Christopher Erb
SMTS Silicon Design Engineer at AMD
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Erb is a silicon design and software engineer with nine years at AMD building hardware simulation tools, performance analysis pipelines, and developer tooling for Radeon Open Compute. Based in Austin, he blends low-level C++ and assembly work with system-level performance modeling—having refactored kernel naming and build infrastructure for AMD’s widely used MIOpen machine intelligence library. His background spans exascale performance analysis, many-core power and reliability studies, and hands-on simulation and visualization tool development, grounded in an MS in Computer Engineering from UT Austin and a near-perfect GPA at Auburn. Known for translating complex hardware behavior into maintainable software, he often writes automation and visualization systems that surface hard-to-see performance signals.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.87, Masters of Science Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.87 at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Science Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.98, Bachelor of Science Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.98 at Auburn University
Japanese
Github Skills (5)
kernel10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
kernel-mode10
performance-optimization8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ROCm/MIOpen
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
AMD's Machine Intelligence Library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:191 reviews, 160 commits, 181 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily worked on refactoring and updating the MIOpen kernel naming convention within the AMD's Machine Intelligence Library, `rocm/miopen`. Their contributions involved modifying multiple C++ files and assembly files, specifically kernel code, to adhere to the new naming scheme. Furthermore, the user updated and maintained files related to the project's build and structure.
amdcluster-computingmachine-learningblasmachine-intelligence
ROCm/MIFin
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Tuna centric MIOpen client
Contributions:20 reviews, 40 PRs, 116 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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