Open Source on Intel

Intel® Yocto Project Innovation Challenge

Prototyping or delivering a cool new embedded device to market, and using the Yocto Project to bring your inspiration to life? Tell us about it-for a chance to win!

Using Open IP to Share Discoveries Around the World

Intel’s academic research centers advance innovation by sharing knowledge

Running Mission-Critical Workloads on Enterprise Linux

Read the new IDC white paper

Releasing Clouds of Data

Open source solutions facilitate the San Diego Supercomputer Center’s massive storage cloud

Optimizing Java* and Apache Hadoop* for Intel® Architecture

To realize significant performance benefits

Igniting Sparks of Innovation

Intel's involvement with Open Source runs deep

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How Intel Drives the Open Source Spirit Forward Twenty years of open-source evolution has reshaped entire industries. Intel has been at the heart of the movement since Linus Torvalds launched the Linux* kernel on Intel® architecture in 1991. Watch	Igniting Sparks of Innovation The vibrant ecosystem centered on open-source development has revolutionized the computer industry, driving innovation, encouraging discovery, and inspiring creativity. Learn more

OPEN SOURCE IN ACTION

	Extract Business Value from Big Data Traditional infrastructure cannot handle today’s massive, diverse, and fast-moving data streams. Read how Apache Hadoop* provides a foundation you can implement today for targeted value, and then expand to meet growing needs. Read ›
	Reference Architecture: Predictive Analytics and Interactive Queries on Big Data Intel IT has implemented use cases for big data analysis delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in business value. Read about the technologies and strategies that make them possible. Read ›
	Configuration and Deployment Guide for the Cassandra NoSQL Data Store on Intel Architecture Deploy the Cassandra NoSQL database with Intel Xeon® processor- and Atom™ processor-based servers, taking into account differing business scenarios, performance requirements and TCO objectives. Read ›
	Perform Predictive Analytics and Interactive Queries on Big Data How to design a practical, cost-effective infrastructure for supporting data-driven decision making on an enterprise scale, using all available data, including operational data and poly-structured data from logs, social networks, sensors, and many other sources. Read ›
	Use All Your Data to Compete and Win How you analyze big data is as important as the data itself. This paper focuses on descriptive analysis, interactive queries, and predictive analytics. Read ›
	Configuration and Deployment Guide for OpenStack Swift* Object Storage on Intel® Atom™ Processor and Intel® Xeon® Processor Microservers* Use these benchmark results on Intel® Atom™ processor- and Intel Xeon® E3 processor-based microservers to help you design and build OpenStack* Swift* object storage in cloud environments. Read ›
	Turn Big Data into Big Value These three usage models can help you implement a flexible and efficient big data infrastructure. Intel innovations in silicon, systems, and software can help you to deploy these and other big data solutions with optimal performance, cost, and energy efficiency. Read ›
	Mechanisms to Protect Data in the Open Cloud Thanks to open source software contributions by Intel, datacenters can now address key security concerns associated with cloud computing. Read ›
	MinnowBoard lands top innovation award The first IA-based open source board for the small form factor, low-cost embedded market, was named a Top Embedded Innovation and was featured on the front cover of Embedded Computing Design. Read ›
	Releasing Clouds of Data The San Diego Supercomputer Center created a massive storage cloud based on OpenStack* and other open source software that that makes data accessible by researchers easily and at a low cost. Read ›
	Streamlining Embedded Linux Development Using the Yocto Project to create a custom embedded Linux OS running on systems based on the Intel® Atom™ processor, saved Hydrosix development time and lowered production costs significantly. Read ›

	Creating Automated Hosting Services Capitalizing on open source software deployed on Intel architecture, Canada-based iWeb, rapidly creates affordable, reliable, and scalable Internet host infrastructure solutions. Read ›

	Linux* Kernel Scalability Advances Scalability projects to tailor the Linux kernel and stack to multi-core Intel® architecture platforms have yielded great results. Discover how developers equip Linux for enterprise-caliber workloads. Read ›

Helping Establish Linux Globally

Through a diverse range of open-source projects, Intel works to enhance Linux* performance, stability, reliability, and power efficiency across the computing continuum.

