Anirudh Devgan

Anirudh Devgan (born September 15, 1969) is an Indian-American computer scientist and business executive.

Since 2021, Devgan has served as president and CEO of Cadence Design Systems, and previously worked at IBM and Magma Design Automation.

Early life and education Anirudh Devgan was born on September 15, 1969 in India. he attended IIT Delhi from 1986 until 1990, graduating with a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical engineering.

Moving to the United States to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, He ultimately spent 12 years at IBM where he held various roles such as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the company's Custom Design Business Unit. During his seven years at Magma, that focuses on tools to aid in chip design. Devgan joined the Cadence board of directors in August 2021, and in December 2021 he was promoted to CEO. He succeeded Lip-Bu Tan. Devgan had established Cadence's Intelligent System Design strategy by 2022, focusing on incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning into the company's products and software platforms.

By 2023, Devgan had been quoted by publications such as The New York Times on matters relating to software and chip manufacturing. Interviewed for CNBC's Closing Bell about Cadence's financials in February 2023, Devgan asserted that almost any chip designed in the world was done so with Cadence software. He appeared again on CNBC in May 2023 on Mad Money with Jim Cramer, again to discuss the semiconductor industry and Cadence. In September 2023, he was quoted by Bloomberg stating the US should invest more in semiconductor packaging to ensure it was leading in areas such as artificial intelligence. He was a speaker at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology Media and Communications Conference in May 2024.

Research Much of Devgan's research is centered on electronic design automation (EDA), with contributions in areas such as circuit simulation, physical design and signoff, statistical design and optimization, and verification and hardware platforms, among others. His contributions include results in parallel, distributed and cloud computing for commercial EDA applications the cloud computing era. Devgan holds 27 U.S. patents and has received best paper awards from both the Design Automation Conference (DAC) and International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD).

Boards He currently serves on the boards of the Global Semiconductor Alliance

Awards and honors Announced in November 2006, in 2007 he was elected an IEEE Fellow for "contributions to electrical analysis, and simulation of integrated circuits." He then received the 2021 Phil Kaufman Award for his contributions to electronic design automation, and in 2023 was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering "for technical and business leadership in the electronic design automation industry."

Personal life Devgan resides in the Bay Area of California.