Ati Technologies, Inc. (Now Amd) Work Values

Daily Duties at Ati Technologies, Inc. (Now Amd):

Lead the design, verification, synthesis and timing of the color and pixel shaders for 2 ASICs. Lead the modeling, microarchitecture, design, verification, synthesis and timing of the world’s first widely available Z compression / decompression unit. Co-wrote a tool in C++ to optimize texture cache performance and configuration. Received 6 patents. Designed, verified, synthesized and timed VHDL and Verilog RTL for 2 ASICs: R200: 250 MHz, 0.18µ GPU, known commercially as Radeon 200 and R100: 166 MHz, 0.25µ GPU, known commercially as Radeon 100. Designed a C++ model of the Z compression / decompression algorithm to perform an implementation feasibility study. Designed, verified, synthesized and timed the Z compression /decompression VHDL for R100. Designed a base ALU unit for R200 that implemented (A*B)+(C*D) in s.3.8 fixed point. Designed the R200 pixel shader around the ALU which added 4-16:1 input MUXs with optional 2’s comp, and optional post-ALU -0.5 offset and round or truncate. Managed 1 person in the design of the color shader based around the ALU. Designed a base ALU unit for R100 that implemented (A*B)+C in 9-bit 2’s comp. Designed the R100 pixel shader around the ALU which added 3-16:1 input MUXs with optional 2’s comp, and optional post-ALU -0.5 offset and round or truncate. Designed the R100 color shader around the ALU and added texture compression and decompression. Co-created a runtime-configurable cache model in C++. Wrote the shader blocks of the C++ emulator.

What they like about Ati Technologies, Inc. (Now Amd):

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

ASIC, FPGA, C++, VHDL, verilog, Xilinx ISE

Skills

Verilog, VHDL, C++, C, Perl, PLI, FLI, Xilinx ISE, Synplify Pro, Design Compiler, ModelSim, VCS, Microsoft Visual Studio, gcc, g++, gdb, design modeling & architecture, RTL design & verification, FPGA & ASIC synthesis, place & route, floorplanning, formal verification, object oriented design

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