Phil Kaufman Award
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Phil Kaufman Award is established by the EDA Consortium to recognize individuals for their impact on electronic design by their contributions to electronic design automation (EDA) in any of the following categories:
- Business
- Industry Direction and Promotion
- Technology and Engineering
- Educational and Mentoring
The award was established to honor Phil Kaufman, the deceased former president of Quickturn Systems. It is considered to be the Nobel Prize of EDA.
[edit] Recipients
- 2005: Phil Moorby, inventor of Verilog
- 2004: Joseph Costello
- 2003: A. Richard Newton
- 2002: Ronald A. Rohrer
- 2001: Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
- 2000: Paul (Yen-Son) Huang
- 1999: Hugo De Man
- 1998: Ernest S. Kuh
- 1997: James E. Solomon
- 1996: Carver A. Mead
- 1995: Donald Pederson
- 1994: Hermann K. Gummel