Accelicon Appoints Brian Chen, PhD as Chief Scientist
Cupertino, CA – January 2, 2010 – Accelicon Technologies, Inc, the leading device-modeling solutions and services provider worldwide, announces the appointment of Brian (Qiang) Chen, PhD as Chief Scientist. As Chief Scientist, Brian Chen will provide product strategy guidance for the fast-growing device-modeling EDA Corporation.
Brian Chen has extensive experience in advanced semiconductor design, transistor level modeling and EDA methodology development. As a Member of Technical Staff at AMD he conducted model extraction and device characterization for that company’s advanced-process SOI technologies and gained significant expertise related to modeling methodologies. Most recently Brian Chen served as an R&D Engineer at Synopsys working on DFM flow optimization.
Brian Chen holds a PhD and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he also conducted post-graduate work, and an MS and BS in Engineering from the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University. His research has been published extensively, he holds a patent in advanced SOI fabrication technologies, and is an industry recognized expert in the device modeling field.
"I am quite proud to have Brian Chen join the Accelicon team” said Tim K Smith, Accelicon’s CEO. “His industry and educational experience will be an invaluable asset to our company, and his work here will enhance our product offerings and support to our customers.”
About Accelicon Technologies, Inc.
Accelicon is the leading provider of device-level modeling solutions to the semiconductor industry. Solutions include MBP for SPICE model generation, MQA for SPICE model validation and PQA for sub-45nm design and model analysis. Accelicon, founded in 2002, serves over 100 customers throughout the world. Accelicon Technologies, Inc., 19925 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014.Email: info@accelicon.com Web: www.accelicon.com