Virage Logic Chief Scientist Named 2005 IEEE Industrial Pioneer
Award Recipient
Dr. Yervant Zorian Recognized for Significant Contributions to Advanced
Embedded Test and Repair Technologies for SoC Design
Design Automation Conference, ANAHEIM, Calif., June 14
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Citing his enormous contributions to design-for-test
and embedded repair technology for complex System-on-Chip (SoC) design, Dr. Yervant Zorian, vice president and chief scientist at Virage Logic Corporation
(NASDAQ:VIRL) was today named the 2005 IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS)
Industrial Pioneer award recipient. Dr. Zorian's technical accomplishments
include pioneering work in Built-In Self-Test (BIST) and embedded repair
technologies and products that have dramatically boosted the quality,
reliability and manufacturability of digital systems.
In 2000, Dr. Zorian brought his technology vision and expertise in BIST
solutions to Virage Logic where he helped to pioneer a new class of
Intellectual Property (IP) called Silicon Aware IP(TM). Silicon Aware IP is
Physical IP, such as memories, logic and I/Os, designed with embedded
Infrastructure IP for test, diagnostics, repair, and yield enhancements. The
result is IP that is high yielding and enables rapid time-to-volume at advanced
process nodes. In addition, Silicon Aware IP results in much higher test
quality and reliability. Today, Virage Logic believes it is the only commercial
IP provider to offer Silicon Aware IP, an example of which is its Self-Test and
Repair (STAR) Memory System(TM). The company's Silicon Aware IP initiative
calls for its entire product portfolio to become Silicon Aware IP over time.
"The self-test and repair capabilities that Dr. Zorian developed for SoCs have
become the de facto standard in 90-nanometer technology for much of the
electronics designed around the world," said Adam Kablanian, president and CEO
of Virage Logic. "His pioneering vision for providing an effective test
technology solution integrated with IP has enabled Virage Logic to deliver a
proven path for design success at the advanced process geometries of 130nm and
below. We are proud to have such a technology visionary on our team and
congratulate him on his selection by the IEEE as their 2005 Industrial
Pioneer." Each year, the IEEE CAS Society honors outstanding scientists and engineers who
have successfully translated their research into commercial products or
applications. With the Silicon Aware STAR Memory System, Dr. Zorian turned the
concepts of embedded repair to real life systems that are yieldable and
reliable, and succeeded in penetrating the industry and changing its standard
practices.
"It is a great honor to be selected by the IEEE CAS Society for this award,"
said Dr. Zorian, vice president and chief scientist of Virage Logic. "I've
worked with many talented people at Virage Logic to develop the self- test and
repair solutions we have today and this award is as much a reflection of their
hard work as it is mine. Together, we have helped SoC designers accelerate
silicon success by improving reliability and manufacturability to speed
time-to-volume and significantly increase yield." About Dr. Zorian Dr. Zorian joined Virage Logic in 2000 as Chief Scientist. Prior to joining
Virage Logic, he served as Chief Technology Advisor at LogicVision and as a
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs, AT&T. His
responsibilities included developing and disseminating embedded test and repair
solutions for IP cores, chips, boards and systems. Dr. Zorian also serves on
the Board of Directors of several public and privately owned companies.
Dr. Zorian serves as the IEEE Computer Society Vice President for Conferences
and Tutorials as well as the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the IEEE Design & Test
of Computers. He also participates in editorial advisory boards of IEEE
Spectrum and JETTA. He has chaired numerous conferences, symposiums, workshops,
and the IEEE Test Technology Technical Council of IEEE Computer Society. He
founded and chairs the IEEE 1500 Standard Working Group, and the IEEE Workshops
on Testing Embedded Core-based Systems-on-Chips (TECS), and Infrastructure IP
Workshop.
Dr. Zorian has authored over 300 papers and four books, received several best
paper awards, and holds twelve U.S. patents. He is a Golden Core Member of IEEE
Computer Society, Honorary Doctor of the National Academy of Sciences of
Armenia, and a Fellow of IEEE. Dr. Zorian received his master's degree in
Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California, a doctorate in
Electrical Engineering from McGill University and an executive master's degree
in Business Administration from Wharton School of Business, University of
Pennsylvania.
About the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society The Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society is a division of the IEEE that is
dedicated to the theory, analysis, design (computer aided design), and
practical implementation of circuits, and the application of circuit theoretic
techniques to systems and to signal processing. The coverage of this field
includes the spectrum of activities from, and including, basic scientific
theory to industrial applications. The purposes of the Society are scientific,
literary and educational in character, directed toward the advancement of the
theory and practice of electrical, electronics and allied branches of
engineering or the related arts and science, in order to increase the
professional standing of the Members and Affiliates. Visit CAS at
http://www.ieee-cas.org/ .
About Virage Logic Founded in 1996, Virage Logic Corporation rapidly established itself as a
technology and market leader in providing advanced embedded memory intellectual
property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. Today the company
is a global leader in semiconductor IP platforms comprising embedded memories,
standard cells, and I/Os and is pioneering the development of a new class of IP
called Silicon Aware IP. Silicon Aware IP tightly integrates Physical IP
(memory, logic and I/Os) with the embedded test, diagnostic, and repair
capabilities of Infrastructure IP to help ensure manufacturability and
optimized yield at the advanced process nodes. Virage Logic's highly
differentiated product portfolio provides higher performance, lower power,
higher density and optimal yield to foundries, integrated device manufacturers
(IDMs) and fabless customers who develop products for the consumer,
communications and networking, hand-held and portable, and computer and
graphics markets. The company's comprehensive quality efforts are validated in
its FirstPass-Silicon Characterization Lab, which helps ensure high quality,
reliable IP across a wide range of foundries and process technologies. Headquartered in Fremont, California, Virage Logic has R&D, sales and support
offices worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.viragelogic.com/.
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