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Silvaco Appoints Walden C. Rhines, Ph.D. as Chief Executive Officer

PUBLIC · SVCOAug 22, 2025

Position

Chief Executive Officer

Company

Silvaco

Walden C. Rhines
walden.rhines@silvaco.com
Santa ClaraManufacturingSoftwareArtificial Intelligenceinformation technology & services

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Silvaco Group, Inc has announced the appointment of Walden C Rhines, PhD as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. This decision follows the departure of Dr Babak Taheri, who had been CEO for nearly seven years.

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Company

Silvaco

Location

4701 Patrick Henry Dr

Santa Clara, California, United States

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Silvaco is a provider of TCAD, EDA software, and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and digital twin modeling through AI software and innovation. Silvaco's solutions are used for semiconductor and photonics processes, devices, and systems development across display, power devices, automotive, memory, high performance compute, foundries, photonics, internet of things, and 5G/6G mobile markets for complex SoC design. Silvaco is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has a global presence with offices located in North America, Europe, Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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