In memory of Peter Verhofstadt

Abstract

Peter Verhofstadt, a close friend and colleague of many of us in the solid-state circuits community, passed away on May 10, 2001, after a long battle with cancer. Peter contributed enormously to solidstate circuits community. In the 1970s he was an early pioneer in areas such as semiconductor memory, digital signal processing and computer-aided design. In 1991 he joined the SRC and subsequently played a very significant role in shaping the structure of research support for microelectronics. For example, the SRC Focus Center Research Program is largely his creation.