sources, proven middleware packages, and a scriptable GNU-based build environment. LinuxLink reduces the time, resources, risk and cost associated with building a product based on open source Linux.

Wind River, the global leader in device software optimization (DSO), enables companies to develop, run, and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost, and more reliably. Wind River platforms tightly integrate your choice of market-leading operating systems, a rich set of development tools and middleware, and professional services to provide a complete foundation for a range of vertical markets, including: aerospace & defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Companies around the world turn to Wind River to create high-quality products and accelerate their time-to-market.