March 26, 2012 -- Wind River has announced support for the Xilinx, Inc. Zynq-7000 extensible processing platform (EPP) on its VxWorks operating system platform and Wind River Workbench. The Xilinx Zynq-7000 EPP combines the performance and power benefits of an ARM Cortex-A9 processor based system-on-chip (SOC) with the flexibility and scalability of an FPGA).

VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) and Wind River Workbench development tools support for the Zynq-7000 EPP is available now. Wind River is also currently working with Xilinx on Linux efforts. Wind River's world-class global support and services are also available to customers on this platform.

"The high levels of performance and sophistication required from embedded devices continue to grow dramatically. In order to best meet the needs of our customers, it's essential to be at the forefront of leading-edge silicon platforms," said Warren Kurisu, Vice President of VxWorks product management at Wind River. "By engaging early and working closely with Xilinx to tightly optimize our software and tools for the Zynq-7000 EPP, Wind River helps OEMs stay competitive and deliver powerful embedded devices rapidly, especially as they increasingly work with complex multi-core environments or demanding real-time requirements."