ens ics ▁tools ▁he ▁developed ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁in ▁lit ig ation ▁world wide , ▁and ▁his ▁book , ▁" The ▁Software ▁IP ▁Det ect ive ' s ▁Hand book ," ▁is ▁considered ▁the ▁standard ▁text book ▁for ▁software ▁for ens ics . ▁ ▁Ze id man ▁is ▁also ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁developing ▁embedded ▁systems . ▁Since ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁Ze id man ▁has ▁designed ▁AS IC s , ▁F PG As , ▁and ▁PC ▁bo ards ▁for ▁R IS C - based ▁parallel ▁processor ▁systems , ▁vector ▁super comput ers , ▁las er ▁printer s , ▁hardware ▁em ul ators , ▁network ▁switch es ▁and ▁rou ters , ▁and ▁various ▁real - time ▁systems . ▁His ▁clients ▁have ▁included ▁Apple ▁Computer , ▁Cad ence ▁Design ▁Systems , ▁C is co ▁Systems , ▁Intel , ▁M ent or ▁Graphics , ▁Ric oh ▁Systems , ▁and ▁Texas ▁Inst ru ments . ▁ ▁Ze id man ▁received ▁a ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁in ▁elect rical ▁engineering ▁from ▁Stan ford ▁University , ▁and ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degrees ▁in ▁elect rical ▁engineering ▁and ▁physics ▁from ▁Corn ell ▁University . ▁He ▁holds ▁ 2 2 ▁granted ▁pat ents ▁and ▁four ▁pending ▁pat ents . ▁ ▁Ze id man ▁founded ▁many ▁companies , ▁seven ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁still ▁operating ▁under ▁his ▁leadership : ▁Z ▁Enter pr ises ▁( nov el ty ▁items ▁from ▁Sil icon ▁Valley ; ▁May ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁– ▁present ); ▁Ze id man ▁Cons ult ing