The Passing of Sehat Sutardja, the Co-founder of Marvell

TapTechNews September 20th news, the official website of the American chipmaker Marvell released an obituary stating that its co-founder, Sehat Sutardja, passed away in Silicon Valley, the United States on September 18, 2024, at the age of 63.

Michael Kanellos, the head of Marvell's influence relations department, commemorated in this article that Sehat Sutardja is a visionary leader, an outstanding engineer, and a cherished colleague and friend of many at Marvell.

Dr. Sehat Sutardja is one of the iconic figures in the modern semiconductor industry. He, along with his wife Weili Dai and brother Pantas Sutardja, co-founded Marvell Technology in 1995 and successfully led the company to become one of the world's leading chipmakers.

During more than two decades at Marvell, Sehat has served as the chief executive officer and, with outstanding leadership and innovative thinking, enabled the company to achieve record profitability and scale expansion in a short period of time. TapTechNews checked the public information, and he successfully led Marvell to go public on Nasdaq in 2000, further consolidating the company's position in the global semiconductor industry.

As an inventor and co-inventor, Sehat holds more than 440 patents. He was awarded the Inventor of the Year title by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association, was named an IEEE Fellow, and frequently gave speeches on the future of semiconductor design and computing at events such as the International Solid-State Circuits Conference.