Intel is a leading contributor to the Linux kernel. Intel employs thousands of software developers, many of them devoted to optimizing open-source code for Intel® hardware.

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	High Availability Linux Architecture for Mission Critical Workloads training available from The Linux Foundation Intel has teamed up with the Linux Foundation for this 4-day, hands-on training course that provides any of your customers that need the knowledge and skills needed to successfully engineer, provision, maintain, and administer high-availability clusters to support mission-critical workloads. By leveraging the unique talent and experience from some of the largest Linux deployments in the world, the Linux Foundation built this course as a reference for IT architects and managers looking to engineer, provision, design, deploy and maintain highly available enterprise IT environments. Learn more ›
	Running Mission-Critical Workloads on Enterprise Linux x86 Servers This IDC white paper, sponsored by Intel, examines the growth of mission-critical workloads being hosted on x86 servers based on the Intel® Xeon® E7 series of processors running enterprise Linux operating systems. It looks at the way in which x86 servers are taking on more demanding workloads and discusses IDC Workloads data that shows the growth of mission-critical business processing workloads on enterprise Linux platforms. Read ›
	*Linux Kernel Scalability Advances for Large-Capacity Servers** Scalability projects to tailor the Linux kernel and stack to multi-core Intel® architecture platforms have yielded great results. Discover how developers equip Linux for enterprise-caliber workloads. Read ›

LINUX KERNEL CONTRIBUTIONS

	Performance and Power Management Intel engineers provide early and robust support for new hardware capabilities and are optimizing Linux for exceptional energy-efficient performance on Intel architecture. Linux Kernel Performance Project Linux Kernel Archives PowerTOP		Graphics Intel is committed to delivering a world-class graphics experience for Linux users by maintaining and supporting open-source projects for current and future Intel® Graphics hardware, drivers, and enablement. 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 Through open-source drivers and a firmware developer kit, Intel unlocks seamless operation for Linux users on Intel® platforms. UEFI Project

Building Blocks Provide a Fast Path to Open-Source Solutions

Because of the collaborative efforts of the open-source community and Intel engineering teams, businesses have ready access to essential open-source building blocks to construct next-generation solutions for their customers. Optimizing software in multiple open-source projects to Intel platform technologies and processor technologies ensures that performance, interoperability, reliability, and scalability are maximized for each solution.

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Yocto Project 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. More	OpenStack* As the de facto operating system for cloud deployments, OpenStack draws support from an open-source community spanning 87 countries. Intel contributes reference architectures, participation in standards development, and engineering expertise to the project. More	*Desktop-Quality 3D Graphics on Mobile Linux Devices** Create 3D visual experiences on mobile devices similar to those on a desktop or console. New mobile usages are possible in fields such as life sciences, energy, and computer-aided engineering. More

	Embedded Resurgent embedded application development is coalescing around the Yocto Project, a key focus of Intel. Yocto Project		Big Data Open Source, big data, and cost-effective supercomputing combine to unlock vast opportunities in research, commerce, government, and education. Hadoop*
	Cloud Computing Cloud computing continues to energize the industry as open, standards-based solutions gain popularity. OpenStack* Project Intel Cloud Builders Open Data Center Alliance		Virtualization As a prime contributor to open source virtualization projects, Intel helps meld breakthrough software with the latest Intel hardware. Open Virtualization Solutions KVM Xen*
	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. PowerTOP
	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 Linux users on Intel architecture platforms enjoy seamless operations and reliable computing thanks to open source drivers and firmware development kits from Intel. 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. Linux Kernel Archive Tizen* ACPI Component Architecture		Web Browsers and Runtime Libraries Developers capitalize on the benefits of open-source development tools enabled and refined within the ecosystem by Intel. Tools and Resources

From the very start, Intel has challenged the status quo. Each new generation of Intel® processors offers amazing functionality, performance and energy efficiency, unleashing creativity across the ecosystem and unlocking new possibilities for people around the world.

