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Projects

Work that moved the needle

A selection of platforms, methodologies, and research - each described by the impact it delivered.

Automation

Microcode Integration & Validation Automation Platform

An in-house platform that automates microcode and firmware integration for CPU-core programs, with built-in checks and onboarding for new core patches.

  • Substantially reduced manual validation effort
  • Freed up engineering capacity for higher-value work
  • Improved consistency across releases
PythonCI/CDValidationAutomation
Silicon Methodology

Zero-Downtime Microcode Patch-Data Deployment

A patch-based methodology that deploys silicon workarounds and tuning without a firmware re-spin or reboot.

  • Reduced remediation cycles from weeks to minutes
  • Lowered engineering cost of fixing field issues
  • No firmware re-spin required
MicrocodeSiliconMethodology
Data & Analytics

Validation Analytics & Traceability Dashboard

An analytics dashboard providing design-to-firmware traceability and automated test-plan synthesis.

  • Reduced manual planning effort
  • Improved leadership visibility into validation coverage
  • Replaced fragmented, manual tracking methods
GrafanaSQLAnalytics
Process & Security

Shift-Left Security Validation Pipeline

A re-engineered, gated, stakeholder-owned release pipeline with a register-verification framework and expanded regression matrix to intercept defects earlier.

  • Earlier defect interception
  • Stronger traceability and accountability
  • Faster, higher-quality secure-patch delivery
SecurityProcessValidation
Pre-Silicon Debug

CPU Virtualization Execution Harness

An internal harness for CPU-virtualization execution that isolated pre-tape-out silicon issues across multiple hypervisor paths and enabled rapid fix-and-retest cycles.

  • Earlier silicon-bug detection
  • Targeted microcode test vectors
  • Faster retest turnaround
VirtualizationDebugSilicon
Machine Learning

ML-Based Post-Silicon Failure Triage

A machine-learning tool for data-center post-silicon validation that clusters failures and extracts signatures to help automate triage.

  • Meaningfully reduced manual triage time
  • Faster root-cause identification for critical issues
Machine LearningValidation
Automation

Remote Power & Performance Validation Framework

A unified automation and remote-orchestration framework enabling multi-site co-validation of server platforms.

  • Lowered per-project hardware deployment cost
  • Enabled multi-site co-validation at scale
AutomationPower & Performance
Research

Chaos-Based Hardware Encryption Core

A discrete-time chaotic encryption core for resource-limited IoT, taken from model to 45nm CMOS and FPGA demonstrators.

  • 100 kHz @ 0.9V
  • 0.486 uW power, 0.005 mm^2 area
  • Peer-reviewed publications
FPGACMOSSecurityResearch