WILSONVILLE, USA: Mentor Graphics Corp. recently announced the hiring of industry veteran Dr. Srinivas Mandavilli as Product Line Director for the Integrated Silicon Systems (ISS) business unit with responsibility for a wide breadth of FPGA design products including synthesis and FPGA/PCB co-design.

The addition of Dr. Mandavilli and establishment of the ISS R&D organization in India emphasizes the Mentor Graphics commitment to support FPGA design and its importance to the development of advanced electronic products, said a press release.

Dr. Mandavilli will report directly to Henry Potts, Mentor VP and GM of the Systems Design Division, responsible for approximately 30 percent of the Mentor business.

Dr. Mandavilli has held engineering and management positions in the past at Motorola, Hitachi, and Ionic Microsystems, and was co-founder of Lucivid Software Systems. He also had seven years at Mentor Graphics where he managed the Hyderabad R&D center with engineering management responsibility spanning several areas of advanced technology development, the release added.

“It is a pleasure to have Srinivas back with Mentor,” stated Henry Potts. “FPGA design and optimization is a critical part of advanced systems design for our customers and the focus on those products, with this investment in India, will ensure their success in the marketplace.”