What is "keil"

Keil was founded in 1982 by Günter and Reinhard Keil, initially as a German GbR. In April 1985 the company was converted to Keil Elektronik GmbH to market add-on products for the development tools provided by many of the silicon vendors. Keil implemented the first C compiler designed from the ground-up specifically for the 8051 microcontroller.

Keil provides a broad range of development tools like ANSI C compiler, macro assemblers, debuggers and simulators, linkers, IDE, library managers, real-time operating systems and evaluation boards for Intel 8051, Intel MCS-251, ARM, and XC16x/ C16x/ ST10 families.

In October 2005, Keil (Keil Elektronik GmbH in Munich, Germany, and Keil Software, Inc. in Plano, Texas) were acquired by ARM.

Keil is a surname, and may refer to:

• Alfredo Keil (1850–1907), Portuguese romantic composer and painter
• Alphonso Keil (1944–2008) Samoan born rock & roll musician, founding member of The Zodiacs and The Kavaliers
• Birgit Keil (born 1944), German prima ballerina
• Eliza Keil, Samoan born singer and member of Keil Isles
• Herma Keil, Samoan born rock & roll singer of the 1960s and lead singer of the Keil Isles
• Francisco Keil do Amaral (1910–1975), Portuguese architect, composer, painter, and photographer
• Franz von Keil (1862–1945), Austrian naval officer
• Freddie Keil (19?? - 1994), Samoan born rock & roll singer and lead singer of the Keil Isles
• Heinrich Keil (1822 - 1894), German classical philologist
• Johann Friedrich Karl Keil (1807–1888), German Bible commentator
• Josef Keil (1878–1963), Austrian historian, epigrapher, and archaeologist
• Klaus Keil, American astronomer and father of Mark Keil
• Lillian Kinkella Keil (1916–2005), American flight nurse
• Mark Keil (b. 1967), American tennis player and son of Klaus Keil
• Olaf Keil(b. 1934), Samoan born guitarist and founder of the Keil Isles and custom guitar builder for Fender
• Peter Keil (b. 1942), German painter
• Susanne Keil (b. 1978), German hammer thrower
• William Keil (1812–1877), American founder of communal religious societies