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Santa Clara, California, Us

Debugging DX9 application, game, and WHQL test issues on Intel graphics accelerators using the D3D9on12 mapping layer to translate D3D9 commands to D3D12 by acting as the D3D9 Device Driver Interface. When bugs were found in the mapping layer, collaborated with the Microsoft D3D9on12 development team to contribute code changes into the Direct3D 9 on 12 open sourcing project.Worked on the DX12 top 100 game debug Initiative to ensure popular computer games can be properly played on Intel integrated and discrete graphics accelerators. Leveraged advanced graphics knowledge and skills to contribute to product development and enhancement initiatives.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Developed and debugged Metal and OpenGL KMD/UMD drivers to support generations of Intel graphics technology for release on Apple’s MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac platforms.Collaborated with hardware engineering teams to power on new generations of Intel graphics accelerators; Resolved various hardware and driver issues to successfully boot up new hardware platforms with designated Mac operating systems.Worked onsite Apple facilities to closely engage with customers on highly sensitive hardware designs; Established a clear communication channel between the Apple driver development team and Intel hardware design team to resolve complex bugs which were only reproducible on pre-production systems.Established and maintained a remote debugging and validation environment at Intel with customized engineer debugging systems which simulated Apple production systems with pre-production hardware components. The effort reduced number of bugs which were unique to production systems.Developed a kernel driver tracing tool to capture graphics hardware commands and track memory resources. The tool had been used to debug driver issues and generate performance projection contents.Debugged Windows display driver issues on Apple systems running Boot Camp by overcoming unique debug challenges presented by the combination of Apple hardware designs and Microsoft software stacks.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Utilized Visual Studio, Windbg, and other internally developed debugging tools to pinpoint graphics corruptions and failures in the Windows graphics drivers.Completed an international assignment in Taiwan to bring up a newly established graphics driver debugging team; Provided extensive trainings to help the team making meaningful contributions in a short amount of time.Provided trainings to Taiwanese OEM and ODM partners on fundamental graphics triage and debugging techniques in order to filter out none graphics related issues and gather concrete debugging data.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Architected and developed an automation tool to validate various Intel integrated graphics devices in the simulation, emulation, and silicon environments. The SQL database driven .NET application provided capabilities to set up execution environments, manage validation tests, execute tests automatically, track test progress, and report validation data. The core components of the tool have been continuously used by graphics system validation teams across the global since the development of Intel G965 chipsets in 2005.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Developed and maintained a .NET web application to generate, store, and share pivot table reports by accessing the Microsoft OLAP data service. The application was used by majority of Intel fabrication plants to track mission critical chip manufacture data.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Developed web based applications for the CPU validation team to report validation status.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Monitored and maintained CTM D2 fabrication plant’s production dataDeveloped Oracle database applications to improve data reporting processes