Test Pioneer wins EDAA Lifetime Achievement Award 2007
Just tripped on this item while researching for a future post… and apparently it’s fresh:
T.W. Williams, a Synopsys Fellow and true pioneer of modern test methods has been given the European Design Automation Association (EDAA) Lifetime Achievement Award for 2007. The honor is “given to individuals who made outstanding contributions to the state of the art in electronic design, automation and testing of electronic systems in their life.” The link to the press release is here.
In case you’re not familiar with the name, Dr. Williams, along with Edward Eichelberger, published the original paper describing a scan test method using Level-sensitive Scan Design (LSSD) structures, in 1977. He’s published many papers since then building upon that methodology, and has contributed greatly toward establishing scan/ATPG as a de facto standard test methodology. I’d say he’s made my job, and that of many of you out there, much easier.
My hat’s off to you, Dr. Williams - congrats!
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