He received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and has previously held research staff positions at Synopsys, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and a visiting professorship at the National University of Singapore. He has published over 250 articles in his field of research, which includes the design of ultra low-power circuits and integrated microsystems, and supporting electronic design automation techniques. He is the co-founder of Ambiq Micro, a fabless semiconductor company developing ultra-low power mixed-signal solutions for compact wireless devices.