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| Dr. Suhas Patil - Transformation from educationist to an entrepreneur |
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Dr.
Suhas Patil is founder and chairman emeritus of Cirrus Logic Inc a leading semi conductor
company. Before leading this company he was an associate professor of computer science at
the University of Utah where he started the VLSI group and worked on design methodology
for complex integrated circuits. Cirrus Logic has grown to be a major semiconductor
company developing, manufacturing and marketing integrated circuits for personal
computers, communications and consumer electronics. |
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Patil was born in
Jamshedpur, India in 1944. He did his B. Tech (Honors) in electronics and electrical
communications from Indian Institute of Technology in 1965, an Masters of Science degree
in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1967, the doctor of science (EE) from MIT in 1970,
and an honorary doctor of science degree from Indian Institute of Technology in 1995. He
is also on the board of Cirrus Logic, RightWorks, and Aspirian, Inc. He has received
numerous awards and recognition.
Dr. Patil has over 40
scientific papers covering these areas of research and he is also the recipient of several
patents in the field of Integrated Circuits. He serves on the board of The Indus
Entrepreneurs, the Association of Indians in America and is a member of the Board of
Overseers of the Computer Museum.
While at MIT, he also
served as assistant director of Project MAC (Multi-Access Computer), the largest computer
science laboratory in the U.S, where the timesharing computer system was developed. At
MIT, he worked in the area of Computer Architecture and related topics.
In 1981 Dr. Patil started
Patil Systems Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah based on his academic research. In 1984 he
moved Patil Systems to Silicon Valley in California where the company was renamed Cirrus
Logic Inc. Cirrus Logic has grown to be a major semiconductor company developing,
manufacturing and marketing integrated circuits for personal computers,
communications and consumer electronics. |
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In 1992 Dr. Patil
together with other successful entrepreneurs and businessmen of Indian origin in the
Silicon Valley formed a non-profit organization called TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, to
nurture and assist upcoming entrepreneurs in their endeavor to start and grow successful
companies. Dr. Patil was elected its first president and under his leadership TiE became
an effective and respected organization nurturing and mentoring entrepreneurs and young
companies. CyberMedia, first of such companies to be helped by TiE, has become very
successful with their software for automatically fixing personal computers.
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