About the Author
Samir Palnitkar is the President of Jambo Systems, Inc., a leading ASIC design and verificationservices company and a Verisity Verification Alliance partner. He previously founded IntegratedIntellectual Property, Inc., an ASIC company that was acquired by Lattice Semiconductor, Inc.,and Obongo, Inc., an e-commerce software firm that was acquired by AOL Time Warner, Inc. Heholds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute ofTechnology, Kanpur; a Master's in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington,Seattle; and an MBA degree from San Jose State University, San Jose, California. Heis a recognized authority on e, Verilog HDL, modeling, verification, logic synthesis, andEDA-based methodologies in digital design. He has worked extensively with design andverification on various successful microprocessor, ASIC, and system projects; worked on manye-based projects; and trained hundreds of students on e since 1997.