Hermann K. Gummel
1994 Phil Kaufman Award Honoree

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- November 9, 1994 -- The Electronic Design Automation Companies (EDAC) today announced the winner of its first annual Phil Kaufman Award. Hermann K. Gummel was selected by EDAC as the 1994 recipient. The award honors him for his many contributions in electronic design automation, spanning over three decades. The Phil Kaufman Award, was presented to Dr. Gummel on November 8, 1994 at the organization's Executive Forum held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.

Dr. Gummel joined Bell Labs in 1957 where he worked on the numerical simulation of bipolar transistors and co-authored with H. C. Poon the integral charge control model for bipolar transistors. In 1967, he headed a group responsible for developing computer aids for integrated circuits. Over the years, his team created programs for layout, design-rule checking, circuit extraction, logic and circuit simulation and interconnect analysis.

EDAC's Award is named in honor of EDA industry pioneer Phil Kaufman, who turned innovative technologies like silicon compilation and emulation into businesses that have greatly benefited electronic designers.

According to Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, president and CEO of Mentor Graphics, EDAC's vice-chair and the Phil Kaufman Award Nominating Committee chairman, "EDAC's Phil Kaufman Award honors those who have driven widespread use of new techniques in design automation. Hermann Gummel is one of those drivers. This Award honors his role as a catalyst in the development of tools for: semiconductor device analysis and modeling, layout, design-rule checking, circuit extraction, logic simulation, circuit simulation, and interconnect analysis."

Richard Newton, a member of the Nominating Committee added, "Hermann Gummel has made many fundamental contributions to central areas in EDA. In addition, he has been a role model for an entire generation of design technology researchers. Many of today's researchers would be surprised by the number of tools and techniques that can be traced back to Hermann Gummel and his team."

Criteria for the Phil Kaufman award includes:

* Individuals responsible for driving technological advances in EDA
* Technology contribution must have measurable impact on productivity in IC or system design.
* Actual implementation is required, but not commercialization

For more information about the Phil Kaufman Award contact: EDAC, Phil Kaufman Award, 255 N. Market Street, Suite 125, San Jose, CA 95110, Telephone: 408-287-6371, Fax: 408-287-7981, dfritz@interim.com.
EDAC is an international association of companies engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of design tools to the electronic engineering community. These EDA (Electronic Design Automation) companies provide fundamental development technology to the worldwide electronics market, which is estimated to be over $200 billion annually. Formed in 1989, EDAC's mission is to foster communication and cooperation between EDA companies, customers, and stakeholders, driving industry-wide solutions to industry wide problems.

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Phil Kaufman Background:
Phil Kaufman died July 17, 1992 on a business trip in Japan. He spent more than a quarter-of-a-century in the computer industry and was an active EDAC member. His experience encompassed hardware, software, semiconductors, EDA and computer architecture. He was CEO of Quickturn Systems, now known as Quickturn Design Systems, and accelerated the use of emulation , a new design automation technology for fast IC development. In addition Mr. Kaufman was chairman and president of Silicon Compiler Systems where he was instrumental in advancing the concept of silicon compilation.

Prior to joining the EDA industry Mr. Kaufman was a manager in Intel's microprocessor component group. He was the driving force behind the IEEE Ethernet Standard, and was instrumental in developing the IEEE Floating Point Standard. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, holds several patents and began his career in EDA at Computer Automation, Inc.