The ACE history at a glance | The ACE Companies

Year	ACE developments
2008	ACE invests in multiprocessor technology startup Compaan Design XMOS chooses CoSy for Software Defined Silicon ClearSpeed Technology uses CoSy for parallelizing software compiler
2007	CoSy users community website OpenCoSy.org
2006	2nd CoSy Community Gathering 14 Academic compiler research projects use CoSy
2001 - 2005	ACE, 30 years of innovation ACE anniversary: "30 years of innovation" First CoSy User Group Meeting organized at ACE ACE and CoWare enter into multi-year agreement integrating the CoSy Express C compiler generator technology with processor design tools CoSy Express technology for quickturn compiler generation ACE's DSP-C adopted into ISO/IEC technical report TR 18037: 'Programming languages - C - Extensions to support embedded processors', also known as 'Embedded C' Significant company growth CoSy compiler development system wins prestigious 'LSI Design of the Year' award Leadership in DSP compiler development market
1996 - 2000	Company restructuring into ACE Compiler and ACE Consulting DSP-C language and DSP release of CoSy 5 Major industrial CoSy customers in 2000
1990 - 1995	Market leader for Transputer T8/9 compilers Initial CoSy R&D Acquisition of Parsec bv and PACT bv Release of CoSy compiler development system
1981 - 1990	World's first UNIX-port for Motorola MC68000 UNIX porting house for all Major European players Leading (68k) compilers for C, Fortran77, Pascal, Modula-2 SHM heterogeneous OS kernel for MP Workstations Leader in UNIX benchmarking Key consultants to the X/Open group
1975 - 1980	ACE company founded in 1975 Roots in RT-OS and UNIX kernels and Language design