Manu Nair
Founder CEO at Synthara AG
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolManu Nair is the founder and CEO of Synthara AG, bringing a decade of experience at the intersection of ultra-low-power hardware, neuromorphic research, and product strategy. He leads development of ComputeRAM, an in/near-memory computing SRAM enhancement that boosts energy efficiency and performance for edge AI, DSP, MCU, and ASIC use cases. His background includes a PhD from the Institute of Neuroinformatics (ETH Zurich–UZH) where he co-designed neuromorphic chips and novel computational primitives, and early industry roles delivering SoC and IP for low-power embedded systems. Manu blends deep circuit-level expertise (bandgap, PLL, cryptographic accelerators) with hands-on algorithmic work for time-varying sensor signals, making him adept at turning academic innovations into deployable silicon. Based in Zurich, he’s actively building partnerships for wearable and IoT compute memory solutions and enjoys exploring cross-disciplinary ideas in edge computing and company building.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of natural science (Ph.D.) Microwatt-range ultra-low power learning circuits and systems, Doctor of natural science (Ph.D.) Microwatt-range ultra-low power learning circuits and systems at Institute of neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich-UZHMaster of Philosophy (MPhil) VLSI Analog Design Machine Learning Probabilistic computation, Master of Philosophy (MPhil) VLSI Analog Design Machine Learning Probabilistic computation at The University of ManchesterBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Github Skills (23)
nlp6
lstm6
natural-language-processing5
deep-learning5
machine-learning5
pytorch5
altium-designer4
kicad4
language-model3
converter3
dmx5123
freecad3
perl3
eda2
workbench2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
manuvn/sigma-delta-neural-networks
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:4 releases, 29 commits, 64 pushes in 8 months
manuvn/dataloaders
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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