	Intel® Atom™ Processor With an exceptional processing-power-to-energy-use ratio, the Intel Atom processor suits small form-factor computing devices, including netbooks, smartphones, and tablets. Capabilities of the Tizen, Android, and Windows* operating systems are best-in-class. Learn more ›		Intel® Xeon® Processors Intel Xeon processors deliver exceptional performance, scalability, security and RAS features for today’s data center environments. Intel’s extensive contributions to open-source projects and collaboration with open-source ecosystem partners provide optimized support for these processors. Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor 5000 Sequence Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
	Intel® Core® Processor The latest Intel Core processor technologies bring intelligent performance to your desktop PC through adaptive performance and built-in visual capabilities. Desktops powered by the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family let you see and do more with visibly smart performance. Intel® Core™ i3 Processor Intel® Core™ i5 Processor Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Processor Intel® Core™ vPro™ Processors

Intel platform technologies help reshape the computing experience by offering new capabilities ready to be put to use by developers and inspiring innovative design. Rich opportunities abound to take advantage of next-generation technologies using open-source components running on the Linux* operating system.

	Intel® Multi-Core Technology With a broad slate of multi-core processors available today and many-core processors in the design pipeline, Intel continues to set the pace in the industry for high-performance, multi-threaded computing. Learn more ›		Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture Intel leads the industry in the design, manufacturing, and delivery of small, highly efficient, high-performing processor cores. Microarchitecture development for 22nm technologies is well underway, which will expand the options for compact computing devices with long battery lives. Learn more ›
	Intel® vPro™ Technology By incorporating security and manageability into hardware, Intel vPro technology enhances management of desktops and laptops, and protects data against loss. This technology offers features that can provide a significant competitive edge in software applications that use it. Learn more ›		Intel® Active Management Technology Embedded in Intel-based platforms, this technology enhances the ability of IT organizations to effectively manage enterprise computing facilities, onsite or remotely. ISVs can build applications that take advantage of the features of Intel AMT using the application programming interface (API). Learn more ›
	Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology Designed to increase throughput in demanding network applications, this technology dynamically scales to accommodate rising network traffic and addresses data-flow bottlenecks. Overall platform performance can be increased significantly. Learn more ›		Intel® Virtualization Technology Virtualization of systems based on Intel architecture is strongly supported with open-source components. As a result, IT groups gain efficiency and simplified maintenance in a highly cost-effective manner. Learn more ›
	Intel® Trusted Execution Technology Using this technology, systems can execute code inside protected hardware partitions, isolating sensitive data from other operations taking place on the same system. The result is a level of functionality that can help differentiate an open-source application in the enterprise space. Learn more ›

Standards Drive Interoperability and Positive User Experiences

Through board membership, sponsorship, and contributions to key consortia and standards bodies, Intel helps to shape the future of open-source software and to enhance interoperability across the ecosystem.

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Dirk Hohndel on the Linux Foundation
Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief Linux and open-source technologist, discusses the Linux Foundation and the importance of standards, the benefits of foundation membership, and Intel’s platform of choice philosophy.

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Justin Rattner on the Link Between Standards and Innovation
Open-source development thrives on the interoperability derived from open standards. Intel CTO Justin Rattner explains the importance of standards to innovation and the ways that global standards lead to a positive user experience.

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CONSORTIA AND STANDARDS BODIES

Intel helps to shape the future of open-source software and enable the ecosystem through board membership, sponsorship, and contributions to key consortia and standards bodies.

	Linux Foundation Fosters the growth and competitiveness of Linux technologies Learn more ›		Linux Standards Base Lowers the overall costs of supporting the Linux platform Learn more ›
	Apache Software Foundation Supports the broad range of Apache community projects Learn more ›		OASIS Helps drive open, structured information standards Learn more ›
	GNOME Foundation Works to create a free software computing platform for the general public Learn more ›		Open Data Center Alliance Provides a unified customer vision for long-term data center requirements Learn more ›
	OpenStack Produces a ubiquitous open-source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds Learn more ›		Eclipse Foundation Produces the Eclipse open development platform Learn more ›
	GENIVI Drives the broad adoption of an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) open source development platform Learn more ›		Open Fabrics Alliance Develops and promotes open Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) fabric technologies Learn more ›
	Open Virtualization Alliance Fosters the adoption of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) as an open virtualization alternative Learn more ›

Intel works with over 250 standards and industry groups worldwide to pursue the latest technological advances. Learn more about Intel's role in international standards.

