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Electronic
Design Automation pioneer Dean Richard Newton wins
Phil Kaufman Award
Original
article: "1972: The Release of SPICE, still the
industry standard tool for integrated circuit design" (Lab
Notes, May/June 2002)
http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/labnotes/0502/history.html
Each
year the EDA (Electrical Design Automation) Consortium
awards the Phil Kaufman Award to honor the accomplishments
of individuals who have made a "substantial, sustainable
contribution to the success and advancement of the industry
that benefits the industry's tools users - electronic
designers." Dean Richard Newton is the 2003 recipient
of the award.
Newton was recognized for his seminal contributions to
the field of integrated circuit design. While a graduate
student at UC Berkeley in the 1970s, he was instrumental
in the development of the Simulation Program With Integrated
Circuit Emphasis (SPICE). The tool, or one of its myriad
derivatives, has been wielded in the design of nearly every
single integrated circuit developed in the last 25 years.
Newton later helped found several successful companies
in the space, including Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys.
"EDA
award winner Newton eyes the developing world" by
Richard Georing (EE Times)
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