MissionAlloy Computing is committed to solving the technical and business challenges associated with multicore and multiprocessor communications, computing systems, and processing systems thereby enabling our clients to complete projects on time while meeting their requirements and exceeding their expectations.
BackgroundAlloy Computing was founded in 2005 by three veterans of the technology industry. Together, they have over 45 years of combined experience developing complex multiprocessor systems as well as extensive expertise in the methodologies and tools necessary to create these systems. They have worked in all types of organizations, including venture funded startups, large corporations, and government agencies. From 2000 to 2005, they were insiders at Xilinx, Inc. developing advanced methdologies and tools for programmable heterogeneous multiprocessor system development.
Alloy Computing was formed to address the growing need for technical expertise in creating today's complex processing, communications, and computing systems. Increasingly these systems include multiple processors or multicore processors and may also include specialized hardware implemented on an FPGA, all tied together with embedded software for both processing and control of the system. The experts at Alloy Computing are specialists in the mapping applications to multiprocessor implementations and in the architectural definition, design, development, integration, and test of these systems. In addition, as these systems have become more complex, the design tools and methodologies necessary to create these systems have become correspondingly more sophisticated. Alloy Computing has extensive expertise in using and developing advanced system design tools and methodologies allowing them to contribute more effectively in system implementation as well as create tools for efficient system development
Management TeamDon Davis, Founder and President
Don Davis has spent more than 16 years developing and leading the development of complex processing, communications and computational systems. Most recently, he has worked at Xilinx, Inc. developing system design tools to address the integration of microprocessors and custom hardware onto a single programmable chip. He has also worked at two start up companies (LavaLogic and TSI Telsys Inc.) as well as NASA, GSFC gaining experience in the areas of reconfigurable computing, computer networks and satellite ground systems.
His background includes system engineering, hardware design (FPGAs, ASICs, boards and systems), software development and project management. He has five patents as well as numerous technical papers and articles covering areas as diverse as multiprocessor architectures, communications / network processing, reconfigurable computing and high-level language tools. Mr. Davis holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering as well as a MBA, both from the University of Maryland.
Steve Edwards, Founder and Vice President of Software Engineering
Steve Edwards has over 20 years of experience working with information technology. Prior to founding Alloy, he was employed at Xilinx, Inc. since 2000. There he developed software-to-hardware compilation technologies and incorporated them into tools for performing co-design with microprocessors and FPGAs. He holds a number of patents in this area. His previous positions included principal engineer at both TSI TelSys, Inc. and RMS Technologies.
Mr. Edwards began his career at NASA where he evaluated and applied leading edge technologies to the development of satellite ground systems. In the late 1980's he became an early adopter of a number of object-oriented technologies and processes, including C++, OOA/OOD, and object-oriented GUI frameworks. For the past 7 years he has been leveraging this expertise to develop systems using Java technology. Mr. Edwards holds a M.S. in Computer Science from The George Washington University and a B.S.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jonathan C. Harris, Founder and Vice President of Hardware Engineering
For more than 15 years, Jonathan Harris has focused on developing and leading the development of complex systems that leverage custom hardware implementations as the core of their processing engines. He is an inventor by nature with 6 patents issued in the area of applications and tools for FPGA based computing.
In his recent work at Xilinx, Inc., he developed hardware architectures for system design tools and compiler optimization techniques for software to hardware compilation. As a co-founder of two start up companies (LavaLogic and TSI Telsys Inc.) and an engineer at NASA, GSFC, Mr. Harris acquired extensive experience in applying reconfigurable computing to satellite ground system development. His background includes large system engineering, extensive hardware design (FPGAs, ASICSs, boards and systems), software for parallel embedded processors, and project management. Mr. Harris holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.
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