James Solomon

James E. Solomon
Born1936
Boise, Idaho
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BSE, ME)
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, engineer

James E. Solomon (born 1936 in Boise, Idaho) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. He has founded four companies, including one of the companies that merged to form the leading chip manufacturing toolmaker Cadence Design Systems. He is an IEEE Fellow and received the industry's Phil Kaufman Award in 1997. Solomon holds 23 patents in integrated chip design.