Wind River Systems has been doing
Android up right for quite some time, and evidently Intel is sick and tired of sitting on the outside looking in. Disregarding that massive
EU fine for a moment, the company somehow managed to find time to pen a check in the amount of $884 million in order to fully acquire the aforesaid embedded systems company. The reason? Intel knows the CPU business is morphing into something
entirely more elaborate, and it reckons a solid presence in the embedded devices segment (MIDs, UMPCs, etc.) is necessary to keep those profits up in the future. Honestly, such a pickup isn't really a shock; Intel has shown
great interest in being a serious player in the handheld computing market, and its fledgling
CE 3100 media processor could also benefit from a respectable layer of software behind it. Meanwhile, something tells us those Wind River guys are gearing up for the weekend of their lives.
posted June 4th 2009 10:09AM
what the hell is that?
i forget the details about it, but it's been in a few posts over the past year or so
sorry for all the posts...here:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/intel-demos-iphone-like-mid-of-the-future/
ohh it looks like a stretched iphone
its the rear view mirror for my new Mercedes.
If that is a phone/rear-view mirror, I'll have a few.
I remember seeing that UI after searching for something else a few months ago - dont remember what, but I think it is from around 2005. It was demoed on a different device, however.
Yep, this tech demo has been around a while. If it had shallow edges and a foldable concave middle with flexible oled (which would resemble a tear drop when folded inside the shell), it would be a top candidate for the "holy grail" of mobile devices...
It's a back lit piece of plastic.
It's a girl, smart-ass!
i still really want that thing...
...that's what she said.
i have no idea what it is, but it's sexy.
... that's what she said.
I'm with the people, what is that device?
Netbook minus the keyboard
Is that an LCD rear view mirror?
I'm sure you can find a way to connect it wirelessly to a view cam that is fixed at the rear license plate.
Sexy, but way too long to fit in my pocket
you just need to stick it in the right place
;P
That's what she said!!
This looks dead on gorgeous. A bit too wide, but gorgeous. What's that talk about Android in the article?
Why can't car stereo head units look like that? If they did, when you don't order a Navi unit it would still look great!
Jeff, I'm afraid that making it a car stereo head unit would contribute to more accidents...
The talk of android is a bit off the market. Wind River does indeed play around in the android market to a small degree but they are significantly better known for producing their own embedded linux distro which is what I suspect Intel is after. Android may be all nice and shiny as a Shell, but in the embedded space a generic embedded Linux distro has considerably more market opportunities. As an example, just look at the relative number of devices that run WMo specifically, or WinCE. WinCE has a significantly larger customer base because it isn't just limited to handset, PDAs, and MIDs. The same is true for Android and Wind River Linux.
i'd hit it in a jiffy, if they use one of those new fangled flexible oled screens for this....
Yeah if that could be put into production I think intel could make a ton of greenbacks.....
I'm gonna go out on a limb and hope for the Nokia Nano to make the leap from concept to product.. http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/29948/Nokias-nano-phone-concept
What a great move by Intel! Wind River is one of the premier names, in the embedded device space.
The transformation going on in the tech industry these days is VERY exciting!
Please, someone release that thing in the picture ASAP!
will it fit in my pocket?
well that all depends on the size of your pocket, doesn't it?
When you say "Meanwhile, something tells us those Wind River guys are gearing up for the weekend of their lives" you're perpetuating a myth. Most of the people at Wind River probably won't make a lot as a result of this deal. Sure a few execs and lawyers at the top will make bank, but this is America we're talking about after all. I'm sure the inequity is rather staggering.
I think they're talking about the execs, a few of whom are probably the men who started up the company. So yeah still applies.
A couple of them are getting married this weekend and I would think that some of their coworkers are invitied so that's prolly the wild weekend reference.
No kidding.. I'm sure a lot of employees will be getting the boot as well!
********* OPEN LETTER TO MR. STEVE BALMER - CEO OF MICROSOFT ********
What you did not learn because you dropped out of University before you attended that ONE class that may have helped you in this situation - (as in loosing not only the battle but the war)....
You can not ever acquire yourself to success. It may work for a while but in the long run, you will not win.
Oh, and having people in for a - what did you call it - "a technology discovery meeting" and then having your techies reverse engineer and replicate someone else's idea is called theft - even when your way of winning the battle is called "so, sue me"...
Sooner or sooner... innovation and truly had work and support of your personnel are lessons you will need to learn or you will go the way of the new Government Motors...
Oh, by the way, it is not too late to resign....
oops...way too early in the morning here in Oz... and I have been up all night...
Truly wish I could delete this post.... phuque...
but you can low rank it if you wish....
:)
will do
that would be a sick car receiver. It also looks like a reallllly long phone or a real cool rear view mirror.