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Intersil Holds 4th Annual Engineering Conference
Industry Luminary, Dr. Aart de Geus, Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Synopsys Announced as Keynote Speaker
MILPITAS, CA – (Marketwire - December 6, 2010) – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL) will hold its annual Intersil Engineering Conference (IEC) December 7-9 at the company's headquarters in Milpitas, California. The conference, which has been held annually since 2007, allows Intersil engineers company-wide to convene and share knowledge, best practices and technology breakthroughs. The IEC helps Intersil foster communication and collaboration within the company's engineering community by bringing together Intersil engineers from around the world and providing them with opportunities for face-to-face meetings.
The 2010 IEC provides the Intersil technical community with the opportunity to hear over 35 papers that will be presented on a variety of engineering-related topics, a symposium on design tools as well as a panel discussion on product development methodology.
This year's conference welcomes industry luminary, Dr. Aart de Geus, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Synopsys as Keynote speaker.
Since co-founding Synopsys in 1986, Dr. Aart de Geus has expanded Synopsys from a start-up synthesis enterprise to a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA). With 25 published papers and numerous industry honors, Dr. Aart de Geus is considered one of the world's foremost experts on logic simulation and logic synthesis.
In the 24 years he's been at the helm of Synopsys, Aart has received numerous awards for his leadership in the semiconductor industry, including:
- Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
- IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Industrial Pioneer Award,
- IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal,
- EDAC/CEDA Phil Kaufman Award
- Global Semiconductor Association's "Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award."
Aart has also been recognized for his contributions to the business community. In 2002, shortly after transacting the largest merger in EDA history, Aart was named "CEO of the Year" by Electronic Business magazine, and in 2005 they also identified Aart as one of "The 10 Most Influential Executives." In 2007, he received the Silicon Valley Leadership Group "Spirit of the Valley" Lifetime Achievement Award.
Passionate regarding education for the next generation, in 1999 Aart created the Synopsys Outreach Foundation which promotes project-based science and math learning throughout Silicon Valley. In keeping with his continuing commitment to the health of the ecosystem, he currently serves on the following Boards:
- Silicon Valley Leadership Group
- Applied Materials
- TechNet
- Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)
- Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC)
About Intersil
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