Open Source at Intel: Building with the Ecosystem

Intel employs thousands of software engineers
who work hand-in-hand with the software ecosystem to innovate at every layer of the software stack, ensuring that end-customers realize the benefits of our platforms and technologies in both performance and energy efficiency. Our contributions span a breadth of open-source projects—from enterprise and consumer electronics to the embedded and mobile device market segments. By collaborating upstream, we ensure that the benefit of our work is enjoyed by all and maintained as a core element of the projects.

Open-Source Project Contributions

	Performance Intel continues to advance kernel performance, providing end-customers with a predictable experience, while enhancing Linux* to take advantage of the latest advances in Intel® architecture. Linux Kernel Performance Project Linux Kernel Archives			Power Management Contributions from Intel help ensure that open operating systems can take advantage of hardware energy-efficiency features, and we continue to work with the ecosystem to develop technology, tools, and tips for software-based power savings. LessWatts.org

	Multi-core/Parallelism By helping to make open-source kernels multi-core-aware and providing threaded library functions, Intel helps enable parallel computing. Intel® Threading Building Blocks			Graphics Intel maintains and supports open-source projects for current and future Intel® Graphics hardware, drivers, and enablement, delivering a world-class graphics experience for Linux users. Linux Graphics Drivers from Intel

	Networking Open-source drivers for all wired and wireless networking adapters from Intel offer a no-hassle, “just works” experience on Linux. Intel® Wireless WiFi Link Drivers Intel® Wired Ethernet Drivers			Firmware and Platform Integration Intel strives to deliver a world-class, “out of the box” experience for users of Linux on Intel® platforms through open-source drivers and a firmware development kit, as well as facilitating the development of firmware standards. Linux-ready Firmware Developer Kit UEFI Community

	Operating Systems For over a decade, Intel has worked with the open-source ecosystem to help strengthen open operating systems and ensure that they can capitalize on advanced Intel technologies. Tizen* MeeGo* ACPI Component Architecture Linux Kernel Archive			Development Tools and Runtime Libraries Intel contributes to—and initiates—projects that create leading open-source development tools. In addition, Intel delivers state-of-the-art tools to help ensure that software achieves exceptional performance from Intel architecture. Eclipse* GCC Intel® Software Development Products

	Virtualization Intel continues to be a significant contributor to open-source projects that advance virtualization capabilities, capitalizing on the synergies between Intel® Virtualization Technology hardware features and leading virtualization software. KVM Xen* xVM UML*			Cloud Computing To help businesses take advantage of cloud computing, Intel implements open, standards-based solutions through open-source projects, Intel® Cloud Builders, and the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA). OpenStack* Project Intel Cloud Builders Open Data Center Alliance

	Embedded Intel is collaborating with a diverse community to create a common, shared development environment and tools for embedded developers through participation in collaborative open-source projects such as the Yocto Project. Yocto Project