Your Technology Destiny Reimagined through the Open Source Ecosystem

For companies that leverage open-source software as a platform to build their own differentiated solutions and deliver additional value to their end-customers, there is a tremendous opportunity to increase revenue and reduce costs. For ISVs alone, the open-source market is an approximately USD 13 billion software market that sits on top of the USD 1 billion dollar OS market.

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Red Hat and Intel: New Horizons in Scalable Performance, Reliability, Security, and Efficiency
Building on a long history of collaborative engineering, Red Hat and Intel have enabled the latest generations of their products to deliver state-of-the-art performance, security, and efficiency for mission-critical solutions. Red Hat runs in the world's largest businesses, including crucial infrastruture markets around the globe.

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SUSE Linux Powers 147,456-core German Supercomputer
The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences recently celebrated its 50th anniversary by launching the SuperMUC, the world’s fourth most powerful supercomputer. The system, which was built by IBM and runs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, has the distinction of being the single fastest x86-based supercomputer and the fastest supercomputer in Europe.

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Open Source and Intel Capital: Disruption Drives Innovation
Intel’s early investments in Open Source have helped underscore the importance of disruptive innovation in creating the building blocks of the next generation of computing.

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Operating System Vendors
Independent Software Vendors

	Canonical Canonical and Intel collaborate on optimization of the open-source operating system Ubuntu* for a variety of Intel® platforms, from mobile computing devices to servers. This collaboration has strengthened as Canonical and the Ubuntu community have seen many successful products enter the market, with the world’s leading OEMs shipping Ubuntu-based machines on Intel® platforms. More ›		CS2C The China Standard Software Company (CS2C) collaborates on research, development, and joint marketing with Intel. With offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, CS2C produces NeoKylin Linux Desktop Series, NeoKylin Linux Server Series, NeoShine Office Suite, and NeoLite Mobile Series products. These products deliver excellent results on Intel® platforms, with a large installed base in government and the financial services, energy, transportation, and manufacturing sectors. More ›
	Linpus Linpus brings user-friendly open-source solutions to the mass consumer market and collaborates with Intel on many levels. With expertise in the consumer device bundle market, the company ships millions of its operating systems and applications on Intel® Atom™ processor platform and also hosts applications for Android on x86, and features HTML5 support across all products. More ›		Mandriva Launched in 1998 as Mandriva Linux, this user friendly version of Linux focused on ease of use for individuals and professional users. Headquartered in Paris, France, the company now provides extensive technical support covering the installation of Linux distributions and software, configuration, performance improvement, software maintenance, and technology watch. More ›
	Miracle With origins in Japan, the Miracle Linux distribution has been re-engineered for security and efficiency in enterprise deployments, particularly as a high-performance back-end server for workgroups. The latest releases support the IA-64 platform. More ›		Montavista MontaVista specializes in commercial, embedded Linux deployments. Founded in 1999, MontaVista is an active community member in open source, serving as member, sponsor, co-founder, director, board member, or chair of more than 20 open source organizations. MontaVista has worked closely with Intel on numerous optimization efforts to tailer products for Intel architecture features. More ›
	Phoenix Technologies As a pioneer of the PC BIOS, Pheonix Technologies designs, develops, and supports core system software and has been a key contributor to the open-source Tiano project. Intel and Phoenix Technologies have worked together closely on technology advances and projects such as UEFI. More ›		Pixart Pixart produces the Rxart Desktop and Rxart Server Linux*-based operating systems, which are engineered to provide exceptional results on the full range of Intel® architectures. Rxart was selected as the operating system for the Intel Classmate PC by the government of Venuzuala. Pixart operating systems are Spanish-language-based and primarily serve markets in Latin America. More ›
	Linux China Red Flag Software Company optimizes Red Flag Linux* and its other software applications to achieve optimal performance, stability and efficiency on Intel® processor-based servers and desktops along with mobile and embedded devices. The company has introduced a number of innovative mobile computing products and has developed an Intel® Atom™ processor-based software platform for in-vehicle infotainment systems. More ›		Red Hat Intel and Red Hat are building on a 13-year history of developing foundational building blocks for open-source innovation. On top of these building blocks, server technologies and virtualization technologies have been enabled, providing open, collaborative solutions to end customers--with higher value and lower cost than they have ever seen. More ›
	Splashtop The Splashtop Linux*-based software platform provides "instant-on" capability for notebooks, desktops, web-centric netbooks, nettops, and other devices, featuring optimization for Intel® platforms. Splashtop allows users to rapidly access the Internet and key applications without booting the main operating system. More ›		SUSE SUSE, formerly Novell, and Intel have a decades-long history of collaboration that helps ensure ongoing leadership. Engineering teams at the two companies regularly work on-site at one another’s locations to co-optimize their software and hardware products. The result is a continuously evolving trajectory of increasing performance, flexibility, and reliability, with SUSE* Linux* Enterprise optimized for each generation of Intel® processor platforms for both PCs and servers. More ›
	Turbolinux As a provider of Linux* operating systems for use in Japan and China, TurboLinux collaborates with Intel to be early to market with support for the latest Intel® platform features. The TurboLinux business model includes integration of its operating system with software offerings from established industry leaders. TurboLinux products are well positioned to benefit from the broad Intel ecosystem. More ›		Wind River Founded in 1981, Wind River has been in the business of embedded software and development tools for the last 30 years. As the number one leader in the commercial Linux space and number one in embedded hypervisors, Wind River also is a leading contributor to open-source projects. More ›

