Summary
Chanwoo Choi is a Principal Engineer and long-time Linux kernel maintainer at Samsung Electronics with 15+ years of system software experience, specializing in ARM SoC BSPs, low-level device drivers, and power management. He maintains core subsystems such as DEVFREQ and EXTCON, co-maintains Samsung SoC clock controllers, and has authored or reviewed thousands of kernel patches—ranking among the most active contributors in multiple kernel releases. As Tizen System Framework Technical Leader he drives platform-level projects (PASS, HAL improvements, FOTA, diagnostics) that bridge kernel and user-space resource management. A frequent conference speaker, he combines deep kernel internals expertise with pragmatic platform engineering for mobile, wearable and IoT devices. Notably, his work on generic BUSFREQ and DEVFREQ event frameworks is upstream in mainline Linux, reflecting a sustained impact on power-aware system design.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 4.0/4.5, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 4.0/4.5 at Chungnam National University
English