Celoxica Generates HiEnergy Solution; C-Synthesis to High-Performance FPGA Cards Accelerate System Algorithms for Developer of Bomb Detection Equipment.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Celoxica, Ltd. today announced that HiEnergy Technologies, Inc. (HiEnergy), a developer of advanced stoichiometric stoi·chi·om·e·try n. 1. Calculation of the quantities of reactants and products in a chemical reaction. 2. The quantitative relationship between reactants and products in a chemical reaction. sensor devices, has adopted the Celoxica DK Design Suite of C-based design and synthesis tools to accelerate chemical formula analysis algorithms. HiEnergy and Celoxica have successfully implemented and delivered these algorithms using Celoxica RC2000 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. boards in HiEnergy's SIEGMA(TM) 3E3 product used for the remote detection of hidden homemade bombs. The SIEGMA(TM) 3E3, integrating Celoxica's boards, is being marketed globally to first responders from a wide array of federal, state, and local agencies, as well as the armed forces. Most recently, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional quasi-public state agency that serves 3.8 million people in five counties in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region. (SEPTA), the nation's fifth largest public transportation system and the largest multi-modal transit authority in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , selected the SIEGMA(TM) 3E3 system to provide its more than 1 million riders per day with a safer and more secure travel environment. "We chose to work with Celoxica because they provided us with a complete software and hardware acceleration In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal (general purpose) CPU. Examples of hardware acceleration include blitting acceleration functionality in graphics processing units (GPUs) and solution for optimizing the performance of our C algorithms," said Dr. Bogdan Maglich Dr. Bogdan C. Maglich (born c. 1930) is the leading advocate of a purported non-radioactive aneutronic fusion energy source. Maglich's Migma fusion would use colliding ion beams. Maglich has raised a few eyebrows by actually suing his scientific critics. , HiEnergy's 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. and chief scientist. "This solution gives us the speed and flexibility necessary to optimize our SIEGMA 3E3 system, demonstrated in our recent reduction of false positives by half with no increase in the interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. time." Based in Irvine, California, HiEnergy develops neutron-based sensor devices with the ability to decipher the chemical formulas of unknown substances. Without human intervention and with 95% accuracy, these devices automatically detect the presence of selected substances such as explosives, biological agents or illicit drugs. HiEnergy uses the Celoxica C-based design and synthesis tools to optimize the algorithms and synthesize them directly to FPGA hardware. Portions of the algorithm are moved to hardware to accelerate the signal processing and free the embedded processor for other tasks. The accelerated hardware algorithms are then implemented on a Celoxica RC2000 PCI card which is then incorporated in the production system. Celoxica provides the only complete design and synthesis environment to accelerate C-based algorithms directly to FPGA. The DK Design Suite of tools delivers the fastest path from algorithm to system implementation providing software-based design entry, cycle-accurate simulation, C-based synthesis to optimized FPGA device descriptions or RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; code, and direct integration with FPGA vendor place and route. In addition, Celoxica is the only system-level design provider that actually designs systems, offering a wide range of FPGA development cards and consulting services to ensure customer success. "Leading edge system developers such as HiEnergy are increasingly looking to reprogrammable hardware accelerators like the RC2000 to augment processor performance, reduce power consumption and maximize algorithm performance," said Phil Bishop president and CEO of Celoxica. "The optimization of HiEnergy's bomb detection systems shows the power of our C-based design and synthesis tools and how they can be deployed to quickly expand the performance and capabilities of very complex signal processing systems." About HiEnergy Technologies, Inc. HiEnergy Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :HIET) is a nuclear technologies-based company focused on the commercialization of its initial proprietary, neutron-based, "stoichiometric" sensor devices, including (i) the CarBomb Finder(TM) 3C4, a vehicle-borne system, for the detection and identification of car bombs, and (ii) the SIEGMA(TM) 3E3, a portable suitcase-borne system for the detection and identification of home-made bombs, also known as Improvised Explosive Devices or IEDs. HiEnergy is currently developing prototypes in programs with the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States for other related uses of its core technology, including a funded cooperative development agreement with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). ) to produce a proof of concept which incorporates the Company's SuperSenzor(TM) technology into a baggage screening system. About Celoxica An innovator in Electronic System Level (ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. ) design, Celoxica is turning software into silicon by supplying the design tools, boards, IP and services that enable the next generation of advanced electronic product design. Celoxica technology raises design abstraction to the algorithm level, accelerating productivity and lowering risk and costs by generating semiconductor hardware directly from C-based software descriptions. Adding to a growing installed base, Celoxica provides the world's most widely used C-based behavioral design and synthesis solutions to companies developing semiconductor products in markets such as consumer electronics, defense and aerospace, automotive, industrial and security. For more information, visit: www.celoxica.com. Celoxica and the Celoxica logo are trademarks of Celoxica, Ltd. All other brand names and product names are the property of their respective owners. |
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