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Team on 06 November 2006
IEEE award for Chief Scientist Zorian
Dr Yervant Zorian has received the Hans Karlsson Award for Technical Leadership and Achievement Through Collaboration from the IEEE Computer Society.
Dr Yervant Zorian, Vice President and Chief Scientist at Virage Logic Corp, has garnered numerous awards for his leadership and technology innovation in embedded test and repair of semiconductor IP Adding to his list of honours, Dr Zorian this week received the Hans Karlsson Award for Technical Leadership and Achievement Through Collaboration from the IEEE Computer Society in recognition of outstanding skills and dedication to diplomacy, and joint achievement
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The award was presented on 1st November 2006, in Southern California, at a special banquet.
Deborah Cooper, President of the IEEE Computer Society, presented Dr Zorian with the award and noted: "I am pleased to present this award to Dr Yervant Zorian, whose seminal work in shaping the semiconductor industry honours Hans Karlsson's memory".
"At the core of the Hans Karlsson Award is recognition of technical leadership, diplomacy, and joint achievement".
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"Dr Zorian's work as a founder, leader, and advocate of IEEE Standard 1500 put to the test his honed diplomatic skills".
"His outstanding achievement working with a highly diverse team is testament to his exemplary leadership skills".
"We are fortunate to have Yervant as a leader, a colleague and friend of the IEEE Computer Society".
The IEEE Computer Society's selection committee, comprising distinguished professionals in the computer industry, selected Dr Zorian based on nominations and recommendations from his peers.
The Hans Karlsson Award recognises teamwork in areas of the computer industry where individual aspirations, corporate, and organisational rivalry can hinder collaboration.
Since its inception in 1992, the award has only been given six times.
"Yervant is a recognised visionary in the industry and a key member of the Virage Logic executive team".
"His contributions in the area of embedded memory test and repair helped Virage Logic define a new class of IP that we call 'Silicon Aware IP'", said Adam Kablanian, President and CEO at Virage Logic.
"The benefits this IP provides in terms of yield optimisation and cost savings have helped to further establish Virage Logic as the industry's trusted IP partner".
Dr Zorian joined Virage Logic in 2000 and became an immediate catalyst for collaboration and teamwork.
Dr Zorian's work was key in Virage Logic's development of a new class of IP called Silicon Aware IP.
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 leading commercial IP provider to offer Silicon Aware IP, an example of which is its Self-Test and Repair (STAR) Memory System.
"I am honoured to receive this prestigious award", said Dr Zorian, in his acceptance speech.
"I feel fortunate to work closely with so many talented and forward-thinking individuals in the semiconductor industry".
"Our teamwork has fostered system-on-chip test interoperability throughout the industry, and allowed us at Virage Logic to leverage it and extend it further to achieve self-repair in our Silicon Aware IP, and thus create innovative and exceptional results that I am extremely proud of".
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