NXP Semiconductors Executive Reelected Board Chair of Silicon Integration Initiative for 2024-2025
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NXP Semiconductors Executive Reelected Board Chair of Silicon Integration Initiative for 2024-2025

AUSTIN, Texas — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 8, 2024 — Pankaj Kukkal, executive vice president of MCU/MPU Engineering for NXP Semiconductors, has been reelected to a third term as board chair of Silicon Integration Initiative for 2024-2025.

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Pankaj Kukkal, executive vice president, MCU/MPU Engineering, NXP Semiconductors, was reelected board chair of Silicon Integration Initiative. (Photo: Business Wire)

Pankaj Kukkal, executive vice president, MCU/MPU Engineering, NXP Semiconductors, was reelected board chair of Silicon Integration Initiative. (Photo: Business Wire)

Kukkal joined the Si2 board in 2020 to advocate for improved integrated circuit design tool interoperability and assumed the chair role in 2022. Before NXP, he held executive leadership and engineering positions at Qualcomm and Intel, and design engineering positions at startup Knowledge Based Silicon and Ricoh Electronics.

Kukkal earned a bachelor’s of technology degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, and a master’s of science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Si2 is an R&D joint venture that advances design solutions of leading semiconductor manufacturers, foundries, fabless companies, and EDA software providers.

Newly elected members of the 2024-2025 Si2 board of directors and their committee affiliations are:

Returning members of the 2024-2025 Si2 board of directors and their committee affiliations are:

About the Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2)

The Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. (Si2) was founded in 1988 as the Common Framework Initiative (CFI). Si2 is a not-for-profit research and development joint venture funded by its member companies. CFI became Si2 in 1998 to reflect a transition from developing a common framework for all electronic design automation software tools to industry-acceptable solutions enabling interoperability. Si2 provides a collaborative environment utilized by engineers from over 60 design, EDA supplier, and foundry member companies. Engineers from member companies and academia work together to develop solutions that permit innovation while guaranteeing compatibility.



Contact:

Terry Berke
tberke@si2.org
737-326-7590