Outline Outline u My Background My Background— —A Context for my Comments A Context for my Comments u u “Berkeley’s” Credentials “Berkeley’s” Credentials u v People People Impact Impact Reputation Reputation Brand Brand Value Value People People v u Why is this Topic Increasingly Important Today? Why is this Topic Increasingly Important Today? u v The Evolving (Critical?) Role of the Modern Research University The Evolving (Critical?) Role of the Modern Research University v u Diffusing Knowledge & Understanding Diffusing Knowledge & Understanding u v An Example: Electronic Design Automation (EDA) An Example: Electronic Design Automation (EDA) v v Transfer what? Transfer what? v u Facilitating Invention & Diffusion Facilitating Invention & Diffusion u v The Moon Shot Principle The Moon Shot Principle— —Use Use- -inspired basic research inspired basic research v Dean A. Richard Newton Dean A. Richard Newton v The Priests versus the Shamans The Priests versus the Shamans v u Impeding Collaboration & Diffusion Impeding Collaboration & Diffusion u v Example: Faculty consulting in the UC system today Example: Faculty consulting in the UC system today v u Grew up in Melbourne, Australia, 1951-1975 ◆ Founder, Cadence Design Systems, 1982 v Left because I met UCB Prof. Don Pederson in Melb. and helped him with SPICE—Open Source ◆ Founder & Director, Synopsys, 1987 u Ph.D. Student, UC Berkeley, 1975-78 v Continued work on SPICE at UCB v Observed problems arising from student consulting u Professor, UC Berkeley, 1979-present ◆ Together, these companies represent: v Worked with Sematech, MCC, Bell Labs, Xerox PARC, Interval Research, many high-tech co’s. ▲ 9,000 jobs, $2.5B revenues, $8B market cap. v Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering and ▲ Represent over half of the industry revenues Computer Sciences, 1999-2000 and this is an industry that the US dominates v Dean of Engineering, 2001-present u Venture Partner, The Mayfield Fund, 1988-2002 u Founding Director, The Founding Director, The Gigascale Gigascale Systems Systems u v Helped found 20+ high technology companies Research Center ( Research Center (www.gigascale.org www.gigascale.org), 1998 ), 1998- -2002 2002 v Attended partner’s meetings v Established in 1998 to address the challenges of the Established in 1998 to address the challenges of the v growing chip design productivity gap growing chip design productivity gap Founded in 1969 $1.5B of capital under management v Cosponsored by government (DARPA) and industry (SIA) Cosponsored by government (DARPA) and industry (SIA) v > 300 companies funded v One of six MARCO national research centers One of six MARCO national research centers v Market value > $100B v Annual research budget of around $8M Annual research budget of around $8M v u Venture Partner, Tallwood Venture Capital, 2002- v In 2000 had grown to 24 faculty at 11 universities, 11 In 2000 had grown to 24 faculty at 11 universities, 11 v present postdocs, 56 PhD students, many industrial fellows postdocs , 56 PhD students, many industrial fellows Dean Richard Newton Page 1 newton@coe.berkeley.edu
Outline Outline u My Background My Background— —A Context for my Comments A Context for my Comments u ◆ Acting CEO, Silicon Light Machines, u “Berkeley’s” Credentials “Berkeley’s” Credentials u Jan-Aug 1994 v v People People Impact Impact Reputation Reputation Brand Value Brand Value People People u Why is this Topic Increasingly Important Today? Why is this Topic Increasingly Important Today? u v The Evolving (Critical?) Role of the Modern Research University The Evolving (Critical?) Role of the Modern Research University v ◆ Director, Simplex Solutions, Tensilica, Crossbow u Diffusing Knowledge & Understanding Diffusing Knowledge & Understanding u v An Example: Electronic Design Automation (EDA) An Example: Electronic Design Automation (EDA) v v Transfer what? Transfer what? v u Facilitating Invention & Diffusion Facilitating Invention & Diffusion u v The Moon Shot Principle The Moon Shot Principle— —Use Use- -inspired basic research inspired basic research v v The Priests versus the Shamans The Priests versus the Shamans v ◆ Member, Technical Advisory Board, Microsoft u Impeding Collaboration & Diffusion Impeding Collaboration & Diffusion u Research Laboratories (with Ed Lazowska) v Example: Faculty consulting in the UC system today Example: Faculty consulting in the UC system today v Berkeley Engineering: A Tradition of Impact in Research Berkeley Engineering: A Tradition of Impact in Research u Pre Pre- -stressed Concrete stressed Concrete u u Ground Fault Interrupter Ground Fault Interrupter u u Berkeley Unix Berkeley Unix 7000 u u Relational Database Technology (following IBM) Relational Database Technology (following IBM) u 6000 u Electronic Design Automation: SPICE to Synopsys Electronic Design Automation: SPICE to Synopsys u u RISC (with Stanford), RAID RISC (with Stanford), RAID 5000 u u CyberCut online manufacturing systems CyberCut online manufacturing systems u 4000 u NOW (Networks of Workstations) NOW (Networks of Workstations) u Applications u Salmon with antifreeze (grapes next?) Salmon with antifreeze (grapes next?) u 3000 Admits u IEEE Floating Point IEEE Floating Point u 2000 u Infopad (now called Infopad (now called WebPad WebPad, , TabletPC TabletPC,…) ,…) u u Semiconductor Devices & Modeling Semiconductor Devices & Modeling u 1000 u MEMS, Smart Dust, … MEMS, Smart Dust, … u 0 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 u Berkeley faculty are fundamentally Berkeley faculty are fundamentally motivated by high motivated by high- - u potential potential- -impact, long impact, long- -range research range research Outline Outline Such approaches must be global Such approaches must be global u My Background My Background— —A Context for my Comments A Context for my Comments and should include partnerships and should include partnerships u among universities, industries, among universities, industries, u “Berkeley’s” Credentials “Berkeley’s” Credentials u and governments and governments v People People Impact Impact Reputation Reputation Brand Brand Value Value People People v u Why is this Topic Increasingly Important Today? Why is this Topic Increasingly Important Today? u v The Evolving (Critical?) Role of the Modern Research University The Evolving (Critical?) Role of the Modern Research University v The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC): u Diffusing Knowledge & Understanding Diffusing Knowledge & Understanding u The end of a critical institution ! v An Example: Electronic Design Automation (EDA) An Example: Electronic Design Automation (EDA) v v Transfer what? Transfer what? v u Facilitating Invention & Diffusion Facilitating Invention & Diffusion We must find new approaches u We must find new approaches v The Moon Shot Principle The Moon Shot Principle— —Use Use- -inspired basic research inspired basic research to effective collaborative to effective collaborative v research management in an research management in an v The Priests versus the Shamans The Priests versus the Shamans v era of hyper era of hyper- -development development u Impeding Collaboration & Diffusion Impeding Collaboration & Diffusion u v Example: Faculty consulting in the UC system today Example: Faculty consulting in the UC system today v Aerial view of Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey: A shadow of its former self… Dean Richard Newton Page 2 newton@coe.berkeley.edu
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