Mohit Wani is a Principal Product Manager based in Sunnyvale with 17+ years of technical and product leadership spanning semiconductor design, RISC-V CPUs, and AI/ML processor strategy. He currently leads high-performance RISC-V and AI processor products at Synopsys while advising startups and running stealth projects in home digitization and smart AI cloud infrastructure. Previously at SiFive and Intel he managed multi-product CPU portfolios, spearheaded an AI processor initiative, and co-invented multiple patents, pairing system-level architecture experience with go-to-market execution. His hands-on engineering background includes contributions to the widely used Rocket Chip generator—adding RV32E/RV64E ISA extensions and device-tree integrations—highlighting a rare blend of silicon-level expertise and product strategy. An MBA from Berkeley Haas complements his technical masters in electrical engineering, enabling him to bridge deep tech, venture evaluation, and product commercialization.
7 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech (Honors) Electrical Engineering, B.Tech (Honors) Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
Master of Business Administration - MBA Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration - MBA Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Mastère Diploma Microelectronics Tech and Manufacturing Management, Mastère Diploma Microelectronics Tech and Manufacturing Management at STMicroelectronics Corporate University and ENSM, France
Master of Science (M.S.) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University
Contributions:1 review, 23 commits, 14 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Mohit contributed primarily to the Rocket Chip Generator by adding and modifying RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) extensions, specifically RV32E and RV64E. Their work included modifying the object model to include these new ISA options and updating base versioning for the extensions. They also added and updated device tree source (DTS) files for the bus error unit and other system ports, indicating a focus on hardware description and integration.
Contributions:10 commits, 20 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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Mohit Wani - Principal Product Manager at Synopsys Inc