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Mentor Graphics and SiliconIndia Announce 2016 Leadership Awards for the Embedded/VLSI Industry
BENGALURU: Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), a leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, and SiliconIndia today announced the 2016 Leadership Awards for the Embedded/VLSI Industry. Started in 2010, the SiliconIndia - Mentor Graphics® Leadership Awards program for the Embedded/VLSI Industry is a one-of-a-kind annual awards program, facilitating the best in the VLSI/Embedded industry. In its seventh year, these awards honor the best in the VLSI/embedded software industry, and recognize the contribution of various companies/individuals in driving the semiconductor industry.
The winners of these prestigious awards were chosen by a panel of judges consisting of eminent business leaders: AnamHaque, Vice President – Silicon Engineering, Open Silicon; K. Krishna Moorthy, Corporate Senior Director & Managing Director, India Design Center, Rambus Chip Technologies India; Pradeep Elamanchili, Senior Director, Sandisk; Sonal Chandrasekharan, Senior Director, Cypress Semiconductors; GyanaBardhanPattanaik, Global head – Embedded Horizontal, Larsen &Tourbo.
The winners for this year, by category, are:
• Best VLSI/ Embedded Design Company – MNC
Segate.
• Best VLSI/ Embedded Design Company – Established Indian Organization
Reliance Jio.
• Best VLSI/ Embedded Design Company – Product Startup
Signal chip & Asarva.
• Best VLSI/ Embedded Design Company – Services Start up
Graphene semi.
• Best VLSI/ Embedded Design Company – Government- Sector
Semiconductor Lab.
• Best Electronic System Design Company – MNC
Barco.
• Best Electronic System Design Company – Established Indian Company
Centum Electronics & Moschip.
• Best Electronic System Design Company – Startup
Smartron.
• Promising Entrepreneur in Semiconductor and Systems Space
Vishnu Mohan Pusuluri, CEO, SiliConch.
• Outstanding Contribution to VLSI/ Embedded Design Industry – Individual
Ganapathy Subramaniam, Venture Partner | INDIA, Walden International
• Innovative Product Company
ThinCI.
• Outstanding Contribution to VLSI/ Embedded Design Industry – Corporate
Einfochips & Data Patterns.
• Contribution to VLSI/ Embedded Design Industry - Academic Institution
DA- IICT
• Life Time Achievement Award -Outstanding Contribution to VLSI/ Embedded Design Industry
Dasaradha R Gude, Chairman, SoCtronics Inc.
"The skill apparent in the winning designs is a reflection of the vigor and robustness of India's electronics industry," said Walden C. Rhines, CEO and chairman, Mentor Graphics. “It is always impressive to observe the level of innovative entrepreneurship thriving here."
Pradeep Shankar, Editor-in-Chief, SiliconIndia added, “Now in its 7th edition, the Leadership Awards has expanded significantly over the years and is today the largest event in the Embedded/VLSI space, recognizing and rewarding the best in the industry. This year, we acknowledge the contributions of individuals and companies across 14 different categories.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world’s most successful electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues in the last fiscal year of approximately $1.18 billion. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.)
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