Chari Santhanam

Chari has a deep background in digital IP design and management. He is responsible for all of Arasan’s digital IP core and hardware development platform engineering. He has over 20+ years of management experience in the semiconductor industry. Most recently he was Director of Engineering at Synopsys where he was responsible for the USB Digital IP cores. Earlier, he played a leading role in building the leading USB IP from startup to a multimillion dollar revenue level. He has also held engineering management positions at InSilicon, Phoenix, Sand Microelectronics, LSI Logic and Viewlogic Systems. Chari has a B.S. in Physics form Fergusson College, Pune, India and a BSEE from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.