Ivo Bolsens joined Xilinx in June 2001 as vice president and chief technology officer (CTO). He is responsible for identifying Xilinx technologies and talent as well as heading up the Xilinx Research Laboratories, which focus on advanced research in the area of programmable logic.
Mr. Bolsens came to Xilinx from the Belgium-based research center IMEC, where he was vice president of information and communication systems. He began there in 1984, holding various positions of increasing responsibility. His research included the development of knowledge-based verification for VLSI circuits, design of digital signal processing applications, and wireless communication terminals. He also headed the research on design technology for high level synthesis of DSP hardware, HW/SW co-design and system-on-chip design.
Bolsens earned his master's degree in electrical engineering and his Ph.D. in applied science from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He is author and co-author of more than 100 papers in the field of VLSI design, CAD, embedded system design, and wireless communication. He is also co-author of the book, "High Level Synthesis for Real Time Digital Signal Processing."