Karun Menon has 28 years hands-on R&D experience in Microprocessor Chip development, VLSI Design verification and High Performance Compute Server development. Worked at industry leading companies in California, USA for 25 years as a senior technical contributor. Interacted with universities in India as a volunteer Open Source Hardware, SPARC Microprocessor development evangelist for 4 years. Expert level knowledge in VLSI chip development flow, Verification Methodologies, tools and Hardware Description Languages.Relocated to Kochi in October 2015.
Areas of Interest:
Computer Architecture, Microprocessors, VLSI Design, ASIC, Digital Systems Design
Education:
BTech Electronics& Communications Engineering, NIT Calicut 1985, First Class
ME Applied Electronics, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, 1988, First Class
MS Engineering Management, Santa Clara University, 2004, Honours