Saif Wahid — CEO
Current responsibilities at Synopsys (Processor and SoC design services) : - Application/domain specific processor architecture and design using ASIP Designer (https://www.synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=asip-designer) - Early system architecture exploration and performance/power modeling using Platform Architect (https://www.synopsys.com/verification/virtual-prototyping/platform-architect.html) As part of SoC Architecture Design and Verification (https://www.synopsys.com/services/design-services.html) Professional Experience: • Several years industrial R&D experience in several digital ASIC design projects targeting low-power high-performance applications in audio & telecom & camera imaging domain. • Micro-architecture and RTL design of MIPI Camera sensor interface (CSI) protocol layer IP and MIPI DPHY/CPHY physical layer controllers. • Design & verification of low power, high performance DSP processors (Classical Dual-Harvard, VLIW, etc) and their memory subsystems (advanced caches, DMAs) and on-chip interconnects like AHB, AXI, APB, etc. Domain of Interest: • Embedded System & Sub-system Architectures with strong R&D focus in low power, high performance SoC platforms targeting evolving technologies/ applications in the multimedia & connectivity domain. Specialties: • Front-end H/w design (Requirements specifications, micro-architecture definition, design decomposition, RTL, test & synthesis with strict power, timing & area constraints) & verification of complex digital IPs. • VHDL language, System Verilog • Synopsys, Cadence, ViewLogic & Mentor Graphics Tools & Design Flows • Specman-e & e-Verification environment • Perl, Tcl/Tk, awk, JScript, VBScript, C, C++ • Windows 2k/XP/NT, Linux, Unix • Framemaker, MS Office, UML, XML, HTML, ASP
Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialist in semiconductor design and embedded systems engineering.
Location: Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Experience: 23 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Processor Design
- Soc Architecture
Career Highlights
- Expert in low-power, high-performance SoC design.
- Proficient in processor architecture and modeling.
- Extensive experience in digital ASIC design projects.
Work Experience
Synopsys Inc
Application Engineering Principal ASIP Designer (2 yrs 7 mos)
Design Consultant, Staff (ASIP/PA Tools) (5 yrs)
Intel Corporation
Hardware Designer (Mobile Video & Imaging) (5 yrs 10 mos)
ALTEN BELGIUM
Sr. Consultant (1 yr 11 mos)
ST-Ericsson
Sr IC Design Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)
ST-NXP Wireless
Sr IC Design Engineer (5 mos)
NXP Semiconductors, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Sr. IC Design Engineer (DSP subsystems) (4 yrs 6 mos)
Adelante Technologies, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
DSP ASIC Design Engineer (2 yrs 2 mos)
Philips Semiconductors, The Netherlands
Digital ASIC Engineer (1 yr)
Software Engineer (5 mos)
IIT Bombay, India
Student Fellow (Cypress Semiconductors) (1 yr 4 mos)
Education
Certification in Embedded Systems Architecting at Embedded Systems Institute, Eindhoven
Master of Technology at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bachelor of Engineering at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology