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- Develop controller SOC ASICs for enterprise class solid state and hard disk driveso Work with marketing, architecture, and firmware teams to define controller requirements / featureso Develop documentation to be used by ASIC verification, FPGA validation, and ASIC firmware groupso Develop System Verilog RTL designs Includes: System Verilog Assertions, linting, block-level synthesis, clock domain crossingo Configure and integrate third party IPo Modify ASIC RTL to create emulation builds for Palladium, Protium, and FPGA platformso Develop UVM / System Verilog models, tests, and testplanso Run RTL tests to verify the design and reach both functional coverage and code coverage targetso Develop and run power aware (UPF) RTL simulations to verify ASIC power islandso Run gate-level simulation on post-synthesized netlist (with and without pwr/gnd connections)o Implement base layer and metal layer ECOs to netlist to fix late bugs without schedule impacto Work with backend vendor to resolve any issues with place & route, test insertion, etco Support firmware team with ASIC bring-up when early samples arrive- Areas of Expertiseo ASIC power island design and verificationo ARM processor subsystems, including processor cache/prefetch, interrupts, mailboxes, etc.o Internal bus interconnects: decoding, arbitrating, routing. AXI, AHB, APB, etc.o Experience with DDR3 SDRAM, clock/reset, serial I/O, SPI flash, SMBus (I2C), SATA/SAS/PCIE/NVMe- Major accomplishmentso Developed company’s ASIC power island design and verification platform from scratch using UPF Reduce cost by allowing for HDD LBA indirection without the need for super capacitors for non-volatile storage during unexpected HDD power loss as per US Patent #US8947813 Reduce power consumption during long idle periods by creating ASIC low power islandso Improve company communication as Lean project leader for ASIC documentation improvemento Increase compute farm producti...[character limit reached]

Ms, Electrical Engineering - Asic

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi (Chapter President), National Society of Collegiate ScholarsSumma Cum Laude General Business Minor.