Press Release
GN ReSound Uses Target’s Optimizing C Compiler Technology for its Hearing Instrument DSP
DATE (Design, Automation and Test in Europe), Nice, April 20, 2009 – Target Compiler Technologies, the leader in application-specific processor (ASIP) design tools, today announced that GN ReSound, a world leader in innovative hearing instruments, is relying on Target as its supplier of a complete software development kit (SDK) with an optimizing C compiler, for its Coyote-3 low-power digital signal processor.
GN ReSound initially used Target’s IP Designer product, to model the Coyote-3 architecture and validate the performance of Target’s C compilation and instruction-set simulation technology for its DSP. Then, a processor-specific SDK was generated from this model, using Target’s IP Programmer product. The resulting SDK is now in production use for the development and implementation of new advanced audio functions in high-end hearing instruments.
Peter Ulrik Scheel, Senior Vice President, Research & Development of GN ReSound commented, “With Target’s IP Designer we are able to continue being the innovator of hearing solutions achieving still higher user satisfaction and acceptance. Today’s hearing innovations require more sophisticated audio algorithms, which we can now implement quickly on our DSP thanks to advanced C compiler technology. Target’s C compiler has proven to generate code as compact as hand-optimized assembly code, thus preserving the power and area advantages of our low-power DSP architecture.”
Gert Goossens, Target’s CEO, comments: “We are delighted to work with companies like GN ReSound that develop groundbreaking hearing instrument algorithms and devices that improve the quality of life for people with hearing loss all over the world. We look forward to our ongoing cooperation, to further extend their hearing instrument DSP solutions for more performance without compromizing the size and power requirements of these devices.”
IP Designer is a retargetable tool-suite for the design and programming of ASIPs. The designer can easily describe ASIP architectures with performance and energy characteristics that are superior to general-purpose processors or close to hardwired data-paths. Using the nML modeling language and the retargetable software development kit (including highly optimizing C compiler, cycle- or instruction-accurate simulator, and graphical debugger/profiler), one can explore and fine-tune the processor architecture and then generate low-power RTL and comprehensive verification suites.
IP Programmer provides a comprehensive SDK for an ASIP. The SDK includes an ISO C99 compliant, highly optimizing C-compiler, assembler, linker and full featured debugger/profiler. Additionally, simulation models for virtual prototypes are made available as part of the package.
About GN ReSound
GN ReSound is a leading international supplier of digital hearing instruments and audiological diagnostics systems. Headquarters are in Copenhagen, main production in China, a components’ factory in Denmark and development centres in Denmark, the US and China. GN ReSound is among the leading companies in the industry, with subsidiaries in 25 countries and distributors in 80 countries. GN ReSound has 3,300 employees. Website: http://www.gnresound-group.com.
About Target Compiler Technologies
Target Compiler Technologies (www.retarget.com) is the leading provider of retargetable software tools to accelerate the design, programming and verification of application-specific processor cores (ASIPs). Target's IP Designer tool suite has been applied by customers worldwide for diverse application domains, including GSM, WCDMA and HSDPA handsets, VoIP, audio coding, automotive infotainment, ADSL and VDSL modems, wireless LAN, hearing instruments, image processing, video processing, and various control and interfacing applications. Target is a spin-off of the Belgian nano-electronics R&D center IMEC, is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, with North American operations in Boulder, Colorado.
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