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IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Presents Industrial Pioneer Award to Synopsys Chairman and CEO Aart de Geus
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2001--At the opening session
of the Design Automation Conference, the IEEE Circuits and Systems
(CAS) Society presented its Industrial Pioneer Award to Synopsys
Chairman and CEO, Dr. Aart de Geus. The IEEE CAS Society with
technical participation by its working group for electronic
computer-aided design, the CANDE (Computer-Aided Network DEsign)
Committee, honored Dr. de Geus as the third recipient ever of this
award.
According to CAS guidelines, the award is presented, ``...to honor
a person or persons with outstanding and pioneering contributions in
developing academic and industrial research results into industrial
applications and/or commercial products.'' The award was given to Dr.
de Geus to recognize his work in bringing synthesis research from a
theoretical pursuit to a successful commercial application. Synopsys'
flagship synthesis product, Design Compiler®, was a result of those
efforts.
Dr. de Geus and a team of engineers from General Electric's
Microelectronics Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,
founded Synopsys in 1986. Synopsys developed and marketed the
synthesis technology developed by his team at General Electric. The
Company proceeded to pioneer the commercial application of logic
synthesis, which has since been adopted by virtually every major
electronics company in the world.
``Dr. de Geus' work is a fine example of the type of pioneering
efforts that have made electronic design automation a multi-billion
dollar industry in a relatively short period of time,'' said Bing Sheu,
chair of the IEEE CAS Society Awards committee. ``We're pleased to give
him this award to recognize his efforts in bringing enabling synthesis
technology to design engineers throughout the world. Today's complex
ICs and SoCs would not be possible without synthesis and the other EDA
technology that has grown around it.''
``I accept this award with gratitude and the clear understanding
that pioneers are often the ones that have the benefit of standing on
the shoulders of others,'' said Dr. de Geus. ``I am not an exception in
that regard. This award is truly in recognition of the work of many
extremely capable people. I look forward to many more years of
promoting the EDA technology that lets design engineers realize the
full potential of complex SoCs and deep submicron silicon processes.''
About the IEEE CAS Society and CANDE
The CAS Society is a division of the IEEE that is dedicated to the
theory, analysis, design (computer aided design), and practical
implementation of circuits, and the application of circuit theoretic
techniques to systems and to signal processing. The coverage of this
field includes the spectrum of activities from, and including, basic
scientific theory to industrial applications. The purposes of the
Society are scientific, literary and educational in character,
directed toward the advancement of the theory and practice of
electrical, electronics and allied branches of engineering or the
related arts and science, in order to increase the professional
standing of the Members and Affiliates. Visit CAS at
http://www.ieee-cas.org. CANDE's (Computer-Aided Network DEsign),
technical focus is on microelectronic design and EDA. CANDE members
include prominent researchers and leaders from academia and industry
in EDA. Dr. de Geus chaired the CANDE group in its early years. Visit
CANDE at http://www.cande.net.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), headquartered in Mountain View,
California, creates leading electronic design automation (EDA) tools
for the global electronics market. The company delivers advanced
design technologies and solutions to developers of complex integrated
circuits, electronic systems and systems on a chip. Synopsys also
provides consulting and support services to simplify the overall IC
design process and accelerate time to market for its customers. Visit
Synopsys at http://www.synopsys.com.
Note to Editors: Synopsys and Design Compiler are registered
trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. All other trademarks or registered
trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of
their respective owners.
Contact:
Synopsys, Inc.
Eileen L. Hunt, 650/584-5374
elhunt@synopsys.com
or
KVO Public Relations
Judy Kahn, 650/919-2022
judy_kahn@kvo.com
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