Muhammad Ahmed

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Principal Datacenter SoC Architect @ Intel Corporation
Santa Clara, CA, US
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Santa Clara, California, United States, United States
About Muhammad Ahmed

-- 20+ years of hands on high speed logic, ASIC and microprocessor design experience.-- Held management and technical lead positions mentoring junior engineers in ASIC, SOC, microprocessor and DSP processor design teams for over 10 years.-- Technical lead at a startup designing high performance SOC for use in video encoders & decoders. Worked on multithreaded DSP array processor and SOC using this processor.-- Technical lead/principal architect of high performance multithreaded DSP processor at Qualcomm. Part of team that developed high performance ARM v7 compliant microprocessor for Qualcomm. Senior member of team that developed Snapdragon platform for Qualcomm. Snapdragon is a highly complex SOC that uses both multithreaded DSP and ARM processor and is designed for high end wireless market.-- Worked on different parts of CELL processor architecture and implementation. CELL processor is used in Playstation3 and a version of CELL is used in XBox360.-- Worked on multiple high performance MIPS microprocessors like R5900, Vr5432 and several versions of Vr43XX family of microprocessors.-- Worked on micro architecture design and implementation of ARM V4T and V6 ISA based microprocessors. -- Worked on several ASIC and SOC designs at semiconductor and system companies.-- Intimately familiar with all aspects of microprocessor/ASIC/SOC design starting from specification development, micro architecture design, pipeline design, logic/RTL design, timing analysis, logic verification at RTL and gate level, timing closure, standard cell library & memory compiler selection, interfacing with circuit and physical design teams, working with the foundry on yield & speed enhancements.-- Intimately familiar with low power design challenges and design challenges in deep sub-micron process technologies.-- Patents granted:9. Patents filed:16

Muhammad Ahmed's Current Company Details
Intel Corporation

Intel Corporation

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Principal Datacenter SoC Architect
Santa Clara, CA, US
Muhammad Ahmed Work Experience Details
  • Intel Corporation
    Principal Datacenter Soc Architect
    Intel Corporation
    Santa Clara, Ca, Us
  • Sima.Ai
    Director Of System & Soc Architecture
    Sima.Ai Jun 2020 - Sep 2021
    San Jose, California, Us
    Architecture development of SoC designed for AI inference on the edge
  • Sifive
    Principal Soc Architect
    Sifive Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
    Santa Clara, California, Us
  • Quicklogic
    Sr. Principal Platform Architect
    Quicklogic 2015 - Jul 2019
    San Jose, California, Us
    Architecture design and development of SoC using ARM M4 and micro DSP for use in wearable and handset.
  • Boeing
    Principal Soc/System Architect
    Boeing 2013 - 2014
    Arlington, Va, Us
    Responsible for developing SoC architecture using ARM v8 microprocessor and Ceva XC4500 DSP.
  • Soft Machines Inc.
    Senior Soc/System Architect
    Soft Machines Inc. 2011 - 2013
    Santa Clara, Ca, Us
    Worked on system architecture definition of microprocessor compatible with ARM v7 and v8 architecture.
  • Altera
    Principal Engineer/Soc Architect
    Altera 2011 - 2011
    Architecture design and specification of debug solution for a dual ARM Cortex A9 based SoC with tightly integrated FPGA. Supplemented CoreSight infrastructure with additional hardware to support FPGA users
  • Huawei Technologies
    Senior Soc Architect
    Huawei Technologies 2009 - 2010
    Shenzhen, Guangdong, Cn
    Worked on architecture and micro-architecture of baseband SoC for GUL (GSM/UMTS/LTE) base station. This SoC contains multiple DSPs for dataplane processing, RISC processors for control plane processing, hardware accelerators and other IP blocks. Complex hierarchical interconnects are used to connect different parts of this SoC. Advisory engineer to Huawei handset group designing SoC built around dual core ARM Cortex A9 for use in smart phones and tablets.
  • Novafora Inc.
    Architect/Principal Engineer
    Novafora Inc. 2006 - 2009
    Us
    Defined architecture and micro-architecture of a vectorizable variable length VLIW DSP array processor targeted for use in video processing. Responsibilities included ISA design, pipeline design, design of controller that manages DSP array, etc. Implemented instruction steering and VLIW packetization logic in verilog. Worked on SOC definition using this DSP array including interconnect fabric selection, configuration of fabric for use in SOC, DRAM controller, etc.
  • Qualcomm Inc
    Principal Engineer
    Qualcomm Inc 2003 - 2006
    San Diego, Ca, Us
    Principal architect of Qualcomm's next generation Interleaved Multithreaded (IMT) DSP processor. Technical lead and manager of a small team that developed pipeline, micro-architecture and cycle accurate simulator of this processor. Member of team that developed instruction set architecture for this processor. Technical lead of the logic design team that implemented micro-architecture. Designed and implemented memory management unit used in this processor. Worked very closely with different firmware and software groups within Qualcomm who were either using or planning to use this processor. Part of the team that integrated this DSP and its associated subsystem that includes several peripherals into a very large SOC that contains multiple processors. Total SOC gate count is in excess of 35M gates. Prior to this assignment, I worked at Qualcomm Research Triangle Park design center. There I was part of the team that developed a superscalar, out-of-order microprocessor compatible with ARM V7 ISA.
  • Toshiba
    Architect/Mts, Cell Project
    Toshiba 2000 - 2003
    Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Jp
    Worked on coherency protocol
  • Nec Electronics
    Sr Staff Engineer
    Nec Electronics 1997 - 2000
    Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Jp
    Design on MIPS compatible microprocessor
  • Toshiba
    Sr. Staff Design Engineer
    Toshiba 1995 - 1997
    Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Jp
    Member of team that developed R5900, MIPS compatible processor used in Emotion Engine used in PlayStation2
  • First Pacific Networks
    Member Of Technical Staff
    First Pacific Networks 1990 - 1995

Muhammad Ahmed Skills

Asic Verilog Soc Processors Digital Signal Processors Arm Semiconductors Functional Verification Low Power Design Firmware Rtl Design Timing Closure Microprocessors Embedded Systems Systemverilog Systems Engineering Physical Design Architecture Phy Debugging Arm Architecture Architectures Application Specific Integrated Circuits

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Muhammad Ahmed works for Intel Corporation

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Muhammad Ahmed's current role is Principal Datacenter SoC Architect.

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Muhammad Ahmed has skills like Asic, Verilog, Soc, Processors, Digital Signal Processors, Arm, Semiconductors, Functional Verification, Low Power Design, Firmware, Rtl Design, Timing Closure.

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