Atrenta Founder and CEO Honored as a Distinguished Alumni by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2002 Atrenta Inc. announced that its chairman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Ajoy Bose, was honored as a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award (DAA DAA - Distributed Application Architecture: under design by Hewlett-Packard and Sun. A distributed object management environment that will allow applications to be developed independent of operating system, network or windowing system. ) by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT IIT - Integrated Information Technology ) at Kanpur, one of the premier institutes of higher learning in India. The DAA is the highest award given by IIT Kanpur to its alumni in recognition of achievements of exceptional merit in the area of entrepreneurship, R&D, teaching, management or any other activity pertaining to the service of humanity at large. Dr. Bose was chosen to be the recipient of this prestigious award for his outstanding contributions in the field of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and for his accomplishments in the area of management, leadership and entrepreneurship. He joins an elite group of DAA recipients, that includes Rakesh Gangwal, former CEO of US Airways Inc., and N. R. Narayana Murthy N.R. Narayana Murthy (Kannada: ಎನ್. ಆರ್. ನಾರಾಯಣಮೂರ್ತಿ , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Dr. Bose accepted the award during a formal ceremony at the annual IIT Alumni Convention in Kanpur, India, on January 6, 2002. "I am grateful for the outstanding education, wealth of knowledge and intellectual stimulation I received at IIT," said Dr. Bose during his acceptance speech. Addressing the students, he said, "When you graduate from IIT, you join one of the most powerful families in the world. Always carry your IIT badge with honor and wear it with pride -- it will give you instant credibility and open doors for you all over the world." Background Dr. Bose received a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1971 and earned a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas . Dr. Bose began his professional career at AT&T Bell Labs, where he rose to Department Head of VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. Design Automation. He left to join Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. as the Vice President of Engineering and was responsible for the product development of all CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. tools. He then founded and presided over Software & Technologies Inc. (since renamed Duet Technologies.) Dr. Bose established Interra Inc. in 1995, which has since spawned three profitable and independent companies. In January of 2001, he launched Atrenta, a leading provider of predictive analysis tools, with funding from several of the top VC firms. About Atrenta Atrenta offers a new approach in accelerating the design of complex ASICs and SoCs through predictive analysis. Its SpyGlass(TM) is the first tool that performs detailed structural analysis on register-transfer-level Verilog and VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. code in order to check for complex problems, which include testability, reuse, synchronization, RTL-handover, and much more. Its breakthrough and innovative "look-ahead" capability incorporates a fast-synthesis engine, cycle-based simulation, and testability technologies. Atrenta has over forty customers, including Agere, Agilent, Apple, ARM, Canon, Compaq, Fujitsu, Hitachi, LSI Logic, Motorola, National Semiconductor, NCR, Nortel and Olympus, who are using SpyGlass to achieve shorter overall design cycles, increased design productivity and lower costs. Atrenta is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , with European headquarters in Swindon, England, a research and development center in India, and a sales and support distributor in Japan. For further information, visit the Atrenta website at www.atrenta.com or call 1-866 ATRENTA. Note to Editors: Atrenta and SpyGlass are trademarks of Atrenta Inc. |
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