	Black Duck Black Duck Software is a frequent exhibitor at Intel® Developer Forum and a member of Intel® Capital's open-source investment portfolio. The Olliance Group, a Black Duck Company, provides strategy and consulting related to open-source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, a code search engine for open-source, and Ohloh.net, a free public directory of open-source software that also supports a vibrant web community of developers and users of free and open-source software. More ›		Citrix Citrix and Intel work together on virtualization, as well as other server and desktop technologies based on open-source code. Co-engineered Citrix and Intel solutions offer users a rich, responsive computing experience while reducing application, server, and desktop management and support costs for IT managers. More ›
	Collabnet CollabNet and Intel work together on distributing Intel’s Foundation code, an implementation of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI). CollabNet developed the open-source Subversion* change management solution, and TeamForge*, an integrated platform that contains agile management, software development tools, and open-source-based collaboration tools. More ›		Fluendo As a member of the Application Developers Alliance, Fluendo is a key contributor to Gstreamer, a powerful, cross-platform multimedia framework created with open source. Based in Barcelona, Fluendo focuses on improving the performance and reliabilty of streaming media solutions targeting a wide range of computing devices, including PCs, laptops, tablets, set-top boxes, infotainment systems, and thin clients. More ›
	Fonality Fonality delivers cost-effective business telephony solutions based on Voice over IP (VoIP) that take advantage of Intel’s contributions to the open-source ecosystem. The company’s solutions use the open-source Asterisk code base, including components optimized for Intel® processors to achieve higher performance and lower power consumption. Fonality has been a presenter at Intel® Developer Forum, and Intel® Capital has made strategic investments in the company. More ›		IBM IBM is a strong supporter of open source and standardization, as well as an advocate of open intellectual property principles as a means of sharing knowledge for the benefit of the entire technology industry. Intel and IBM have worked together on numerous projects, including optimizing the Linux version of IBM DB2* for running on servers powered by Intel Xeon processors. More ›
	JBoss Community The JBoss Community is a developer-oriented organization that provides frameworks, tools, and architectural designs in support of open-source projects. Bundles produced by the organization, such as a package that includes Jboss Developer Studio, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, get developers on a productive path quickly and include full support. More ›		BeyondTrust Formerly Likewise, PowerBroker Identity Services provide Active Directory bridging of integrating Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X servers. The parent company, BeyondTrust, is a security solution vendor specializing in providing context-aware security intelligence. More ›
	MySQL Intel worked closely with MYSQL to help develop some of the earliest benchmarks that demonstrated how MYSQL could scale across Intel Architecture, enabling companies such as Facebook and Google to do more with open-source databased than anyone thought possible. More ›		Open-Xchange AG Open-Xchange offers an enterprise-level email and communication software using open standards-based code. The company also provides a community edition of the software and encourages developers to contribute to features and new releases. More ›
	Revolution Analytics Revolution Analytics was founded in 2007 and received early support from Intel. The company's open-source based R statistics language has been widely adopted by researchers and data scientists to solve problems in a variety of fields, ranging from computational biology to quantitive finance. More ›		Sendmail Sendmail, Inc. provides a commercial-grade platform for email management, as well as a subset of their flagship product available as an open-source offering. Solutions target a wide spectrum of use models, ranging from on-premises to in-cloud and mobility enabled. More ›
	SugarCRM The SugarCRM community supports a robust, open-source customer relationship management solution. Its active developer community provides many extensions, complementary applications, modifications, and integration tools to add value to the offering. More ›		VietSoftware International Headquarted in Hanoi, Vietnam, VietSoftware International provides a variety of services, including software development using open-source components, migration and maintenance, software testing, and website development. The company offers training and examinations in Vietnam for SUSE Linux. More ›
	WSO2 WSO2 provides an open-source, cloud-native, componentized middleware platform that delivers excellent results on Intel® platforms. Intel® Capital has helped foster innovation at WSO2 through direct investment. WSO2 provides an open-source platform-as-a-service option that helps make migration and integration between servers, private clouds, and public clouds more seamless. More ›		Zend Technologies Through their support for the open-source language PHP and expertise in this area, Zend has built a business centered on delivering high-quality mobile and web apps quickly and efficiently. Zend was a primary contributor to the PHP language, which is now is used by about 5 million developers and is running on 200-million web sites. Intel Capital has been a key investor in Zend. More ›

