Richard Solomon

Technical Marketing Manager

Richard Solomon is the Technical Marketing Manager for Synopsys' DesignWare PCI Express Controller IP. He has been involved in the development of PCI chips dating back to the NCR 53C810 and pre-1.0 versions of the PCI specification. Prior to joining Synopsys, Richard architected and led the development of the PCI Express and PCI-X interface cores used in LSI’s line of storage RAID controller chips. He has served on the PCI-SIG Board of Directors for over 10 years, and is currently Vice President of the PCI-SIG. Richard holds a BSEE from Rice University and 25 U.S. patents, many of which relate to PCI technology.