Part 1: Dr. John Sanguinetti stops by DAC-Cast to share his story and key moments in his career. Dr. Sanguinetti has been active in computer architecture, performance analysis, design verification, and electronic design automation for many years. After working as a design verification engineer at Ardent Computer and NeXT Computer, he founded Chronologic Simulation in 1991 and was the principal architect of VCS, the Verilog Compiled Simulator. He was a co-founder of C2 Design Automation, now Forte Design Systems, where he served as Chief Technical Officer for 15 years. He is a fellow of the ACM and now serves as Chairman at Adapt-IP. 

The DAC-Cast hosts welcome Giovanni DeMicheli to talk about the ups and downs of his career in EDA.

Giovanni De Micheli is a research scientist in electronics and computer science. He is credited for the invention of the Network on Chip design automation paradigm and for the creation of algorithms and design tools for Electronic Design Automation. He is a professor and the director of the Integrated Systems Laboratory at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Hear from Harry Foster, Chief Scientist Verification for the Design Verification Technology Division of Siemens EDA; and is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor for the Verification Academy, who is interviewed by the DAC-Cast hosts on top industry trends this year. 

Join DAC Podcast hosts, Erik Seligman and Rich Edelman, as they talk about topics most relevant to practitioners in the design and design automation ecosystem. This episode, our hosts are joined by none other than 2022 DAC Keynote Speaker, Steve Teig. Steve is the CEO of Perceive. Steve is a visionary technologist whose work has impacted industries ranging from software and semiconductors to biotechnology and machine learning. He drove the creation of Perceive while CTO of its parent company and investor, Xperi, where he supervised technology development, including core audio and imaging innovations, and led the company’s machine learning team.