Discovery and Technology Breakthroughs from the Open IP Model in Academia

Funding academic research opens up new technologies and inspires the next generation of coders. Intel provides generous funding to projects with the stipulation that results of research and code produced are released to the community under an Open Intellectual Property model.

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Seeding Future Technology Breakthroughs: Open Source Inspires Collaboration in Academia
Landmark technology breakthroughs in computing frequently arise from a wellspring of ideas in universities and research centers around the world. Applying open source principles to academic pursuits accelerates technology innovation and brings together top professionals and researchers, bypassing intellectual property considerations that may otherwise impede research progress.

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Big Data, Big Vision, Small Budget: Cloud Computing at Clemson
Leveraging OpenStack* software for the HPC cloud, Clemson’s enterprise computing platforms delivers a balanced blend of cost-effectiveness, performance, and scalability. Clemson’s storage needs have doubled over two years, now exceeding 8 PB, so more sophisticated analytics are needed as they move into the era of big data.

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	Igniting Sparks of Innovation through the Open Sharing of Knowledge By establishing global academic research centers based on an Open IP model, Intel advances knowledge sharing as a natural output of the studies and research. Watch ›
	An Open IP Model of a Different Kind At Carnegie Mellon University—the hub for the Intel Science and Technology Center for Embedded Computing—the Open IP model ensures that discoveries will be shared around the world. Watch ›
	Intel University Collaborative Research: Building Collaborative Communities for Exploratory Research The Open IP model is requisite across the Intel Science and Technology Centers and Intel Collaborative Research Institutes. Sharing knowledge in the spirit of open source helps foster global collaborations with academic pioneers who will discover and drive the ways in which computing will enrich the human experience for generations to come. Learn More ›

Maximize Coding Efforts with Tools, SDKs, and Libraries from Intel

To make it as easy as possible for programmers to access next-generation processor technologies, Intel offers a powerful slate of software development tools to enhance the development, debugging, tuning, and deployment of open-source-based solutions. Support includes creation and contributions to open-source tools, such as Intel® Threading Building Blocks, GCC, Eclipse*, Intel® Software Development Products targeted for Linux, and HiTune and HiBench tools for Hadoop. Training, forums, and toolsets available from the open-source community round out the resources available to developers.

