Richard Weber

Richard Weber has more than 29 years of high tech experience. He has worked on digital and ASIC design for such companies as Data General, Stardent, Silicon Graphics, StratumOne and Cisco Systems. He received a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

His pioneering work at Cisco formed the basis of what became the SPIRIT / Accellera SystemRDL1.0 standard in 2009. Richard is a long-standing member of the Accellera IEEE 1685 IP-XACT steering committee, and at the invitation of Intel he is participating in the recently-revived SystemRDL steering committee.

With Richard’s deep understanding of the limitations of industry ‘standards’ and the political dynamics that form, and often limit, their evolution, he co-founded Semifore specifically to solve these challenges, to provide a practical, standards-based environment to enable design engineers to get their job done, and to minimize risk to deadlines by improving communication and productivity.