Suhas Patil
Encyclopedia
Dr. Suhas S. Patil, born 1944 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
, India
, is a Silicon Valley
entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist
. He founded the company Cirrus Logic
a fabless semiconductor
company.
He received his bachelor's degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and MSEE and PhD from MIT.
Patil founded Patil Systems, Inc., (1981) in Salt Lake City, which was renamed as Cirrus Logic in 1984 when it moved to Silicon Valley. He is the Chairman Emeritus
of Cirrus Logic from 1997. He is the Chairman of Digité, Inc., which was earlier named Tufan Infotech and is also Chairman of the Board of Cradle Technologies. He also serves on the boards of The Tech Museum and the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Patil co-founded a global not for profit organization, the TiE
– The Ind-US Entrepreneurs in 1992, together with successful entrepreneurs and businessmen of Indian origin in Silicon Valley for nurturing and mentoring entrepreneurs and young companies. He served as TiE's first president. Patil is an angel investor
in numerous start-ups, like Vitalect
.
, Parallel Processing
, Mathematics for Computer Science
and Design Methodology.
. While at MIT, he also served as assistant director of Project MAC (Multi-Access Computer), the largest computer science laboratory in the U.S, where the timesharing computer system was developed. At MIT, he worked in the area of Computer Architecture and related topics.
He was an associate professor of computer science at the University of Utah
College of Engineering
from 1975 to 1980, where he started the VLSI group and worked on design methodology for complex integrated circuits.
As a gift to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Patil awarded $1.5 million for the construction of the Suhas and Jayashree Patil Conference Center at the Stata Center
. Dr. Patil said in reference to his gift, "The Stata Center is an interdisciplinary facility. To do cutting-edge research that influences society, we need to span several fields. The hallmark of a great institution is it attracts great people who work together. We wanted our gift to support this kind of place."
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is a Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
. He founded the company Cirrus Logic
Cirrus Logic
Cirrus Logic is a fabless semiconductor supplier specializing in analog, mixed-signal, and audio DSP integrated circuits . They are presently headquartered in Austin, Texas. Their audio processors and audio converters are found in many professional audio and consumer entertainment products,...
a fabless semiconductor
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
company.
He received his bachelor's degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and MSEE and PhD from MIT.
Patil founded Patil Systems, Inc., (1981) in Salt Lake City, which was renamed as Cirrus Logic in 1984 when it moved to Silicon Valley. He is the Chairman Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
of Cirrus Logic from 1997. He is the Chairman of Digité, Inc., which was earlier named Tufan Infotech and is also Chairman of the Board of Cradle Technologies. He also serves on the boards of The Tech Museum and the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Patil co-founded a global not for profit organization, the TiE
TiE
TiE is a global nonprofit dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship. TiE has 54 chapters in 13 countries, with a total membership exceeding 13,000. TiE is most closely affiliated with the South Asian business community, and is recognized as an important networking forum for entrepreneurs and investors...
– The Ind-US Entrepreneurs in 1992, together with successful entrepreneurs and businessmen of Indian origin in Silicon Valley for nurturing and mentoring entrepreneurs and young companies. He served as TiE's first president. Patil is an angel investor
Angel investor
An angel investor or angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity...
in numerous start-ups, like Vitalect
Vitalect
Vitalect, Inc. is an e-learning company, providing online training and learning solutions to create and manage online content. Vitalect's flagship product Techniq is used for knowledge management, authoring, training , learning and certification.Pran Kurup is the founder, president, and CEO of...
.
Patents and Research Papers
Patil is recipient of several patents in the field of integrated circuits and has over 40 scientific papers covering the areas of Computer ArchitectureComputer architecture
In computer science and engineering, computer architecture is the practical art of selecting and interconnecting hardware components to create computers that meet functional, performance and cost goals and the formal modelling of those systems....
, Parallel Processing
Parallel computing
Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously, operating on the principle that large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which are then solved concurrently . There are several different forms of parallel computing: bit-level,...
, Mathematics for Computer Science
Theoretical computer science
Theoretical computer science is a division or subset of general computer science and mathematics which focuses on more abstract or mathematical aspects of computing....
and Design Methodology.
Academia
Patil received his bachelor's degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. From 1970 until 1975, Patil was assistant professor of electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. While at MIT, he also served as assistant director of Project MAC (Multi-Access Computer), the largest computer science laboratory in the U.S, where the timesharing computer system was developed. At MIT, he worked in the area of Computer Architecture and related topics.
He was an associate professor of computer science at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
College of Engineering
University of Utah College of Engineering
The University of Utah College of Engineering is an academic college of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The college offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering and computer science.-History:...
from 1975 to 1980, where he started the VLSI group and worked on design methodology for complex integrated circuits.
As a gift to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Patil awarded $1.5 million for the construction of the Suhas and Jayashree Patil Conference Center at the Stata Center
Stata Center
The Ray and Maria Stata Center or Building 32 is a academic complex designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . The building opened for initial occupancy on March 16, 2004...
. Dr. Patil said in reference to his gift, "The Stata Center is an interdisciplinary facility. To do cutting-edge research that influences society, we need to span several fields. The hallmark of a great institution is it attracts great people who work together. We wanted our gift to support this kind of place."
Education
- Honorary D. Sc. for his work in science and industry, IIT Kharagpur, 1995
- D.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), MIT, 1970
- M.S.E.E, MIT, 1967
- B. Tech (Hons) (Electronics and Electrical Engineering), IIT Kharagpur, 1965
External links
- Biography in IIT Kharagpur Alumni Directory
- Profile on Forbes.com
- http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/revolution/patil/
- http://www.digite.com/about/board.htm
- http://www.cirrus.com/en/about/executives/bios/E12.html
- http://www.computerhistory.org/about/board/bios/patil.shtml
- http://www.vitalect.com/content/investors.htm
- http://www.cradle.com/aboutus/dir_drspatil_bio.shtml