Guo Chen
Senior Compiler Developer at Intel Corporation
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolGuo Chen is a Senior Compiler Developer based in Canada with eight years of experience building compiler backends, embedded firmware, and system software. He currently develops FPGA compiler backends at Intel and contributes to the widely used LLVM project, where he focuses on the AMDGPU backend implementing and validating low-level instruction encodings. His background spans firmware and BSP work for multi-processor SoCs, ASIC driver development on Linux and FreeRTOS, and graphics middleware including EGL/OpenGL ES on QNX for automotive. Guo combines deep hardware-aware codegen skills with hands-on system integration from bootloader to application, enabling pragmatic solutions across the stack. He holds an MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McMaster and a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University. A detail-oriented collaborator, he often authors targeted tests and co-authors fixes that bridge compiler design and real silicon behavior.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster UniversityBachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Automation at Beijing Jiaotong University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (10)
compiler-design10
assembly10
code-generation10
amdgpu10
assemble10
assembler10
llvm10
test-automation9
c-language8
cprogramming-language8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
llvm/llvm-project
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:311 reviews, 280 PRs, 113 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Guo primarily contributes to the AMDGPU backend of the LLVM compiler project, focusing on the True16 and fake16 formats. Their work includes implementing and supporting specific instructions (like v_swap_b16, v_mov_b16, AND/OR/XOR and LDEXP) and fixing related bugs in code generation for the AMDGPU target. They also create and modify test cases to validate the correct encoding and behavior of the implemented instructions. The user collaborates with others, as indicated by the "Co-authored-by" tags.
compilerstechnologiesclangsubmittoolchain
broxigarchen/dsp_2837x_ctlcard
Sep 2017 - Mar 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
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