With multiple system design scenarios such as system-in-package, system-on-chip, mixed-signal design integration, hybrid substrates, 3D integrated ICs, and multicore multiprocessors, the pressure on robust package electrical design is increasing exponentially. There is a significant need for crosstalk control, co-simulation, and incremental design enhancement in a variety of design methodologies while ensuring accurate simulation of full-wave electromagnetic effects.

The modeling, extraction, and simulation environment is further complicated by the need to model across hierarchies at the chip and package-board levels. At the same time, the need to effectively and accurately analyze and optimize the chip-package-board environment is critical for developing cost-efficient systems. This panel brings together experts in design and simulation of ICs and packages to discuss the interactions between the two domains and the needed enhancements in electronic design automation solutions.

Vikram Jandhyala Founder and CEO Physware, Inc.

In addition to Physware, Inc., Dr. Jandhyala directs the Applied Computational Engineering Lab and is an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington. He has authored approximately 200 journal and conference papers. He received his BTech from IIT Delhi and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, all in EE. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award and is a senior member of the IEEE.

Bruce Archambeault Distinguished Engineer IBM

Dr. Archambeault leads EMC tool development and use on a variety of products. He has authored or co-authored a number of publications on computational electromagnetics applied to real-world EMC problems and authored the book PCB Design for Real-World EMI Control. Dr. Archambeault is a member of the board of directors of the IEEE EMC Society and past board member of the ACES. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Rajen Murugan Signal Integrity Engineer Texas Instruments

Dr. Murugan's focus is on developing electrical and physical co-design/simulation flows for wireless and RF designs. He holds patents in the area of electrical impedance tomography and signal integrity, is published in refereed journals, and has served as an academic referee for the Institute of Physics Publishing since 1998. Dr. Murugan holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada.

Judy Priest Principal Engineer and SI Manager Cisco Systems, Inc.

Dr. Priest has been working for more than 20 years in the area of signaling technology, circuit, interconnect, and timing specification, design, and verification in chip and system applications. She works cross-functionally with architects, design, and manufacturing for product optimization. Dr. Priest is a recognized expert and has been an invited speaker at international electronics and packaging conferences, and she has participated in several IEEE and JEDEC standards committees. She has previously worked at Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, and Atheros Communications.

Kaladhar Radhakrishnan Manager, Power Delivery Core Competency Team, Assembly Technology Development Intel

Dr. Radhakrishnan joined Intel in 2000. His primary focus is on enabling power delivery solutions for high-power microprocessors. Dr. Radhakrishnan holds multiple patents in the area of design and assembly of microprocessors and has more than 30 journal and conference publications. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Andrew Yang Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman Apache

Dr. Yang has been an active entrepreneur and investor in EDA since 1993, when he founded Anagram, a high-capacity simulation solutions provider for deep-submicron ICs. He was a lead investor and a director of a number of EDA start-ups, including CADMOS (now Cadence), Ultima (now Cadence), InnoLogic (now Synopsys), and Mojave (now Magma). Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was a tenured professor at the University of Washington until 1996.