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'''Suhas S. Patil''' (born 1944) is an entrepreneur and [[venture capitalist]]. He founded [[Cirrus Logic]], a [[Fabless manufacturing|fabless]] [[semiconductor]] company. Patil's work has covered [[computer architecture]], [[parallel processing]] computers, [[very-large-scale integration]] devices, and [[integrated circuit design]] automation software.<ref>{{cite web|title=Executive Profile: Suhas S. Patil|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=558566&privcapId=26515|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> He also serves on the boards of [[The Tech Museum]] and the [[World Affairs Councils of America|World Affairs Council of Northern California]]. He is known for describing the "[[cigarette smokers problem]]" for [[concurrent computing]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|title=ThreadMentor: The Cigarette Smokers Problem|url=https://pages.mtu.edu/~shene/NSF-3/e-Book/SEMA/TM-example-smoker.html|website=ThreadMentor|publisher=Michigan Technological University|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The cigarette smokers|url=https://blog.ksub.org/bytes/2016/01/31/the-cigarette-smokers/|website=Marcelo Bytes|accessdate=18 August 2017|date=31 January 2016}}</ref>
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'''Suhas S. Patil''' (born 1944) is an entrepreneur and [[venture capitalist]]. He founded [[Cirrus Logic]], a [[Fabless manufacturing|fabless]] [[semiconductor]] company. He received his bachelor's degree in engineering from the [[IIT Kharagpur|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 [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|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]].<ref>http://www.vitalect.com/content/investors.htm</ref>


==Biography==
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 Technology]]. 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. As a gift to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Patil awarded $1.5 million for the construction of the Suhas and Jayashree Patil Conference Center at the [[Stata Center]]. From 1977 to 1981, he was a member of the faculty at the [[University of Utah]] School of Computing.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.cs.utah.edu/about/history/|website=School of Computing|publisher=University of Utah|accessdate=17 August 2017}}</ref>
Patil grew up in [[Jamshedpur]], India. His father was the first person in the family to go to a university and get an engineering degree and worked at [[Tata Steel]] while Patil was growing up.<ref name="oralhist">{{cite web|last1=Fairbairn|first1=Douglas|title=Oral History of Dr. Suhas Patil|url=http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2013/01/102702410-05-01-acc.pdf|website=Computer History Museum|accessdate=18 August 2017|date=2 August 2010}}</ref> Patil went to study intermediate science at [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]] and then to the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] for his bachelors degree in electrical engineering.<ref name="oralhist"/> He attended the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] for his masters and doctorate degrees, graduating in 1967 and 1970 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rohilla|first1=Manmohan|title=Scholars Profile: Dr. Suhas Patil – IIT Kharagpur|url=http://iitscholar.com/dr-suhas-patil-iit-kharagpur/|website=IIT-Scholar|accessdate=18 August 2017|language=en|date=18 December 2014}}</ref> From 1970 until 1975, Patil was assistant professor of electrical engineering at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. 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. As a gift to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Patil awarded $1.5 million for the construction of the Suhas and Jayashree Patil Conference Center at the [[Stata Center]]. From 1977 to 1981, he was a member of the faculty at the [[University of Utah]] School of Computing.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.cs.utah.edu/about/history/|website=School of Computing|publisher=University of Utah|accessdate=17 August 2017}}</ref> Patil founded Patil Systems, Inc., in 1981 in [[Salt Lake City]], which was renamed as [[Cirrus Logic]] in 1984 when it moved to Silicon Valley.


==Personal life==
He originally described the [[cigarette smokers problem]] in 1971. His son is [[DJ Patil]], the first US Chief Data Scientist.
Patil's son is [[DJ Patil]], the first Chief Data Scientist of the [[United States Office of Science and Technology Policy]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 17:18, 18 August 2017

Suhas S. Patil (born 1944) is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He founded Cirrus Logic, a fabless semiconductor company. Patil's work has covered computer architecture, parallel processing computers, very-large-scale integration devices, and integrated circuit design automation software.[1] He also serves on the boards of The Tech Museum and the World Affairs Council of Northern California. He is known for describing the "cigarette smokers problem" for concurrent computing in 1971.[2][3]

Biography

Patil grew up in Jamshedpur, India. His father was the first person in the family to go to a university and get an engineering degree and worked at Tata Steel while Patil was growing up.[4] Patil went to study intermediate science at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and then to the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur for his bachelors degree in electrical engineering.[4] He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his masters and doctorate degrees, graduating in 1967 and 1970 respectively.[5] From 1970 until 1975, Patil was assistant professor of electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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. As a gift to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Patil awarded $1.5 million for the construction of the Suhas and Jayashree Patil Conference Center at the Stata Center. From 1977 to 1981, he was a member of the faculty at the University of Utah School of Computing.[6] Patil founded Patil Systems, Inc., in 1981 in Salt Lake City, which was renamed as Cirrus Logic in 1984 when it moved to Silicon Valley.

Personal life

Patil's son is DJ Patil, the first Chief Data Scientist of the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Executive Profile: Suhas S. Patil". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ "ThreadMentor: The Cigarette Smokers Problem". ThreadMentor. Michigan Technological University. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ "The cigarette smokers". Marcelo Bytes. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b Fairbairn, Douglas (2 August 2010). "Oral History of Dr. Suhas Patil" (PDF). Computer History Museum. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ Rohilla, Manmohan (18 December 2014). "Scholars Profile: Dr. Suhas Patil – IIT Kharagpur". IIT-Scholar. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. ^ "History". School of Computing. University of Utah. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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