AccelChip Adds EDA Veteran Michael Bohm to Executive Staff.Business Editors SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2002 AccelChip, Inc., the leading provider of high-level synthesis tools 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 design, today announced the appointment of Michael Bohm as Chief Technical Officer where he will oversee all product and technology development. Bohm was most recently Chief Scientist and Technology Fellow for Mentor Graphics. "This is a major milestone for AccelChip to add someone of Michael's stature to our management team," remarked Dan Ganousis, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AccelChip. "Michael's extensive EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. management experience, deep knowledge of synthesis technology, IC design experience and network of connections throughout the industry are invaluable additions to our team." Prior to AccelChip and Mentor Graphics, Bohm was an IC design manager at Harris Semiconductor where he worked closely with the founders of Synopsys when they started their company in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , North Carolina. Bohm worked onsite at Synopsys as a Harris Semiconductor employee from 1989 - 1991 where he contributed to the development of their Design Compiler technology. Bohm joined Mentor Graphics in 1991 and led the development of AutoLogic II, and later became VP of Engineering at Exemplar. When Mentor Graphics folded Exemplar into the company, Bohm oversaw the technical development and direction of their HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. tool set for FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. design. Bohm holds a B.S. Electrical Engineering degree from the Florida Institute of Technology Florida Institute of Technology is an independent technical college located in Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County), United States. It was founded by Jerome P. Keuper on September 22, 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, absorbing the University of Melbourne, and changing its name . "I am delighted to be joining AccelChip, this is one of the few outstanding startup opportunities in the EDA industry," commented Michael Bohm. "Success in this business comes when a software product takes maximum advantage of leading edge silicon. When AccelChip's innovative DSP behavioral synthesis technology is combined with the new FPGA devices, I see nothing but a very bright product future. DSP design is booming and the majority of DSP developers want a fast implementation path with solid quality of results from MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) A programming language for technical computing from The MathWorks, Natick, MA (www.mathworks.com). Used for a wide variety of scientific and engineering calculations, especially for automatic control and signal processing, MATLAB runs on Windows, Mac and (R) to FPGAs." About AccelChip, Inc. AccelChip develops and markets high-level synthesis tools that accelerate the process of chip design. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered at 999 Plaza Drive, Suite 340, Schaumburg, IL. For more information call (847) 995-9517 or visit www.accelchip.com. All trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2002, AccelChip, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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