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 Sequence
CEO Vic Kulkarni Offers Thoughts On Globalization Of Tech Biz
In Major Interview |
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SANTA CLARA,
Calif. - Oct. 4, 2006 - Vic Kulkarni, president and CEO of
Sequence Design, EDA technology leader in low-power design,
is the featured interview in EDA Weekly, discussing his long
career, the impact of globalization on business, and how Sequence
is achieving success, particularly with its India R&D
operations.
The full interview can be found online at:
http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_weekly.php?articleid=305386.
Among the highlights in Kulkarni's interview, conducted by
one of the top U.S.
EDA correspondents, Peggy Aycinena,
are:
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- So, we have learned that the very first thing you have
to get rid of in the move to globalization is the concept
of headquarters, say, on the ground in Silicon Valley. Today,
for Sequence, the headquarters are wherever I am at the
time. It is not a big, bureaucratic headquarters centered
in Santa Clara. I have to go out and talk with my product
teams all over the world. That's true globalization.
- (Startup companies) must show a strategy for establishing
distinct Centers of Excellence around the world. Nobody
wants to fund a company anymore that's purely Silicon-Valley
based.
- In the EDA world, we are beginning to think about our
customers' customers - and the solutions are a combination
of IP, EDA tools, and focused customer consulting. People
ask us, for instance, "Vic, can you help us design
a low-power cell phone?"
- . . . end customers, companies like ATI or ARM or Philips,
are asking for standardization. And, this is one reason
we are excited to have announced our support for the CPF,
the Common Power Format. The end result will be to produce
design intent in such a way that, frankly, no single company
will have a monopoly.
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| A company with global reach,
Sequence maintains sales, support, and R&D facilities in
the United States, Japan, and in India. In the past five years,
Sequence has invested Rs. 20 Crores (over $4.5 million) in its
India-based R&D operations alone. Kulkarni has shown leadership
and innovation in his establishment of a strong international
corporate culture. The company has a growing customer base of
multinational semiconductor companies in India, particularly
in Bangalore's technology-rich environment, and has recently
expanded its "Center of Excellence" in Noida's Logix
Techno Park. |
| About Sequence |
| Sequence Design accelerates
the ability of SoC designers to bring high-performance, power-aware
ICs quickly to market. Sequence's power and signal- integrity
software solutions give customers the competitive advantage
necessary to excel in aggressive technology markets, despite
the demanding complexity and time-to-market issues of nanometer
design. Sequence serves over 150 customers worldwide, in application
segments such as consumer, wireless, mobile computing, multimedia,
cell phones, digital cameras, network-on-chip processors, and
other power-sensitive markets. The company was named by Reed
Electronics as one of the top 10 companies to watch in the electronics
industry, and was recently selected as one of high-tech's Top
100 companies by siliconindia magazine. Sequence has worldwide
development and field-service operations and is privately held.
Please see sequencedesign.com. |
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