Silicon Integration Initiative, a leading research and development joint venture that provides standard interoperability solutions for semiconductor design tools, announced today the election of its 2020-2021 board of directors.
Joining the Si2 board this year are:
— Juan C. Rey, vice president of Engineering, Mentor, a Siemens Business
— Pankaj Kukkal, vice president, EDA, Emulation and Post-Silicon Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies
— Jung Yun Choi, corporate vice president, Electronics Design Technology, Samsung Electronics
Re-elected board members are:
— Vic Kulkarni, vice president and chief strategist, Ansys
— Stanley Krolikoski, fellow, Ecosystems, Cadence Design Systems
— Richard Trihy, vice president, Design Enablement, GLOBALFOUNDRIES
— Roger Carpenter, hardware engineer, Google
— Leon Stok, vice president, Electronic Design Automation Technologies, IBM
— Rahul Goyal, vice president, Intel Corp., director, R&D Strategic Enablement
— David DeMaria, corporate vice president, Strategic Initiatives and Market Intelligence, Synopsys
— Keith Green, distinguished member of the technical staff, Texas Instruments
The Si2 board represents leading semiconductor manufacturers and foundries, fabless companies and EDA software providers. Si2’s key programs include: OpenAccess—a standard application programming interface and reference source code for the design database used by all major chip design software suppliers; and the Compact Model Coalition, which selects and supports industry-standard SPICE simulation models.