Nicola Nicolici: Good evening, Janet. Welcome. This is an IEEE Design&Test interview and to start with, I just kind of want make a very, very short introduction. Janet Olson has been technology executive with extensive leadership experience in two Fortune 500 semiconductor design automation companies: Cadence Design Systems Synopsis. delivers high-caliber software enabling the complex integrate...

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