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Tom Beckley |
Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Custom IC and Simulation, Silicon Realization Group |
Tom Beckley is senior vice president of research and development for custom IC and simulation in the Silicon Realization Group, reporting to Chi-Ping Hsu. His responsibilities include developing the Cadence Virtuoso® custom design platform; driving the simulation, extraction, physical verification, and DFM technologies; and managing the OpenAccess (OA) database and central architecture and technology (CAT) teams, which provide database technology, software platforms, widgets, formats, and subsystems.
Tom joined Cadence in 2004 via the acquisition of Neolinear, where he served as President and CEO. Neolinear developed innovative auto-interactive and automated analog/RF tools and solutions for mixed-signal design.
Prior to Neolinear, Tom was head of the Systems Division at Avant! Corporation. He came to Avant! through the acquisition of Xynetix Design Systems, the market leader in advanced IC packaging and systems-level virtual prototyping where he was President and CEO. Prior to Xynetix, Beckley held engineering and management positions at Harris Corporation and General Motors. Tom received his BS in mathematics and physics from Kalamazoo College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. |
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