Richard Newton
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., EECS 1975-01-01 - 1978-01-01
University of Melbourne
M. Eng. Sci., EEE 1973-01-01 - 1975-01-01
University of Melbourne
B. Eng., EEE 1969-01-01 - 1972-01-01Work Experience
University of California, Berkeley
Current
University of California, Berkeley
Summary
* Faculty at UCB since 1979. Dean of College of Engineering since 2000. * Co-founder of a number of high-technology companies, including Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys. * Board member: Synopsys (http://www.synopsys.com) Tensilica (http://www.tensilica.com) Crossbow (http://www.xbow.com) Bluestar (http://www.bluestar.com) * Venture Partner, Tallwood Venture Capital (http://www.tallwoodvc.com) * Board of Trustees, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (http://www.abi.org) * Current passions: Empowering the global poor through affordable information and communication systems and services, development of low cost and renewable energy sources, synthetic biology. Specialties: Electronic Design Automation, Semiconductors, Digital System Architecture
