CEO Executive Outlook Last Call, Spotlight on ESD Alliance Volunteers

Scott Seiden

Kudos to Scott Sieden, Keysight’s Director Strategic Marketing, Keysight EDA Portfolio, and a tireless ESD Alliance volunteer, for his efforts to ensure a lively CEO Executive Outlook next Thursday, May 9.

A highlight of the evening are two RISC-V influencers who will discuss the RISC-V movement and its effect on the semiconductor design ecosystem –– Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International, and Jack Kang, Senior Vice President of Business Development at SiFive.

Bob Smith, the ESD Alliance’s Executive Director, will moderate a panel of executives reviewing the state of the electronic system design industry now and in the future:

• Dave Kelf, CEO of Breker Verification Systems
• Aki Fujimura, CEO from D2S and a member of the ESD Alliance Governing Council
• Niels Fache, Keysight’s VP and GM, Design and Simulation, and a member of the ESD Alliance Governing Council
• John Kibarian, CEO of PDF Solutions and a member of the ESD Alliance Governing Council
• Prakash Narain, CEO at Real Intent and a member of the ESD Alliance Governing Council

The event at Keysight begins at 5:30pm with networking, dinner and beverages. The program starts at 6:45pm and is open to ESD Alliance and SEMI members at a cost of $25. Pricing for non-members is $50 per person.

Click here to pre-register.

We look forward to seeing you!

Keysight

5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Building 5

Santa Clara

ESD Alliance Volunteers Working Behind the Scenes

Scott is not our only volunteer. While it may not be apparent, other volunteers from ESD Alliance member companies are diligently working behind the scenes on several important initiatives affecting the entire ecosystem.

Here are a few examples.

Richard Paw

Interoperability (OS Roadmap) Committee

The OS roadmap, for example, was updated recently and the committee is starting the annual series of meetings with OS providers to determine their plans. A full report will be available in the next few months from Committee Chair Richard Paw, Director of Semiconductor and EDA at Microsoft.

LMA Committee

Sashi Subramanian

Our License Management and Anti-Piracy Committee headed by Sashi Subramanian, Cadence’s Engineering Group Director of Licensing, Installation and Release Operations, is managing the rollout of the SEMI Server Certification Protocol (SSCP). The joint development effort by Cadence, Siemens EDA and Synopsys helps to close a loophole in software licensing products used to protect high-value software products. For more information about the protocol, including licensing, send email to: server_certification_info@semi.org.

Export Committee

Ada Loo

Ada Loo, Cadence’s Group Director and Associate General Counsel, chairs the Export Committee that represents the EDA industry with agencies in Washington, D.C., overseeing export regulations. Its mission is to educate these agencies about the industry’s products and how they are classified on the Commerce Control List. This ensures the correct level of export controls are applied to products and technology. The committee also educates member companies about export and other government issues affecting our industry and each company’s ability to sell and support its products.

Phil Kaufman Award and Hall of Fame

Nominations are being accepted now through June 30 for the 2024 Phil Kaufman Award and the Phil Kaufman Hall of Fame co-sponsored by the ESD Alliance and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA). The awards, determined by a committee of volunteers from both organizations, recognize individuals whose contributions made an impact within electronic system design in business, industry direction, promotion, technology and engineering, educational or mentoring.

The Phil Kaufman Award honors EDA pioneer Phil Kaufman who turned innovative technologies such as silicon compilation and emulation into businesses that have benefited electronic designers. The Phil Kaufman Hall of Fame posthumously recognizes individuals who made significant and noteworthy contributions through creativity, entrepreneurism and innovation to the electronic system design industry and were not recipients of the Phil Kaufman Award.

Nomination forms are found on the ESD Alliance website.

About the ESD Alliance

The ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, has other programs, initiatives and activities for our members driven by engaged volunteers that bring value to our entire industry:

• Coordinating and amplifying the collective and regional voices of our industry.
• Continually promoting the value our industry delivers to the global semiconductor and electronics industry.
• Addressing and defending threats and reducing risks to our industry.
• Achieving efficiencies for our industry.
• Marketing the attractiveness of the design ecosystem as an ideal industry for pursuing a career.
• Enabling networking, sharing and collaboration across our industry.

Contact me at pcohen@semi.org if you would like be part of the ESD Alliance volunteer corps.

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