Zurich, Switzerland
16+ years experience in system engineering (digital audio network ASICs, AVB, SDH, etc.), digital ASIC SoC and FPGA firmware design, development of embedded CPUs, run-time reconfigurable VLIW SIMD DSPs, intelligent DMA controllers, memory and interface controllers, and patching units for mixing consoles, evaluation and integration of IPs, circuit development and schematic capture, project coordination, C/C++ application/driver development, 4 patents. Specialties: system engineering, ASIC SoC design, FPGA firmware design, microprocessors
- Development of FPGA firmware for OnAir1500 mixing consoles and I/O cards (VHDL) - Integration and test of prototypes, release procedures - System specification and IP evaluation for AVB-NICs - Bring-up of AVB-NICs, adaptation and extension of FPGA firmware (Verilog) and driver software (C/C++) - Circuit development and schematic capture - Project coordination
- System engineering - Development of micro-architectures/block specifications - RTL coding, simulation, synthesis - Evaluation and integration of intellectual properties (IPs) - Embedded microcontroller, run-time reconfigurable VLIW SIMD DSP - Intelligent DMA controller, memory controller, serial interface controller - Cooperation in patent applications - C++ experience
- Specification of the system architecture of an SDH Add-Drop Multiplexer 155Mbit/s ASIC (project in cooperation with Siemens Schweiz AG) - Development of verification techniques for Intellectual Properties (IP) - PhD thesis: "Verification Issues of Virtual Components in System On-a-Chip (SoC) Designs" - Development of a stack processor (RTL coding, simulation, synthesis) - Publications of conference/journal papers - Cooperation in patent applications - Coordination of lectures, assistance of semester/diploma thesis