IGNITING SPARKS

OF INNOVATION

Intel is proud to be a member

of the open-source community. We’ve been there from the very beginning, long before open source became a mainstream force in the computer industry. Twenty years later, Intel is one of the leading contributors to the Linux kernel and remains committed to helping open source prosper and mature, igniting sparks of innovation in many different ways.

From rock-solid hardware, software development tools, and the delivery of essential building blocks that span the solution stack, to investment in both academic research and commercial entities, to collaboration and co-engineering with leading companies, Intel works diligently to help build and nurture a vibrant, thriving ecosystem around open source. In turn, this healthy ecosystem offers abundant business opportunities and ensures a rich variety of innovative solutions for end customers.

Open-source-based solutions, optimized for Intel® architecture, open a broad palette of opportunities.

Take command of your business and reach new markets.
Expand your creative opportunities to deliver innovative solutions and services.
Prosper as a valued member of a strong, growing ecosystem.
Deliver exceptional experiences that enhance lives and build communities.

NASA uses breakthrough supercomputing capacity for everything from exploration vehicle design to climate modeling to the Mars Rover Curiosity expedition. Intel develops hardware architectures that underlie many of these efforts. Our collaboration with leading software companies ensures that a wide range of operating systems run great on Intel® architecture-based platforms—from VxWorks*, Wind River’s real-time operating system that powers the Curiosity,4 to SUSE Linux* Enterprise Server, used for NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer. Ranked number 11 on the TOP5005 list, the Pleiades supercomputer features the Intel Xeon family of processors, and owes its performance in part to Intel’s contributions to the Linux kernel and subsystems. Intel works closely with SUSE, NASA, and Wind River on multiple open-source projects, helping open source advance and mature.

Community and Open Source Are Inseparable
Intel recognizes this and strives to strengthen community practices and develop the tools and platforms upon which open-source applications perform reliably and optimally—from power efficiency to multi- threaded performance to the scalability necessary for supercomputing.
Strengthening Telecommunications with Open Source
Reliable Carrier Grade Linux deployments have delivered performance, reliability, and cost savings to the telecom- munications server segment with many installations optimized for the Intel® Xeon® processor family. The adoption of Linux in high- availability carrier grade applications is often con- sidered its first commercial success.
Readying the Linux Kernel for the Era of Big Data
As businesses look to harness big data to make smarter business decisions, scalability and performance of the Linux kernel only becomes more critical. With each successive release of the kernel, Intel works with others in the Linux community—through endeavors such as the Linux Kernel Performance Project—to ensure its ongoing scalability to take best advantage of the compute capabilities of Intel architecture-based servers.

“Intel’s contributions and investments in open source have helped build out an ecosystem, which together with Intel® architecture, creates rich business opportunities.”
— Al Gillen
Program VP, System Software, IDC