Company Overview

Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI) provides analysis and advice that help companies develop, market, and use signal processing technology. Founded in 1991, BDTI is a trusted industry resource for:

• Independent benchmarking and competitive analysis
• Advice on creating credible, compelling marketing
• Guidance for confident technology and business decisions
• Expert product development advice
• Seminars and publications on technologies and trends

Contents

• Products and Services
  • Processor Benchmarking and Analysis
  • Consulting Services
  • Publications
• Company Background
• Key Staff Members
• Customers
• Customer Comments

Products and Services

Processor Benchmarking and Analysis

Benchmarks from BDTI are a trusted, independent means to measure and compare performance in signal processing applications. BDTI provides the BDTI DSP Kernel Benchmarks™, a suite of algorithm kernel benchmarks, and also several suites of application-oriented benchmarks: the BDTI Communications Benchmark (OFDM)™, the BDTI Video Encoder and Decoder Benchmarks™, the BDTI Video Kernel Benchmarks™, and the BDTI Solution Benchmarks™. The application-oriented benchmark suites represent key signal processing applications. BDTI licenses its benchmark suites for vendor use, and can implement the benchmarks if needed.

BDTI’s benchmark suites have been implemented on a wide range of DSPs, general-purpose processors, and FPGAs. Nearly all mainstream processors used in signal processing applications today have been benchmarked with the BDTI DSP Kernel Benchmarks.

Beyond the benchmark results, BDTI analyzes processors and FPGAs to provide invaluable perspective and insight. BDTI’s rigorous, in-depth evaluations identify competitive strengths and weaknesses, and serve the needs of both engineering and marketing.

Read more about BDTI’s processor benchmarking and analysis services.

Consulting Services

BDTI serves technology developers, users, marketers, and investors with guidance for critical decisions. BDTI’s expertise in signal processing technology, coupled with its industry knowledge and perspective, enables it to help clients make confident choices.

BDTI provides consulting services to support decision-making in product design, technology strategy, marketing programs and materials, corporate strategy, and investment. BDTI carries out its consulting engagements in strict confidentiality.

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Publications

BDTI publishes its insight and analysis in reports, trade magazines, and conference presentations. BDTI’s flagship report, Buyer’s Guide to DSP Processors (now in its sixth edition), delivers benchmark results and analysis on major commercial DSP processors. Inside reports provide timely technical evaluation and competitive assessment of individual DSPs, general-purpose processors, configurable processors, and licensable cores.

Read more about BDTI’s technical reports and other publications.

Company Background

BDTI was formed in 1991 as an extension of the founders’ work in developing DSP design tools, methodologies, and architectures at the University of California at Berkeley. In the years since its inception, BDTI has continued to expand both its engineering and management staff by hiring a diverse and talented group of DSP specialists. BDTI’s customers include major semiconductor, consumer electronics, telecommunications, and design tool companies who are leaders in the application of DSP technology.

Key Staff Members

	Jeff Bier is a founder and President of BDTI. Mr. Bier has extensive experience in software, hardware, and design tool development for digital signal processing and is the author of the monthly column, “Impulse Response,” as well as Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly supplements, “Inside DSP,” both of which are published by EE Times. He is a recognized industry expert, frequently presenting seminars and talks on digital signal processing applications and on technologies targeting those applications—including processors, tools, and algorithms. Mr. Bier has held technical and management positions with Acuson Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Labs, Quinn & Feiner, and U.C. Berkeley. Mr. Bier has developed novel multiprocessor DSP architectures and made significant contributions to the U.C. Berkeley Gabriel DSP design project (a high-level design environment for DSP). Mr. Bier received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Princeton University and U.C. Berkeley.
	Edward A. Lee is a Senior Technical Adviser and founder of BDTI. Dr. Lee is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at U.C. Berkeley and is a Fellow of the IEEE. His DSP involvement began at Bell Telephone Labs with extensive work in programmable DSPs and exploratory work with modems and simultaneous voice and data transmission. His research interests center on design, modeling, and simulation of embedded, real-time computational systems. He is a director of CHESS, the Berkeley Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems, and is the director of the Berkeley Ptolemy project. He is co-author of five books and numerous papers. Dr. Lee’s degrees are from Yale, M.I.T., and U.C. Berkeley
	Jeremy Giddings is Director of Business Development at BDTI. Mr. Giddings has held positions in marketing and sales, strategic business development, and project management in the telecom and software industries. His particular expertise is in contract services and technology licensing. Mr. Giddings received his B.A. degree from the State University of New York and A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University.

Customers

Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI)
2101 Webster Street, Suite 1450
Oakland, CA 94612 U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (510) 451-1800  Fax: +1 (510) 451-1885
info@BDTI.com
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