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-- WITH PHOTO -- TO EDUCATION, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:
University of Minnesota Professor Sachin Sapatnekar Honored for
Excellence in Semiconductor Research
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Semiconductor
Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in
semiconductor manufacturing and design, today presented its University
Research Award - in consultation with Semiconductor Research
Corporation (SRC) - to University of Minnesota professor Sachin
Sapatnekar in recognition of his outstanding contributions to
semiconductor research.
"We are pleased to recognize Dr. Sapatnekar for his trailblazing work
in the field of semiconductor research," said Dr. John E. Kelly III,
IBM senior vice president, director of IBM Research, and 2014 SIA
chairman. "Research is critical to sustaining the pipeline of
discoveries that drive growth in the semiconductor industry and our
economy. We commend Dr. Sapatnekar for his outstanding achievements."
Dr. Sapatnekar holds the Distinguished McKnight University
Professorship and the Robert and Marjorie Henle Chair in Electrical
and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He was chosen
for the award because of his work in developing computer-aided
techniques for the analysis and optimization of integrated circuits,
with his most recent work covering CMOS technologies as well as
spintronics. Specifically, Professor Sapatnekar's research has made
significant impact in verifying and optimizing the power delivery
networks of central processing units (CPUs) and other system on chips
(SoCs). Analysis techniques developed by Professor Sapatnekar and his
research group have dramatically advanced this capability in the
design community.
He has authored nine books and numerous papers in this area and has
received six conference Best Paper Awards and a Best Poster Award, as
well as the ICCAD Ten-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award,
an award that recognizes a paper that has had a significant impact ten
years after its publication.
"Our mission at SRC is to seed innovation and help provide the people
and ideas to keep the U.S. semiconductor industry competitive, and Dr.
Sapatnekar is an ideal example of this collective effort," said SRC
President Larry Sumney. "We salute Dr. Sapatnekar for the role he has
played in our university research engine that has made the U.S. the
cradle of discovery and technology development."
Dr. Sapatnekar has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE
Transactions on Computer-Aided Design and as General Chair for the
ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, the two top publication venues
in his research area, as well as leadership roles (General Chair
and/or Technical Program Chair) in the ACM International Symposium on
Physical Design, the IEEE/ACM Tau Workshop, and the International
Conference on VLSI Design. He was conferred with a Fulbright award as
a Senior Researcher in Spain in the Fall of 2013, and held the D.J.
Gandhi Visiting Professorship at IIT Bombay in early 2014. He has
received the NSF Career Award and the Semiconductor Research
Corporation Technical Excellence Award, and he is a Fellow of the
IEEE.
About SIA
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is the voice of the U.S.
semiconductor industry, one of America's top export industries and a
key driver of America's economic strength, national security and
global competitiveness. Semiconductors - microchips that control all
modern electronics - enable the systems and products that we use to
work, communicate, travel, entertain, harness energy, treat illness,
and make new scientific discoveries. The semiconductor industry
directly employs nearly a quarter of a million people in the U.S. In
2012, U.S. semiconductor sales totaled more than $146 billion, and
semiconductors make the global trillion dollar electronics industry
possible. Founded in 1977 by five microelectronics pioneers, SIA
unites companies that account for 80 percent of America's
semiconductor production. Through this coalition, SIA seeks to
strengthen U.S. leadership of semiconductor design and manufacturing
by working with Congress, the Administration and other key industry
stakeholders to encourage policies and regulations that fuel
innovation, propel business and drive international competition. Learn
more at www.semiconductors.org .
About SRC
Celebrating more than 30 years of collaborative research for the
semiconductor industry, SRC defines industry needs, invests in and
manages the research that gives its members a competitive advantage in
the dynamic global marketplace. Awarded the National Medal of
Technology, America's highest recognition for contributions to
technology, SRC expands the industry knowledge base and attracts
premier students to help innovate and transfer semiconductor
technology to the commercial industry. For more information, visit
www.src.org .
Media Contact Dan Rosso Semiconductor Industry Association
drosso@semiconductors.org 202-446-1719
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