Comments on: Intel Buys Wind River To Put a Computer In Every Toaster http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Why IBM, Chipmakers Are Backing an Open Source Linux Company. Hint: Intel http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212907 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:51:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212907 [...] suspect the real target here is Intel. If you guys remember, last year Intel bought Wind River Systems, a company that had a virtual lock on the embedded systems and related software for $884 million. [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212906 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:54:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212906 Intel has already working on a linux based operating system for netbooks named Moblin.

]]> By: ARM Winning the Fight to Be the Brains Inside the Digital Home http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212905 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:20:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212905 [...] expects ARM will continue to beat out the MIPS and Power architectures in the medium term. As for Intel and its x86 architecture, that isn’t a threat for ARM so much as it is to Power PC, which currently dominates in video [...]

]]> By: Intel-Nokia Deal Could Mean Nokia Netbook Is Near http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212904 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:52:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212904 [...] may be a coup for Intel’s low-power Atom chips, which it hopes to provide in small computers, embedded devices and eventually, smartphones. Intel’s Anand Chandrasekher, senior VP and general manager of [...]

]]> By: Kelly Brown http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212903 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:05:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212903 I really like your post. Does it copyright protected?

]]> By: Friday Link List | Techgeist http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212902 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:51:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212902 [...] Intel Buys WindRiver [...]

]]> By: Mark Sigal http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212901 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:35:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212901 I sold a company to Wind River (device management vendor, Rapid Logic) and have partnered with Intel on/off for 13+ years so I have a pretty well formed perspective on the deal, which I blogged about in:

Closing the Book on Embedded: Intel buys Wind River
http://bit.ly/2I9ks

Check it out if interested.

Mark

]]> By: categorykiller.info http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212900 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:43:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212900 this is exciting news. i have been pondering how the unification of devices and computers was going to be set into motion. (constantly working on concepts for such devices.) so in the end i assume we will see a Moblin os interface on toasters, refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, and all sorts of “accessories. keep’em coming.

jason nadaf

]]> By: anonymous http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212899 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:11:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212899 any risk this will go the trillium way? is there a major difference?

]]> By: Artruro Jayson http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212898 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:39:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212898 If any two companies can work hand-in-hand it’s Intel and Wind River. Wind River has the software development capability and the full-on smarts to help Intel go wherever it wants to go, and Intel knows this enough to want to buy the company. Wind River has also been dying to develop more dedicated software for what Intel is involved with. It’s an exquisite fit.

]]> By: Ashu Joshi http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/intel-buys-wind-river-to-put-a-computer-in-every-toaster/#comment-212897 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:01:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=52871#comment-212897 Very interesting – this is probably the first time that they have made a serious attempt at enabling their software expertise. And seems to be headed in the right strategic direction… my bet is that they would become the embedded software unit for Intel to provide “better” bundled software with their chips. The challenge though is that the software that needs be offered along with Chips specially specialised chips such as for Set Top Boxes, TVs, Smart Phones needs to handle much more diverse software than what Wind River has been used to. None the less this was a void that Intel needed filling and a good move on their part…

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