Ashawna Hailey

Ashawna Hailey
Born(1949-10-08)October 8, 1949
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
DiedOctober 14, 2011(2011-10-14) (aged 62)
San Jose, California, U.S.[1][2]
Alma materTexas Tech University
Occupation(s)Technologist, philanthropist
Children2

Ashawna Hailey (October 8, 1949 – October 14, 2011) was an American computer scientist and philanthropist. She was among the creators of the HSPICE program (a commercialized version of SPICE), which many electronic design companies worldwide use to simulate the electronic circuits.[2][3] Her company, Meta-Software, which was behind the commercialization of SPICE, produced compound annual growth rate in excess of 25–30 percent every year for 18 years, and had eventually become part of Synopsys, which calls HSPICE "the 'gold standard' for accurate circuit simulation".[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Obituaries 2011:Shawn Hailey - Ashawna". Beddingfield Funeral Service. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ^ a b "Ashawna Hailey (1949–2011)". San Jose Mercury News.
  3. ^ a b "Interview with Shawn and Kim Hailey". Stanford University Libraries. December 29, 1997. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-19. "Video from which transcript was taken". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  4. ^ Synopsys filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission: Form 8K/A of July 26, 2002 Archived June 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Synopsis product page for HSPICE". Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2011-11-09.