Dr. Subramanian S. Iyer is acknowledged by his peers, as an engineer par excellence, responsible for some of the most outstanding innovations in semiconductor technology in the last two decades.nnHe has had a long and productive career at IBM, where he is currently Distinguished Engineer. He joined IBM at Yorktown Heights, NY, in 1981, after completing his Ph.D at UCLA. He has continued at IBM ever since, except for a three year stint to found a start-up company.