Episode 21: A fireside chat with Joe Hupcey III

In this year's DAC special, Dr. Darbari sat down with Joe Hupcey III from Mentor – a Siemens Business. Joe is a part of the Mentor’s Product Management team for Design & Verification Technologies; based in Mentor’s office in Silicon Valley, CA. He is responsible for the Questa Formal product line of automated applications and advanced property checking. Joe explains how from the days of 0-in acquisition Mentor has continued to invest in formal methods and now as part of Siemens, this investment is only growing. Despite selling simulation & emulation tools, Joe believes formal methods is one of the main technologies at Mentor being used in all shapes from apps to property checking.