Ajith Amerasekera from the Texas Instruments Inc., in Dallas, TX was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 [1] for leadership in semiconductor innovation and contributions to circuit design.
Amerasekera was Chief Technical Officer for TI's ASIC Business Unit. [2] His Ph.D. is in Electrical Engineering and Physics.

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