Phil Kaufman Award

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Phil Kaufman Award was established by the EDA Consortium (now Electronic System Design Alliance) to recognize individuals for their impact on electronic design by their contributions to electronic design automation (EDA). It has been dubbed "The Nobel Prize of the EDA Industry".[1]

Contributions are evaluated in any of the following categories:

  • Business
  • Industry Direction and Promotion
  • Technology and Engineering
  • Educational and Mentoring

The award was established to honor Phil Kaufman, the deceased former president of Quickturn Systems.

Recipients[]

All recipients are listed at the ESDA Phil Kaufman Award webpage.[1]

  • 2021: Anirudh Devgan, Cadence Design Systems CEO for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic System Design.[2]
  • 2020: Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
  • 2019: Mary Jane Irwin, Pennsylvania State University, for her extensive contributions to EDA and the community.[4]
  • 2018: , for his outstanding contributions to test automation and his overall impact on the electronics industry.[5]
  • 2017: Rob Rutenbar, for his contributions to algorithms and tools for analog and mixed-signal designs. [6]
  • 2016: , CMU professor and chief technologist of PDF Solutions, for his research in the area of design for manufacturing in the semiconductor industry.
  • 2015: Walden C. Rhines, CEO of Mentor Graphics, for his efforts growing the EDA and IC design industries.
  • 2014: , for helping numerous startups to develop innovative technologies.
  • 2013: Chenming Hu, for major contributions to transistor modeling enabling the generation of FinFET based design.
  • 2011: Chung Laung Liu, for his Distinguished Technical Contributions, Leadership Skills, and Business Acumen in Electronic Design Automation.
  • 2010: Pat Pistilli, for pioneering the EDA industry and building the Design Automation Conference as its premiere showcase and networking platform
  • 2009: Randal Bryant, CMU professor, for his seminal technological breakthroughs in the area of formal verification.
  • 2008: Aart de Geus, Synopsys CEO for contributions to the EDA industry, more specifically the Design Compiler tool.
  • 2007: Robert K. Brayton, known for work in logic synthesis, formal verification and formal equivalence checking. Co-developer of Espresso.
  • 2006: Robert Dutton, creator of SUPREM (Stanford University Process Engineering Models) and PISCES (Poisson and Continuity Equation Solver) simulation tools and software used in Technology Computer Aided Design.
  • 2005: Phil Moorby, inventor of Verilog
  • 2004: Joseph Costello
  • 2003: A. Richard Newton
  • 2002: , electronic industry pioneer, entrepreneur, researcher and educator, who head led a students' circuit simulator projects, which had eventually led to the development of SPICE. [7]
  • 2001: Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
  • 2000:
  • 1999: , known for his contributions in creating and driving the development of design automation tools that have had measurable impact on the productivity of electronic design engineers.[8]
  • 1998: Ernest S. Kuh
  • 1997: James Solomon
  • 1996: Carver Mead
  • 1995: Donald Pederson
  • 1994: Hermann Gummel

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Phil Kaufman Award – ESD Alliance". esd-alliance.org. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  2. ^ "Dr. Anirudh Devgan Honored With 2021 Phil Kaufman Award | SEMI". Archived from the original on 2021-12-16.
  3. ^ Notice regarding the 2020 Phil Kaufman Award
  4. ^ "2019 Phil Kaufman Award – ESD Alliance". esd-alliance.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  5. ^ "2018 Phil Kaufman Award – ESD Alliance". esd-alliance.org. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  6. ^ "2017 Phil Kaufman Award Dinner – ESD Alliance". esd-alliance.org. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  7. ^ "2002 Phil Kaufman Award – ESD Alliance". esd-alliance.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  8. ^ "1999 Phil Kaufman Award – ESD Alliance". esd-alliance.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

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