Summary
Pierre Gaillardon is a professor and serial founder with 11 years of experience at the intersection of semiconductor technology and disruptive digital architectures, currently leading research and teaching in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah. His work focuses on reconfigurable digital circuits, technology-aware full-custom design, and beyond-CMOS paradigms that address reliability in nanotelectronics. As co-founder and CTO of RapidSilicon and CEO of PrimisAI, he translates academic breakthroughs into startup-grade hardware and tools. He brings deep hands-on expertise with ELDO, VHDL, Cadence, MATLAB and C/C++, grounded in postdoctoral and research roles on ambipolar nanowires and carbon nanotube technologies. Notably, he bridges device-level process awareness with architecture and EDA tool development to enable ultra-fine-grain reconfigurable logic—an uncommon blend that accelerates practical adoption of disruptive technologies.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
M2 Electronics Telecom Computer science, M2 Electronics Telecom Computer science at CPE Lyon
Lycée albert triboulet
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Centrale Lyon
M2 Microelectronics Semiconductor physics, M2 Microelectronics Semiconductor physics at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon