Professor Nam Sung Kim of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has been recognized as the recipient of this year’s SRC Technical Excellence Award. His recognition highlights the impact of his research contributions and the importance of university-industry collaboration in advancing innovation and the future of semiconductor technology. The Semiconductor Research Read more
Congratulations to Prof. Jason Cong for receiving the Pender Award from Penn Engineering!Prof. Jason Cong received the Pender Award from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania on March 18, 2025 “for groundbreaking contributions in field-programmable gate arrays and electronic design automation”. Established in 1972, the Pender Award, initiated in Read more
Congratulations to Prof. Jason Cong and his co-authors, Chen Zhang, Zhenman Fang, Peipei Zhou, Peichen Pan for receiving the ICCAD 10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award for the paper titled “Caffeine: Towards uniformed representation and acceleration for deep convolutional neural networks” presented at the 2016 International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD). Read more
The 2025 Sustainable Future awardee is Professor Tajana Šimunić Rosing (University of California San Diego). As Director of the PRISM Center, Rosing’s focus is on HD computing, especially when paired with co-design of optimal hardware. Her research is enabling the quest for more energy efficient computing that spans the data center to the edge Read more
The 2025 awardee, Professor Shimeng Yu (Georgia Institute of Technology), is recognized for pioneering system-technology co-optimization (STCO) and developing the NeuroSim simulator. His work models emerging memory technologies and advances efficient AI hardware design, bridging theory and practical implementation in collaboration with leading semiconductor companies. Dr. Yu’s innovations continue to shape next-generation Read more
Jason Cong received the UIUC Grainger College of Engineering Alumni Award for Distinguished Service “for impactful research and entrepreneurial work on electronic design automation, quantum and customized computing, FPGA, and highly scalable algorithms.” The other six awardees include a university president, an US Air Force Major General, and highly successful industry leaders and entrepreneurs with significant Read more
ACM has named Jason Cong, the holder of the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, the recipient of the 2024 ACM Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award. Cong is recognized for fundamental contributions to the design and automation of field-programmable systems and customizable Read more
Congratulations to Sayeef Salahuddin for winning the IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award! The IEEE Technical Field Awards are among IEEE’s most prestigious. The Andrew S Grove Award recognizes an individual or team for outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology. Salahuddin is cited “for pioneering contributions to physics of ferroelectrics and integrated Read more
Congratulations to Suman Datta on being honored for outstanding contributions to semiconductor research! SIA and SRC present the University Research Awards annually to professors who demonstrate excellence in advancing research in semiconductor technology and design. Professors Datta and Flynn will accept the awards at the SIA Awards Dinner on Nov. 21, 2024, in Read more
Jason Cong Recognized for Significant Contributions to FPGA Design Automation Technology and Electronic System Design Education and Industry The annual award from the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), a SEMI technology community, and the Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Read more