Your Innovation, Your Community 
March 30 – 31, 2022
A Virtual Experience

#SNUG2022

About SNUG Silicon Valley

SNUG brings together users and technical experts to network and share best practices for tackling design and verification challenges. By attending SNUG, attendees gain knowledge to use on current projects and discover ideas to spark future innovations. SNUG Silicon Valley will be conducted in a virtual format due to recent COVID-19 developments that have raised concerns among attendees and presenters about assembling in a large group, and about traveling for conferences. SNUG will still be taking place on March 30-31, 2022, and will offer user presentations, keynote addresses, panels, tutorials, and more. The SNUG team remains committed to delivering an exciting conference, driven by the always innovative Synopsys community.

Why Attend?

  • Erase boundaries and connect with the global community
  • Hear users showcase best practices for design & verification challenges
  • Attend tutorials for the latest advancements in Synopsys technology
  • Schedule 1:1 discussions with Synopsys experts
  • Meet our sponsors through the interactive virtual environment
  • Stay connected and inspired by industry keynotes
  • Gain practical knowledge you can apply today!
  • Be part of the SNUG Silicon Valley virtual experience

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Keynote Spotlight

Dr. Aart de Geus

Chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer
Synopsys

Aart De Geus

Catalyze the Impossible

Wednesday, March 30
9 AM PT

Dr. Daniela Rus

Director of CSAIL
MIT

Aart De Geus

AI and Its Impact on Humanity

Thursday, March 31
9 AM PT

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Technical Committee

SNUG thanks the members of the Technical Committee who volunteer their time and expertise to support SNUG’s technical quality, local perspective and value to the users of Synopsys tools and technology.

Technical Chairperson

Savita Banerjee, Meta

Savita Banerjee leads DFX strategy for Augmented Reality products at Reality Labs. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and started her career at Bell Labs. Savita is recognized for her contributions to advancements in silicon technology for storage, networking, data centers and AR/VR applications. At Microsoft, she led design for test strategy for Hololens and Xbox utilizing advanced process nodes with optimized flows to meet their stringent product requirements. She is passionate about building disruptive technologies for next generation compute platforms that improve how we work, communicate, and have fun.

Savita is committed to global citizenship, youth empowerment and cultivating diversity and inclusion at work. She is the proud mother of two who loves the outdoors, classic rock and making pizza.

Committee Members

Sergei Babokhov, Intel

Laurent Besson, Easii IC

Gregg Bromley, GEO Semiconductor

David Brownell, Analog Devices

Thomas Buerner, Nokia

Ahmet Ceyhan, Intel

Tarun Chawla, STMicroelectronics

Leah Clark, Synopsys

Jon Colburn, NVIDIA

Andy Copperhall, Independent

Cliff Cummings, Paradigm Works

Al Czamara, Test Evolution

Jack Dong, Intel

Ravikishore Gandikota, NVIDIA

Majid Ghameshlu, Siemens AG (Austria)

Ralph Goergen, NXP Semiconductors

Ronald Goodstein, Lockheed Martin

Soenke Grimpen, Infineon

Peter Grove, Dialog Semiconductor

Anwarul Hasan, Independent

Zafar Hasan, NVIDIA

Anand Iyer, Microsoft

Ronald Kalim, Intel

Brian Kane, Northrop Grumman

Chris Kiegle, Marvell Semiconductor

Victoria Kolesov, Intel

Mohan Krishnareddy, Arteris

Claus Kuntzsch, University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg

Farid Labib, GlobalFoundries

Besson Laurent, Easii IC

Boris Litinsky, Juniper

Charles Magnuson, Intel

Tom Mahatdejkul, Arm

Corbett Marler, Intel

Stella Matarrese, STMicroelectronics

Karsten Matt, GlobalFoundries

Didier Maurer, IC'ALPS

Glen McDonnell, Broadcom

Don Mills, Microchip

Nathalie Meloux, STMicroeletronics

Jeff Montesano, Verilab

Bryan Morris, Ciena

Naveen Mysore, Intel

Nitin Navale, Xilinx

Giuseppe Notarangelo, STMicroelectronics

Firouzeh Nourkhalaj, Synopsys

Sathappan Palaniappan, Broadcom

Sachin Parikh, Broadcom

Olivia Poon, Marvell Semiconductor

Frank Poppen, OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology

Herbert Preuthen, GlobalFoundries

PD Priyadarshan, Cisco

Karthik Rajan, Microchip

Francois Ravatin, STMicroelectronics

Jeremy Ridgeway, Broadcom

Jason Rziha, Microchip

Kiran Sama, Amazon

Robert Siegmund, GlobalFoundries

Neel Sonara, Broadcom

Mark Sprague, Intel

Matthew Streyle, Samsung

Sean Sun, NXP Semiconductors

Ravish Sunny, Intel

Manfred Thanner, NXP Semiconductors

John Thomson, NVIDIA

Tony Todesco, AMD

Jeff Vance, Verilab

Alessandro Valerio, STMicroelectronics

Raj Varada, Intel

Sudha Vasu, Meta

Sandeep Venishetti, Google

Upasna Vishnoi, Marvell Semiconductor

Viba Viswanathan, Samsung

Krishna Vittala, Microchip

Jon Wei, NovuMind

Jing Zhang, Intel

Frequently Asked Questions

Multiple factors prompted this decision. Recent COVID-19 developments have raised concerns among attendees and presenters about assembling in a large group, and about traveling for conferences. Synopsys management gives priority to the health and safety of employees and customers. These factors resulted in the decision to revise SNUG Silicon Valley.
In some ways, little will change. SNUG will still be taking place on March 30-31, 2022, and will offer user presentations, keynote addresses, panels, tutorials, and more. The SNUG team remains committed to delivering an exciting conference, driven by the always innovative Synopsys community.
No, SNUG will still offer the same volume of presentations, keynote addresses, tutorials etc. as if it were conducted in person.
Call for Content is closed for SNUG Silicon Valley, but will be open for other SNUG conferences around the world. Please look for announcements and check our website for developments regarding future SNUG conferences

The virtual event will take place on a virtual platform, vFairs, and we are looking to leverage live Zoom links for the majority of presentations rather than pre-recorded content. More information to follow.
Registration will open in February and all current Synopsys users with active licenses are eligible to register. All Synopsys employees can register as well.
No, all current Synopsys users with active licenses are eligible to register.
Absolutely. Anyone eligible (i.e. all current Synopsys users with active licenses) are welcome to attend. Help us spread the word to other Synopsys users. You can simply share the link to the registration page (once open), and they can register at their convenience.
No, SNUG is a free event for Synopsys users.
Yes, please register by March 28 to guarantee access by March 30.
After the event, on-demand access will remain open 24/7 for 90 days.
Please email snugops@synopsys.com with any additional questions.
No. You do not need to download or install any software to participate. You only need to have access to the internet.
No. Some exhibitors may have the ability to request a video chat, it is not required in order to participate.
Your login information is the email address and password you provided during registration.
Yes. Like any physical event, we will have a swag bag for you! You can add documents provided by each exhibitors to your online swag bag and then email them to yourself or share items with friends and family by simply entering their email.
Yes. Just like a physical event, you will have a virtual bag to add all of the documents available and may email them to yourself.
We understand your schedule may not allow you to attend the event. If this is the case, please let us know and we are happy to connect with you individually. This platform is also available on-demand after the event is over. 
Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge.
We will provide access to conference materials for 90 days to all conference attendees.