Ben Cheatham
Software Engineer at AMD
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Cheatham is a software engineer based in Austin, Texas, specializing in Linux kernel development with a current focus on enabling Compute Express Link (CXL) for AMD EPYC servers. With a BS in Computer Science from UT Austin and a dozen years of hands-on experience across embedded avionics, IT operations, and server OS work, he blends low-level systems expertise with practical deployment know-how. At AMD he contributes to server-class kernel features that bridge hardware and OS for next-generation memory and accelerator interconnects. His background includes building base flight software for university rockets and administrating VMware and network systems, reflecting a knack for reliable, infrastructure-focused engineering. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who gravitated from campus systems and avionics into production kernel development, bringing attention to detail that matters at silicon scale.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science, Junior, Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science, Junior at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (1)
fortran10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CIMM-ORG/SWMM5plus
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Prototype Fortran 2008 engine for the EPA Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)
Contributions:240 commits, 144 pushes in 1 year 7 months
fortran
benrhodges/github-slideshow
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
A robot powered training repository :robot:
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
roboticsrosrobottraining
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