Robert Aslett Named Si2 President and CEO

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Silicon Integration Initiative today announced that it appointed Robert Aslett as president and chief executive officer. He is responsible for elevating the profile and impact of Si2 to be an indispensable partner for improving efficiencies through IC design flow integration and standards development in the semiconductor industry.

A former Intel engineering vice president and general manager, Aslett has over 30 years of experience leading global technical organizations. At Intel, he held multiple leadership roles in strategy, research, development and support of electronic design automation (EDA) software, methods and flows for designing and validating integrated circuits. He led Intel’s central design technology organization responsible for providing and integrating a complete set of EDA software applications, flows and integrated systems that spanned system level, architecture, RTL, circuit and physical design. For 10 years, Aslett also led the Strategic CAD Labs and was responsible for researching and delivering novel software algorithms, applications and design methodologies.

After leaving Intel, Aslett became an investor partner with Social Venture Partners of Portland, a leader in applying venture philanthropy to create social impact. Through his work with SVP, he applied his management and leadership skills to multiple nonprofit enterprises to increase their organizational capacity. For the past two years, he was a guest lecturer at Portland State University's graduate class for Engineering and Technology Management, which utilizes the book he co-authored, “A Perspective on Holistic Engineering Management.”

“Rob has a proven track record of successful leadership in the semiconductor industry, broad understanding of the EDA market and demonstrated ability to drive innovation and growth,” said Pankaj Kukkal, Si2 board chair and vice president, Global SOC Enablement Team, Qualcomm Technologies. “We are fortunate to have someone with the depth and breadth in EDA and Design as the new CEO.”

About Si2

Silicon Integration Initiative is a leading research and development joint venture providing standard interoperability solutions for the design of electronic systems. Si2 activities are conducted under the auspices of The National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. This fundamental law defines R&D joint ventures and offers them significant protection against federal antitrust laws. Si2 has more than 70 members, including semiconductor and fabless manufacturers, foundries and EDA companies.

Primary Initiatives

• OpenAccess Coalition — supports one of the world's most widely used open-reference databases for IC design.
• Compact Model Coalition — funds, develops and optimizes standard compact SPICE models and interfaces.
• Unified Power Model Working Group — enables modeling consistency.
• Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Special Interest Group — identifies and enables best practices in AI/ML strategies for EDA.
• Technology Interoperability Trajectory Advisory CouNcil (TITAN) — serves the Si2 board in an advisory role, identifying industry infrastructural gaps in design automation interoperability.