Roofline
| GmbH (private) | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Artificial intelligence, Compiler, Edge computing |
| Founded 📆 | 2024 |
| Founder 👔 | |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Roofline SDK, Roofline Runtime, Performance Dashboard |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 20+ |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
RooflineAI GmbH (commonly Roofline) is a German deep tech company that develops AI compiler software for deploying machine learning models on edge devices. Founded in 2024 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, the company builds a retargetable AI compiler based on MLIR (Multi-Level Intermediate Representation) and IREE that compiles trained AI models from frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and ONNX into optimized executables for diverse hardware targets including CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs.[1][2]
History
Academic origins
Roofline originated from research conducted at the Institute for Communication Technologies and Embedded Systems (ICE) at RWTH Aachen University.[3] Co-Founder and CEO Jan Moritz Joseph had led a research group at RWTH Aachen since 2020 focused on energy-efficient and resource-efficient execution of AI on embedded systems.[4]
The company was formally incorporated in 2024 by Jan Moritz Joseph, Maximilian Bartel, Thomas Zimmermann, and Rainer Leupers as a spin-off from the Chair of Software for Systems on Silicon (SSS) at RWTH Aachen University.[3] The SSS chair has produced multiple successful spin-offs, including LISATek (acquired by Synopsys), Silexica (acquired by Xilinx/AMD), and MachineWare.[5]
Technology
Compiler architecture
Roofline's core technology is a retargetable AI compiler built on MLIR and IREE, both open-source projects from the LLVM ecosystem.[1][6] The compiler uses layered abstraction to translate models from AI frameworks into optimized intermediate representations and then compiles them into executables for specific hardware backends.[1]
Partnerships and community
Roofline contributes to open-source projects in the LLVM ecosystem[6] and is active in the compiler and edge AI research community, with appearances at events including the LLVM Developers' Meeting,[7] the CODAI workshop,[8] the oneAPI DevSummit,[9] and Edge AI Foundation events.[10]
See also
- MLIR (software)
- IREE (software)
- Edge computing
- Neural processing unit
- AI accelerator
- LLVM
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Aachen spinoff Roofline enables agile adaptation to new edge AI models and hardware". HiPEAC. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Roofline enables agile adaptation to new edge AI models and hardware". EEJournal. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Roofline awarded EIC Accelerator funding". HiPEAC. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Dr.-Ing. Jan Moritz Joseph". RWTH Aachen University. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Rainer Leupers". HiPEAC. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "RooflineAI/iree: A retargetable MLIR-based machine learning compiler and runtime toolkit". GitHub. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Speakers: 2025 LLVM Developers' Meeting". LLVM Foundation. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "CODAI 2025 Blog". CODAI Workshop. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Roofline AI's Role in Advancing Compiler Technology with oneAPI". Intel Community. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "New Strategic Partner: Welcome Roofline to the EDGE AI FOUNDATION". Edge AI Foundation. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
External links
Category:2024 establishments in Germany
Category:Companies based in Aachen
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