Denis Chertykov
GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) AVR Port Maintainer at GNU Project
Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolDenis Chertykov is a seasoned compiler engineer with 17 years of experience specializing in GNU GCC retargeting, porting and register allocation, currently maintainer of the GCC AVR port. He built the AVR GNU toolchain from scratch — the first GCC port to an 8-bit CPU with a 16-bit address bus — and has contributed multiple ports and binutils patches to the FSF. His background includes creating and optimizing GCC backends for several niche 8- and 32-bit communication processors (Unicore Orchid, Ubicom IP2K/IP4K), proving expertise in constraining, low-level architectures. Deeply rooted in open source and embedded Linux, he thrives on “porting to the worst architectures possible,” turning minimal instruction sets into reliable toolchains. Based in Saratov, Russia, he combines academic training in automation and control with decades of practical compiler craftsmanship that few engineers outside the toolchain community possess.
17 years of coding experience
Engineer's degree, Automation and control in technical systems, Specialist degree, Engineer's degree, Automation and control in technical systems, Specialist degree at Saratov State Technical University
Github Skills (13)
c1710
compiler-design10
c1110
allocation10
registers10
gcc10
assemble9
assembler9
assembly9
algorithms8
data-structures8
algorithm8
data-structure8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chertykov/CoreXY-n
Jan 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:102 commits, 81 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
chertykov/Grass-ICS
Jun 2012 - Oct 2012
Contributions:2 commits in 3 months
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