 | TI acquires Tartan, Inc. |
TI has announced the acquisition of Tartan Inc., a leading independent provider of software tools for developers of DSP applications. The business will be merged into the TI Software Development Systems (SDS) organization as part of the SC Group's DSP solutions business. Most Tartan employees will become TIers, and continue working at their current locations. No TI jobs are affected. Tartan's primary offices will remain in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"Tartan is a clear technical leader in DSP tools, and this acquisition shows our commitment to providing the best DSP development support available in the industry," said Mike Hames, SC Group vice president and worldwide DSP manager. "TI will be able to take advantage of Tartan's expertise and technology to dramatically accelerate DSP technology development and to provide the best customer application support in the industry. By combining the technical expertise of Tartan and TI will strengthen TI's leadership position in digital signal processing solutions and provide a technology base we can leverage throughout the rest of the decade and beyond."
"We are looking forward to increasing benefits to DSP applications designers as a result of merging Tartan's and TI's complementary expertise," said Jaime Ellertson, Tartan CEO. "DSP designers will be able to choose from a broader and more advanced range of software technology for their increasingly complex applications. Providing customers with a single source for all of their tool support will dramatically reduce their time-to-market for DSP solutions."
Tartan is a 15-year-old company with more than 80 professionals
who support an integrated product line for DSP application development.
Tartan's product line includes a variety of software and hardware
tools that designers use to develop DSP-based products. The company
was the first to develop a DSP compiler for C++ and Ada. Tartan
is considered the DSP industry leader for these compilers.