Although carrier-grade functionality isn't new for Wind River, the new Wind River Linux Carrier-Grade Profile for the latest version of Wind River Linux delivers these capabilities on top of a Yocto Project-compatible product. Formally registered for the CGL 5.0 specification with the Linux Foundation, the profile is the first delivery of carrier-grade Linux functionalities on top of a Yocto compatibility, says the company. The Yocto Project is a multivendor, open-source project that provides templates, tools and methods for creating custom Linux-based systems for embedded products, regardless of the hardware architecture. The net result of this combination of features, says Wind River, is a decrease in complexity and costs, an increase in the portability of Linux implementations and improved cross-platform compatibility and component interoperability. Carrier-grade products typically require up to 5 nines or 6 nines (99.999% to 99.9999%) availability, translating to downtime as low as 30 seconds a year.