Integrated Systems Inc.
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Embedded software |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Naren Gupta |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Fate | Acquired by Wind River Systems |
Key people | Naren Gupta (President and CEO until 1994, Chairman until 2000) |
| Products | MATRIXx, pSOS, FlexOS |
| Parent | Wind River Systems (from 2000) |
Integrated Systems Inc. (ISI) was a company specializing in embedded software, established by Naren Gupta around 1980 or 1981. In 1987, Summit Partners provided investment, leading to the company's public offering in 1990. Eventually, in 2000, it was purchased by Wind River Systems.
Naren Gupta held the roles of President and CEO until 1994 and continued as chairman until the acquisition by rival firm Wind River Systems in February 2000. Following the merger, he assumed the positions of vice-chairman and CEO at Wind River Systems.
Products
Among ISI's principal offerings were:
- MATRIXx, introduced in 1983, served as a control engineering (CACSD) solution incorporating XMath, an advanced language similar to MATLAB, along with SystemBuilder for graphical block diagram creation. After ISI merged with Wind River, MATRIXx was licensed to MathWorks. However, due to an antitrust settlement, it was subsequently sold to National Instruments. National Instruments announced a five-year phase-out plan for MATRIXx beginning in 2018, culminating in support termination by June 2023.
- pSOS, a real-time operating system tailored for the Motorola 68000 microprocessor series, which ISI acquired from Software Components Group (SCG) for $20 million in 1991.
- FlexOS, a modular, multiuser multitasking real-time operating system compatible with Motorola 68000 and Intel 186/286/386 processors. This OS targeted sectors such as manufacturing, laboratories, retail, and finance. ISI purchased FlexOS from Novell in July 1994 for $3 million, with half paid in cash and the remainder through shares amounting to 2% ownership in ISI.
Further reading
- Integrated Systems is broadening the applications for its sophisticated embedded software — and expanding its customer base. John Labate, Fortune, 1994-12-26, Companies To Watch, Vol.130 No.13, pp.219–
- Analysis by Michael Schmidt, Mabon Securities
- Invisible Computers, Srikumar S. Rao, Financial World, 1995-05-09
- Wind River to buy No. 2 RTOS player, EDN, 1999-10-22
External links
- Official website (archived December 28, 1996)
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