Integrated Systems Inc. (ISI) was an embedded software company[1] founded by Naren Gupta in 1980/1981.[2][3][4] Summit Partners invested in 1987,[5] the company listed in 1990, and it was acquired by Wind River Systems in 2000.[6][5][7]
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| Industry | Software |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 in California, United States |
| Founder | Naren Gupta |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Fate | Acquired by Wind River Systems and ultimately by Intel |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California , USA |
| Products | operating systems, control design software |
Naren Gupta served as President/CEO of ISI until 1994, and as its chairman until the company was bought by their competitor Wind River Systems in February 2000. Later he served as vice-chairman and CEO of Wind River Systems.
Products
editThe company's main products were:
- MATRIXx, introduced in 1983,[8] a control engineering (computer aided control system design or CACSD) tool with components including XMath (an extended MATLAB-like language) and SystemBuilder for graphical editing of block diagrams.[9] After the merger with Wind River the product was licensed to MathWorks, but after an anti-trust action,[10][11] it was sold to National Instruments. In 2018, National Instruments placed MATRIXx into a five-year end-of-life phase, with no further support beyond 30 June 2023.[12]
- pSOS, a real-time operating system for the Motorola 68000 microprocessor family acquired from Software Components Group (SCG) for US$20 million[2] in 1991.
- FlexOS, a continuation of Digital Research's Concurrent DOS 286 and Concurrent DOS 68K, a modular multiuser multitasking real-time operating system (RTOS) for Motorola 68000 as well as for Intel 186, 286 and 386 microprocessors designed for computer-integrated manufacturing, laboratory, retail and financial markets; acquired from Novell for US$3 million in July 1994.[13] The deal comprised a direct payment of half this sum, and shares representing 2% of the company.
References
edit- ^ Kline, David (1996-10-01). "The Embedded Internet". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ a b Churbuck, David (1998-09-23) [1994-11-24]. "The Bill Gates of dishwashers". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ Walsh, Elizabeth T., ed. (1995). "Integrated Systems Inc.". The Corporate Directory of US Public Companies - Company Profiles and Indexes. Vol. 1995 (illustrated ed.). San Mateo, California, USA: Walker's Western Research / Springer. p. 910. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-13890-6. ISBN 1-349-13890-8. Retrieved 2022-05-30. (2664 pages)
- ^ Smith, Henrietta M.; Hirahara, Naomi (2003). "Vinita Gupta". Distinguished Asian American Business Leaders. Distinguished Asian Americans series (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 67–69 [68–69]. ISBN 1-57356344-7. (242 pages)
- ^ a b "Integrated Systems". Summit Partners. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Naren Gupta, Co-founder, Nexus Venture Partners". Indiaspora. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Wind River Agrees to Acquire Integrated Systems in Stock Deal". The Wall Street Journal. Alameda, California, USA: Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 1999-10-22. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ Gupta, Naren; Groshans, Dan; Houtchens, Steve P. (1993). "16. MATRIXx". In Linkens, Derek A. (ed.). CAD for Control Systems. CRC Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-00306714-6.
- ^ Keller, John (1997-09-01). "Boeing McDonnell standardizes on ISI software engineering tools". www.militaryaerospace.com. Sunnyvale, California, USA. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ Antitrust Division (2003-01-23). "Public Comments and Response on Proposed Final Judgment in United States of America v. The MathWorks, Inc. and Wind River Systems, Inc". The Federal Register - the Daily Journal of the United States Government. United States Government. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Judge approves the MathWorks/Wind River settlement: The MathWorks and Wind River Agree to Sell MATRIXx Assets to National Instruments Corp". Department of Justice. 2003-03-03. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-06-14. [1]
- ^ Falcon, Jeannie (2021-03-12) [2018-06-21]. "MATRIXx Software Entering Five Year EOL Phase - Schedule and Migration Options". MATRIXX. National Instruments. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "pSOSystem and the NEST Development Environment - Designing Embedded Applications with NetWare Connectivity" (White paper). Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998. Archived from the original on 1998-02-19.
Further reading
edit- Labate, John (1994-12-26). "Integrated Systems is broadening the applications for its sophisticated embedded software — and with them, the customer base". Companies To Watch. Fortune. Vol. 130, no. 13. pp. 219–. ISSN 0015-8259.
- Schmidt, Michael (ed.), (Analysis), Mabon Securities
{{citation}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Rao, Srikumar S. (1995-05-09). "Invisible Computers". Financial World. ISSN 0015-2064.
- "Wind River to buy No. 2 RTOS player". News. EDN. 1999-10-22. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
External links
edit- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived December 28, 1996)