DDC-I
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| Privately held | |
| Industry | safety-critical embedded software |
| Founded | 1985 in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark |
| Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona |
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Key people
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Bob Morris, President/CEO Dr. Ole N.Oest, founder/CTO |
| Products |
Real-time operating systems: Deos, HeartOS Compiler systems: Ada |
| Website | www |
DDC-I, Inc. is a privately held company providing software development of real-time operating systems, software development tools, and software services for safety-critical embedded applications, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. It was first created in 1985 as the Danish firm DDC International A/S (also known as DDC-I A/S), a commercial outgrowth of Dansk Datamatik Center, a Danish software research and development organization of the 1980s. The American subsidiary was created in 1986. For many years, the firm specialized in language compilers for the programming language Ada. In 2003, the Danish office was closed and all operations moved to the Phoenix location.
The origins of DDC International A/S lay in Dansk Datamatik Center, a Danish software research and development organization that was formed in 1979 to demonstrate the value of using modern techniques, especially those involving formal methods, in software design and development. Among its several projects was the creation of a compiler system for the programming language Ada. Ada was a difficult language to implement and early compiler projects for it often proved disappointments. But the DDC compiler design was sound and it first passed the United States Department of Defense-sponsored Ada Compiler Validation Capability (ACVC) tests on a VAX/VMS system in September 1984. As such, it was the first European Ada compiler to meet this standard.
Success of the Ada project led to a separate company being formed in 1985, called DDC International A/S, with the purpose of commercializing the Ada compiler system product. Like its originator, it was based in Lyngby, Denmark. Ole N. Oest was named the managing director of DDC International. In 1986, DDC-I, Inc. was founded as the American subsidiary company. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, it focused on sales, customer support, and engineering consulting activities in the United States.
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