Jose Renau is a Professor at UC Santa Cruz with over 20 years in academia and a decade of focused professional experience applying computer architecture and AI to real-world chip design. He leads research on AI agents for chip design while concurrently founding and running UNCORE LLC, bridging cutting-edge research with commercial engineering. His consulting work with companies like Huawei, Imagination Technologies, and Esperanto reflects deep expertise in memory subsystems, core microarchitecture, and high-performance simulation infrastructure. Trained with a PhD in Computer Science from UIUC, he combines rigorous academic methods with hands-on system-building—an uncommon blend that accelerates both silicon verification and architectural exploration. Based in California, he is known for producing practical performance models and novel predictors that have influenced both industry verification flows and research toolchains.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Universitat Ramon Llull
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Contributions:48 PRs, 126 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 5 months
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