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James Reinders on How Intel Tools Support Open Source Software
James Reinders, chief software evangelist at Intel, discusses community openness and the ways in which Intel tools support open source. Topping the list: support for Linux, strengthening standards, and the creation of many open source projects.

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Intel Tools & Resources
Open Source Tools & Resources

Through the use of Intel® tools, open-source developers can take utmost advantage of the latest Intel technologies, creating well-tuned software more quickly. These tools are designed for compatibility with other popular open-source development tools, such as Eclipse* and the GNU toolchain. Also, in the best tradition of open source, Intel helps to ensure that a vibrant community exists around its tool offerings—from documentation and training to blogs, forums, and other social resources.

	Intel® Tools for Linux* From compilers, performance libraries, and error-checking tools to cluster tools and comprehensive development kits, Intel helps Linux developers to take full advantage of the capabilities of Intel® architecture. Intel® Tools for Linux* Intel® Tool Suites for Linux*

	Intel® System Studio This tool suite helps simplify the process of creating cross-platform software for multiple, low-power devices based on the Intel® Atom™ processor. Intel® System Studio

	Multi-core Development Tools As a leading driver of multi-core platform technologies, Intel is committed to simplifying the process of developing parallel software through the creation of tools to implement, troubleshoot, and tune parallel code. Intel® Threading Building Blocks

	Technical Resources Technical resources include extensive documentation including user guides, technical notes, and white papers. Porting Applications to Linux Standard Base Made Easy Porting Linux Applications to 64-Bit Intel® Architecture Linux Kernel Compiling Linux Modifications for Use as a Distributed Operating System Effects of Architecture-Selection Switches Effects of Windows* Client CIFS Behavior on Linux* NAS Performance Profiling and Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel Debugging Buffer Overruns in the FreeBSD Kernel Absolute Power LessWatts

	Training Intel works closely with academia worldwide, helping develop curricula, as well as providing developer training to help master the programming of the latest multi-core processing platforms. Intel® Academic Community Developer Training Course Catalog

	Social Resources Both the open-source community as a whole and the Intel® Developer Zone host blogs, forums and other social resources related to Intel tools. Intel® Developer Zone Intel® Developer Zone Blogs Intel® Developer Zone Forums Intel AppUp® Developer Program Forums Intel Developer Zone Newsletter

Intel contributes to, and initiates, projects such as Eclipse*, GCC, and Intel® Threading Building Blocks that play significant roles in the development and distribution of leading software development tools. The goal of each is to create and maintain a community around the tools and related code and usage models.

	HiTune and HiBench for Hadoop* As organizations turn to open source for Big Data solutions, two Intel tools, HiTune and HiBench, make it easier to benchmark, tune, and optimize Hadoop clusters. HiTune Performance Analyzer › HiBench Benchmark Suite ›

	Eclipse Open development platform comprising extensible frameworks, tools, and runtimes to build, deploy, and manage software across the life cycle. Learn more ›

	GCC Open source project that aims to improve the compiler used in the GNU system, including the GNU/Linux variant. Learn more ›

	Intel Threading Building Blocks Open-source components that help the software ecosystem take advantage of multiple cores and multi-threading capabilities of multi-core Intel® processors. Learn more ›

	Open Source Initiative (OSI) Open-source promotion, certification, and licensing. Learn more ›

	Linux Essentials Introduction to Linux, what it can do, and how to use it, along with information about how to install, run and develop Linux. Linux Foundation Linux Documentation Project

	GNU Operating System Learn about the GNU operating system and GPL license, and access GNU tools. GNU Operating System GNU General Public License GNU Binutils GNU Debugger

Building Next-Generation Solutions for Customers

Open-source practices and the many resources available through Intel provide a well-defined path for planning, designing, and deploying solutions to bring exceptional experiences to end users. Examples of solutions based on Intel architecture and success stories from our partners and customers illustrate the techniques and technologies through which innovative solutions are born.

