NVIDIA is joining the Ada and SPARK adopter wave
by Quentin Ochem –
Over the past several years, a great number of public announcements have been made about companies that are either studying or adopting the Ada and SPARK programming languages. Noteworthy examples include Dolby, Denso, LASP and Real Heart, as well as the French Security Agency.
Today, NVIDIA, the inventor and market leader of the Graphical Processing Unit (GPU), joins the wave by announcing the selection of SPARK and Ada for its next generation of security-critical GPU firmware running on RISC-V microcontrollers. NVIDIA’s announcement marks a new era of industrial standards for safety- and security-critical software development.
For more information, see the joint announcement https://www.adacore.com/press/..., or NVIDIA’s recent blog post https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/02/05/adacore-secure-autonomous-driving/
About Quentin Ochem
Quentin Ochem is the Chief Product and Revenue Officer at AdaCore, overseeing marketing, sales, and product management. His involvement with AdaCore began in 2002 during his school years, officially joining in 2005 to work on IDE and cross-language bindings. Quentin has a background in software engineering, particularly in high-integrity domains like avionics and defense. His roles expanded to include training and technical sales, leading him to build the technical sales department and global product management in the US. In 2021, he stepped into his current role, steering the company’s strategic initiatives.
Quentin holds a master's degree in Computer Engineering from Polytech Marseille, awarded in 2005.