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Nominations for EDA Industry’s Annual Phil Kaufman Award Open Through June 30
Award Sponsored by EDA Consortium, IEEE Council on EDA Honors Individuals Whose Contributions Impact EDA

SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEW YORK — May 18, 2011 — Nominations are being accepted now through Thursday, June 30, for the Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic Design Automation (EDA) sponsored by the EDA Consortium (EDAC) and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA).

" w+ u7 K7 U$ s0 z4 Q/ I% PLast year’s recipient was Pasquale (Pat) O. Pistilli, chairman of MP Associates of Louisville, Colo., who pioneered the EDA industry and built the Design Automation Conference as its premiere showcase and networking platform.

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The award, to be presented at a dinner ceremony in October in Silicon Valley, Calif., recognizes individuals whose contributions made an impact within EDA in business, industry direction, promotion, technology and engineering, educational or mentoring. Areas of technology and engineering impact have been expanded this year to include: analog and RF; architecture, structures and FPGA; embedded systems; formal verification; design; design for manufacturing; intellectual property; layout; simulation; synthesis; and test. Impartiality is provided to all nominees, without regard to race, gender, age or national origin.
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Established in 1994, the award is in honor of EDA industry pioneer Phil Kaufman, who turned innovative technologies such as silicon compilation and emulation into businesses that have benefited electronic designers.
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' z% Y2 R9 C$ C' U! xThe nomination form can be found at: http://www.edac.org/about_kaufman_award.jsp#nominations