Steve Teig

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Steve Teig
BornJanuary 1961 (age 64)
United States
Education Princeton University
Occupations Business executive, computer engineer
Known forSoftware and semiconductors inventions

Steve Teig is an American business executive and entrepreneur, who became the chief executive officer of the technology company Perceive before it was acquired by Amazon. [1] He was founder and/or Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of multiple ventures during his career. In 2024, he became the Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon.

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Early life and education

Teig received a B.S.E. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University in 1982. [2]

Career

He went on to co-found Simplex in 1998, and the firm was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 2002. [3] Following the acquisition, he served as the chief scientist of Cadence. [3] In 2003, he left Cadence to co-found Tabula, where he served as the new firm's chief technology officer (CTO). [4] Tabula focused on the design of semiconductors, particularly FPGAs. Tabula shut down on March 24, 2015. [5]

Following the dissolution of Tabula, he became the CTO of Tessera Technologies. [6] Tessera changed its name to Xperi in 2017. [7]

In 2020, Teig became the CEO of the semiconductor company Perceive. The firm focuses on hardware for running machine learning software on mobile devices. Perceive was incubated at Xperi, and Xperi was the majority shareholder in the company. [8] [9] After the company was acquired by Amazon in 2024, Teig became a Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon. [10]

Patents

Teig holds over 390 patents. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Xperi Announces Leadership Team Following Merger with TiVo". investor.xperi.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. ↑ "Steven Teig '82". Princeton University People. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  3. 1 2 "Cadence to buy Simplex for $300 million in stock". EDN. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  4. ↑ Clarke, Peter (2009-01-06). "Stealthy Tabula has raised cash for PLD launch". EETimes. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  5. ↑ Donato-Weinstein, Nathan (2015-02-11). "Tabula to shut down; 120 jobs lost at fabless chip company". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  6. ↑ "Tessera Technologies Appoints Industry Veteran Steve Teig as Chief Technology Officer". Business Wire (Tessera Press Release). 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  7. ↑ "SEC Form 10-K". sec.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  8. ↑ Weinfield, Geri (2020-03-31). "Perceive Corporation Launches to Deliver Data Center-Class Accuracy and Performance at Ultra-Low Power for Consumer Devices". Xperi Press Release. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  9. ↑ Levitsky, Allison (2020-03-31). "Xperi spins off smart device chip company Perceive, lands Arlo Technologies as customer". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  10. ↑ "Steven Teig '82". Princeton Engineering. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Patent Database Search Results: Apt/1 and in/Teig-Steven$ in US Patent Collection".
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