The Phil Kaufman Award was established in 1994 by the EDA Consortium (now the Electronic System Design Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community) to recognize individuals for their impact on electronic design by their contributions to electronic design automation (EDA). The IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) became a co-sponsor in 2006. The award has been dubbed "The Nobel Prize of the EDA Industry". Contributions are evaluated in any of the following categories: Business Industry Direction and Promotion Technology and Engineering Educational and Mentoring The award was established to honor Phil Kaufman, the deceased former president of Quickturn Systems. Recipients All recipients are listed at the ESDA Phil Kaufman Award webpage. 2022: Giovanni De Micheli, for his significant impact on the electronic system design industry through pioneering technical contributions. 2021: Anirudh Devgan, Cadence Design Systems CEO for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic System Design. 2020: Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic 2019: Mary Jane Irwin, Pennsylvania State University, for her extensive contributions to EDA and the community. 2018: Thomas Williams, for his outstanding contributions to test automation and his overall impact on the electronics industry. 2017: Rob Rutenbar, for his contributions to algorithms and tools for analog and mixed-signal designs. 2016: Andrzej Strojwas, CMU professor and chief technologist of PDF Solutions, for his research in the area of design for manufacturing in the semiconductor industry. 2015: Walden C. Rhines, CEO of Mentor Graphics, for his efforts growing the EDA and IC design industries. 2014: Lucio Lanza, for helping numerous startups to develop innovative technologies. 2013: Chenming Hu, for major contributions to transistor modeling enabling the generation of FinFET based design. 2011: Chung Laung Liu, for his Distinguished Technical Contributions, Leadership Skills, and Business Acumen in Electronic Design Automation. 2010: Pat Pistilli, for pioneering the EDA industry and building the Design Automation Conference as its premiere showcase and networking platform 2009: Randal Bryant, CMU professor, for his seminal technological breakthroughs in the area of formal verification. 2008: Aart de Geus, Synopsys CEO for contributions to the EDA industry, more specifically the Design Compiler tool. 2007: Robert K. Brayton, known for work in logic synthesis, formal verification and formal equivalence checking. Co-developer of Espresso. 2006: Robert Dutton, creator of SUPREM (Stanford University Process Engineering Models) and PISCES (Poisson and Continuity Equation Solver) simulation tools and software used in Technology Computer Aided Design. 2005: Phil Moorby, inventor of Verilog 2004: Joseph Costello 2003: A. Richard