ALUMNI TALK

GUEST TALK – Pre & Post Silicon Bring-up and System Validation Emulation Flow

Date: 14/12/2022

Time: 10:00AM to 12:00 PM

The Department of Information Science and Engineering conducted guest talk on the topic “Pre & Post Silicon Bring-up and System Validation Emulation Flow” for the 7th-semester students on the 08th of December 2023 under the supervision of ISE Head of the department, Dr. Vandana C P and organized by Shruthi G R, Sr. Asst. Professor (ISE) in offline mode. The Expert speaker, Mr. Mahesh Devagiri was invited to conduct the same.

The Speaker, Mr. Mahesh Devagiri, is currently working as Engineering Manager in Qualcomm, Bangalore. A semiconductor professional having 20+ years in Semiconductor industries, worked on SoC (System on Chip) product cycle from specification, Pre & Post Silicon Validation, Emulation, Integration, SOC Bring-ups, Board Bring ups, Firmware, Software & Customer Support.

Involved in Development of activities for Data Center Server, Machine Learning Accelerators, Mobile Platform SoC Snap Dragon (Qualcomm).  He also volunteers in “Uthkrusht Koushalya Foundation Bangalore” a non-profit registered company and our core objective is to skill, reskill and upskill the youth, professional, entrepreneurs and start-ups.

TOPICS COVERED:

  • SoC (System on Chip) product cycle
  • Pre & Post Silicon Validation
  • Emulation & Integration
  • Firmware, Software & Customer Support

The resource person shared his knowledge with the students about the validation process, Soc and emulators, debugger’s role in product-based companies. What courses and knowledge are required by IT engineers to flourish in embedded / IOT based projects.