Vaidhyanathan Ramanathan

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

12+ years in FPGA prototyping and design
Led successful USB 3.2 Gen2 at-speed bring-up
Expert in EDA tool flows and timing closure

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Semiconductor Engineering Expert with extensive FPGA prototyping and design experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Fpga PrototypingUsb ProtocolsFpga DebuggingVerificationSynthesisFpga Tool Flow

Other Skills

USB 3.2 Gen1/Gen2 Link bring upDebugging datapath blocksDeep understanding of PIPE interface architectureTiming closure for USB 3.2 Gen2 retimer IPLeCroy AnalyzerFPGA SOMsFPGA Partition using HAPS ProtocompilerTiming closure for USB3.2 Gen2HAPS100 HWUSB3 linkup flowDigilent and Ashling JTAG debuggersUSB Lecroy analyzerOscilloscopeUSB linkup flowHAPS70 HW

About

I have 12+ years of experience in FPGA prototyping of IPs and SOCs. Led the FPGA prototyping activity for multiple SOCs in HAPS platforms. Led the IP prototyping of High speed IPs in custom platform. Expertise in EDA tool flows, FPGA P&R flow, high speed timing closure, high speed protocol bring up and handling lab equipments like Protocol analyzers and oscilloscopes.

Experience

11 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Nxp semiconductors

Principal Engineer - FPGA Prototyping

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Led the end-to-end FPGA prototyping for a next-gen innovative system involving USB retimer, custom IP, and an RF interface. Brought up and validated the USB retimer interface on FPGA and delivered a working proof-of-concept to the customer. Later architected a significantly smaller, SOM-based prototype for the same and delivered a compact, user-friendly demo platform that enabled seamless customer evaluation.
Key Skills & Expertise:
USB 3.2 Gen1/Gen2 Link bring up , link layer and compliance debug.
Debugging datapath blocks and retimer bring-up.
Deep understanding of PIPE interface architecture.
Timing closure for USB 3.2 Gen2 retimer IP at 312.5Mhz
Proficient in using LeCroy Analyzer (M4x) for trace analysis and debugging with LeCroy traces and ChipScope.
Strong understanding of FPGA SOMs and associated workflows.
Collaborated with PHY vendors and LeCroy teams to root-cause PHY-level issues.

USB 3.2 Gen1/Gen2 Link bring upDebugging datapath blocksDeep understanding of PIPE interface architectureTiming closure for USB 3.2 Gen2 retimer IPLeCroy AnalyzerFPGA SOMs+2

Western digital

2 roles

Principal Engineer, Emulation and FPGA Prototyping

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Led the FPGA prototyping effort for a ~10M–gate SoC on the HAPS-100 platform.
This included the bring-up of USB 3.2 Gen1 and Gen2—marking the first successful USB 3.2 Gen2 at-speed bring-up within the company. I also enabled key system peripherals including JTAG, debug interfaces, and flash memory. In addition, I integrated and validated a security IP module through a dedicated daughter card, which was a first-of-its-kind experiment for the organization.
These efforts collectively ensured seamless system-level functionality on the pre-silicon prototype, effectively leading to early FW development and enhanced system level testing.
Skills :
FPGA Partition using HAPS Protocompiler
Timing closure for USB3.2 Gen2 at 312.5Mhz
HAPS100 HW
USB3 linkup flow
Understanding the USB Lecroy traces
Digilent and Ashling JTAG debuggers
Handling equipments like USB Lecroy analyzer, Oscilloscope for debug

FPGA Partition using HAPS ProtocompilerTiming closure for USB3.2 Gen2HAPS100 HWUSB3 linkup flowDigilent and Ashling JTAG debuggersUSB Lecroy analyzer+3

Staff Engineer, Emulation and FPGA Prototyping

Aug 2019 – Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Worked on the FPGA prototyping of multiple SoCs on HAPS platform.
USB 3.1 Gen1(5G) bring up along with FW engineers - Timing closure for PIPE interface at 125Mhz.
Skills :
USB linkup flow
HAPS70 HW
Porting ASIC design to FPGA
Constraints
Probe builds in FPGA for debugging
FPGA P&R and timing closure

USB linkup flowHAPS70 HWPorting ASIC design to FPGAConstraintsProbe builds in FPGAFPGA P&R and timing closure+2

Synopsys inc

3 roles

Corporate Application Engineer, Sr I

Promoted

Aug 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr

Worked as a Customer Support AE for Synplify/HAPS Protocompiler tools.
Worked on root causing the issues raised by the Customers and working with Developers to fix the issue.
Skills:
Formal verification
FPGA debug
Vivado IP flow
Timing constraints

Formal verificationFPGA debugVivado IP flowTiming constraintsFPGA DebuggingVerification

Corporate Application Engineer II

Promoted

Feb 2015 – Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Worked as an AE for Synplify tools.
Validation of new features like Netlist browser, CTC flow, ECO flow and Job sharing flows.
Skills:
Synthesis and P&R tool flow
Clock handling by tools
TCL and Shell scripting

Synthesis and P&R tool flowClock handling by toolsTCL and Shell scriptingSynthesisFPGA Tool Flow