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.

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SOURCE Semiconductor Industry Association

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