Accellera Systems Initiative Posthumously Honors Phil Moorby with 2023 Technical Excellence Award
ELK GROVE, Calif., March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera) announced today that Phil Moorby, the inventor of the Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL) who passed away in September 2022, is honored posthumously with the Accellera 2023 Technical Excellence Award.
- ELK GROVE, Calif., March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera) announced today that Phil Moorby, the inventor of the Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL) who passed away in September 2022, is honored posthumously with the Accellera 2023 Technical Excellence Award.
- The award was established to recognize the outstanding achievements of an individual and their significant contributions to the development of its standards.
- He was honored with many awards for his work, including the prestigious Phil Kaufman Award in 2005.
- “Phil Moorby invented and evolved the Verilog language, which has become the mainstay for the design of devices we all use every day,” stated Martin Barnasconi, Accellera Technical Committee Chair.