NMI creates Design Advisory Board to oversee design sector strategy

‘Design in the UK is at the leading edge and NMI members are providing technologies for many of the world’s most iconic products. The design excellence and diverse innovation that takes place here is something the UK can be rightly proud of and it’s the NMI’s job to help it to proliferate,’ said John Moor, VP of Design Innovation at the NMI, ‘with more than 50 of our members now directly involved in world class design activity, the time is right to create a dedicated design advisory board to help the industry shape its own future.’



The NMI Design Advisory Board (NDAB) is tasked with reviewing and agreeing national priorities for the semiconductor design sector and to help in the formation of related strategy and NMI implementation plans. NDAB represents the complete spectrum of the NMI’s design-related membership, including IDMs, fablite and fabless manufacturers, IP and design service providers.



The Chairman at NDAB’s inaugural meeting, Steve Neill, NMI main board member, Vice President, Bristol Design Centre and Technical Director, Infineon Technologies said, ‘From our first meeting, it’s clear that NDAB has the senior level clout to be able to represent the many diverse interests of semiconductor design. Through this collaboration we aim to reach consensus on major issues affecting UK-based design activity and to recommend strategy and action plans to help ensure the long term prosperity of the design sector as a whole.’



List of NDAB members:

Ian Philips, ARM

David Burrows, Aptina

Geoff Barrett, Broadcom

James Collier, CSR

Gary Duncan, Dialog

Ian Macbeth, eosemi

Neil Amos, Fujitsu

Peter Hughes, Icera

Steve Neill, Infineon

Iqbal Sharif, NXP

Keith Kidd, Renasas

Dermot Barry, S3

Graham Curren, Sondrel

John McLean, STFC-RAL

Roger Shepherd, ST Ericsson

Peter Frith, Wolfson