Wind River Linux 3.0 for MIPS Architectures is Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 Compliant

Wind River reportedly announced that its Linux 3.0 for MIPS architectures complies with the Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 specification stipulated by the Linux Foundation, which is an important requisite for telecommunications and high-end data networking markets.

 

“Wind River (News - Alert) already has demonstrated its strong commitment to providing embedded Linux on MIPS-based architectures,” Art Swift, vice president of marketing, MIPS Technologies said, in a statement.

 

Swift (News - Alert) said that supporting the carrier-grade specification on Wind River Linux offers new possibilities for customers in the networking and communications markets to create first-class solutions for mission-critical workloads, while achieving the need for high performance.

 

The registration of Wind River Linux 3.0 distribution as CGL 4.0 compliant for MIPS architectures offers carrier-grade functionality for chip architectures to customers. Carrier Grade Linux is critical for the network equipment companies, 3G and 4G network infrastructure companies and other markets where availability, scalability and service response characteristics are needed.

 

Wind River Linux 3.0 with CGL 4.0 compliance for MIPS architectures are required in vertical markets comprising of aerospace, defense, industrial, medical and networking industries, said company sources.

 

The company released Wind River Linux 3.0 in March this year, along with the CGL 4.0 for PowerPC and x86 architecture-based processors from Freescale and Intel (News - Alert). The CGL 4.0 compliant product for MIPS architectures is now available for shipping to customers, said company sources.

 

Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They are suitable for companies to develop, run and manage device software rapidly and cost effectively.

 

“Networking products using the MIPS architecture are delivering significant packet processing advantages in critical areas within the network,” said YJ Kim, senior director, networking and communications, Cavium Networks (News - Alert), in a statement.

 

Kim said that several customers employ Wind River’s software solutions along with Cavium’s MIPS-based OCTEON multicore processors in several applications leveraging the scalability and performance features. Customers making use of this combination of Cavium and Wind River products will be able to develop highly reliable products required by the networking industry, he said.