ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv Improves Compiler Generation Capability and Efficiency with New CoSy Release.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. Conference 2000 SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000 Expanded High-Level Language A machine-independent programming language, such as FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, Pascal and C/C++. It lets the programmer concentrate on the logic of the problem to be solved rather than the intricacies of the machine architecture such as is required with low-level assembly languages. Capabilities Provide Comprehensive Solution for Complex Architectures Continuing their commitment to automated high-performance compiler development, ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv is now shipping the Summer 2000 release of its premier product, the CoSy(R) compiler development system. This new CoSy release offers designers of complex and flexible architectures optimal and comprehensive capabilities, including use of C++ for engine development. The embedded market Refers to custom-designed, computer-based devices and applications that perform a fixed set of tasks. It may refer to cellphones and other handhelds, network appliances (routers, access points, modems) and myriad consumer electronics products. is expected to grow significantly over the next several years and the bulk of that growth can be attributed to DSPs. With the explosion of DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive usage in commercial and consumer products, high-performance compiler generation has been a challenge, especially for designers of high-end DSPs and VLIWs that have significant instruction-level parallelism. The need for higher-level language capabilities for compiler development has been a key focus of the industry in the last few years. The new release of CoSy provides extensive performance improvements, helping to deliver better quality compilers in less time. Some key improvements include: loop optimizers, such as induction variable In computer science, an induction variable is a variable that gets increased or decreased by a fixed amount on every iteration of a loop, or is a linear function of another induction variable. elimination and loop reversal; hardware loop support; memory disambiguation; and exhaustive scheduling. DSP application developers will find these optimizations essential for efficient compilation of DSP core algorithms, in particular hardware loops. With regard to support for complex architectures, CoSy offers dynamic scheduler templates and improvements to the register allocator. This new release also features expanded support for high-level languages in compiler development, including object-oriented languages like C++, SystemC and Java, as well as support for C++ as a language in which to develop compilers. Now people can now write their engines in C++. CoSy also offers improved visualization to the internals of the compiler, to help in debugging. The CoSy Summer 2000 release is currently available for Solaris, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , Linux and also supports Windows platforms. Pricing begins at $250,000. ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv (a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of ACE Associated Computer Experts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is a world leader in the production of compiler development tools for professional compiler developers. Web site: http://www.ace.nl. |
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