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Mechanisms to Protect Data in the Open Cloud New Intel® technologies reduce security concerns for public and private cloud deployments. Read	Open Source Powers Custom-Crafted Solutions Powered by open source, MJP Technologies rapidly crafts customer solutions that meet a wider range of requirements. Read	Lightning Development, Competitive Results The Yocto Project gives QNAP Systems a rapid-development path for embedded solution success. Read

OPEN SOURCE IN ACTION

	Releasing Clouds of Data to Facilitate the Spread of Knowledge The San Diego Supercomputer Center created a massive storage cloud based on OpenStack and other open source software running on Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers that that makes data of virtually any type accessible by researchers easily and at a low cost.
	Running Mission-Critical Workloads on Enterprise Linux x86 Servers This IDC white paper, sponsored by Intel, examines the growth of mission-critical workloads being hosted on x86 servers based on the Intel® Xeon® E7 series of processors running enterprise Linux operating systems.
	Guarding Vigilantly Against Disaster with Fast, Cost-Effective Embedded Linux Development Indonesia-based Hydrosix provides environmental monitoring solutions based on embedded Linux* that enable early flood detection. Using the Yocto Project to streamline development reduced time and production costs, and helped optimize solution flexibility and performance.
	Open Source on Intel® Architecture Enables Web Innovation To improve server utilization for their family of Internet-based information products, Sohu.com, a large web services provider in China, turned to the Xen* hypervisor and an Intel hardware platform where provisioning through Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager was available. Sohu.com successfully doubled server utilization.
	Accelerating Innovation for Embedded Automation Creating a customized, embedded Linux application used to be a tedious, time-consuming process. With the Yocto Project, ADI discovered a streamlined development environment in which to build a sophisticated energy-monitoring device for Infergence in just three months.
	Leveraging Open Source for Automated Hosting Services Using open source software on Intel processors, iWeb, one of the largest internet/cloud hosting providers in Canada, creates affordable, reliable, and scalable Internet host infrastructure solutions within shortened development cycles.
	Managing Complex Computing Environments to Make Supercomputing Accessible PSSC Labs combines high performance Linux components with proven Intel Xeon processor-based platforms to create competitive solutions for the top tiers of HPC computing requirements.

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Extract Business Value from Big Data

Reference Architecture: Predictive Analytics and Interactive Queries on Big Data

Configuration and Deployment Guide for the Cassandra NoSQL Data Store on Intel Architecture

Perform Predictive Analytics and Interactive Queries on Big Data

Use All Your Data to Compete and Win

Configuration and Deployment Guide for OpenStack Swift* Object Storage on Intel® Atom™ Processor and Intel® Xeon® Processor Microservers*

Turn Big Data into Big Value

Mechanisms to Protect Data in the Open Cloud

MinnowBoard lands top innovation award

Releasing Clouds of Data

Streamlining Embedded Linux Development

Creating Automated Hosting Services

Linux* Kernel Scalability Advances

Helping Establish Linux Globally

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LINUX KERNEL CONTRIBUTIONS

Building Blocks Provide a Fast Path to Open-Source Solutions

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Standards Drive Interoperability and Positive User Experiences

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CONSORTIA AND STANDARDS BODIES

Your Technology Destiny Reimagined through the Open Source Ecosystem

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Canonical

CS2C

Linpus

Mandriva

Miracle

Montavista

Phoenix Technologies

Pixart

Linux China

Red Hat

Splashtop

SUSE

Turbolinux

Wind River

Black Duck

Citrix

Collabnet

Fluendo

Fonality

IBM

JBoss Community

BeyondTrust

MySQL

Open-Xchange AG

Revolution Analytics

Sendmail

SugarCRM

VietSoftware International

WSO2

Zend Technologies

Discovery and Technology Breakthroughs from the Open IP Model in Academia

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Maximize Coding Efforts with Tools, SDKs, and Libraries from Intel

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Building Next-Generation Solutions for Customers

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