Aachen University Partners with ACE Associated Compiler Experts; Leading Technology Research Center Adopts CoSy for Advanced DSP Compiler Development in Wireless Communications Design.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- ACE Associated Compiler Experts today announced a technology partnership with Aachen University of Technology (Aachen, Germany). Aachen's Institute for Integrated Signal Processing See DSP. Systems (ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). ) will use ACE's CoSy-DSP compiler development system to research new ways to generate compilers for DSP-based applications, especially in the area of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. . CoSy-DSP is the first technology of its kind to be adopted by the institute's Industrial Partner Program. The Institute for Integrated Signal Processing is one of the world's leading centers of research in the design of advanced digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). systems for wireless communications. Under the direction of Prof. Heinrich Meyr, the institute's activities encompass basic research in system level and algorithm design, as well as VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. architectures and CAD tools for complex communication system design. The unique feature of research at ISS lies in the emphasis on the synergy and interaction between algorithms, architectures and tools. The cooperation with industry partners enables projects with a high practical relevance. Currently, the compiler group at ISS focuses on highly efficient, interactive compiler technologies for DSPs, which in contrast to other compiler research activities is highly driven by the application domain. "Our institute searched for a tool suite that would provide easy compiler generation to produce optimized code for 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 architectures," said Heinrich Meyr, professor at Aachen University. "ACE's success with the CoSy-DSP development platform prompted us to form this strategic technology relationship. CoSy is not only easy to use, it's industry proven, a major selling point in our decision. We look forward to a long term partnership with ACE. "DSP compiler code generation has long presented problems for designers," Meyr continued. "Today, only handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. assembly code can address all the functionalities of a DSP. ACE's CoSy-DSP resolves the obstacles designers face and allows the use of dedicated optimization algorithms for DSP architectures. This means the generated code will truly compete with hand-written assembly code. CoSy is an outstanding tool for DSP compiler design." 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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