Patel Navin
SMTS at AMD
Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolNavin Patel is a Senior Member of Technical Staff with over a decade of experience in semiconductors, specializing in image and 3D model compression, embedded software, device drivers, and test automation. As lead developer of AMD’s Compression library (Compressonator) he contributes GUI and multi-threaded compression features to a well-known open-source toolkit used for texture and 3D asset optimization. His background spans firmware, video/graphics driver development, hardware validation and content security design, and includes an AMD ASIC patent plus several pending software patents. With a physics degree from Simon Fraser University and early career roots in test-and-measurement and streaming VOD, he combines deep systems-level engineering with practical product delivery and hands-on tooling.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Physics, Bachelor's Degree, Physics at Simon Fraser University
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Github Skills (11)
compression10
texture10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
front-end-development10
compress10
build-system9
opendds8
sdk6
analyse5
3d-models5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
GPUOpen-Tools/compressonator
Apr 2016 - Jul 2022
Tool suite for Texture and 3D Model Compression, Optimization and Analysis using CPUs, GPUs and APUs
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (focused on Texture Compression and GUI Development)
Software Engineer (focused on Texture Compression and GUI Development)Contributions:14 releases, 11 reviews, 304 commits in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Patel's contributions appear to center around the Compressonator tool, particularly focusing on features and bug fixes within the GUI application. They implemented new icons and views related to debugging tools and integrated command line functionality. The user also worked on version updates and build file improvements related to texture compression, as well as addressing issues with image diff views and multi-threaded compression examples.
3d-modelscompressiontexture-compressionsdkanalysis
GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/brotli_g_sdk
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Brotli-G SDK provides an improved lossless compression ratio with GPU decompression support than the standard Brotli compression algorithm maintained by the IETF (also known as RFC7932)
Contributions:1 release, 2 commits, 2 pushes in 1 day
brotlicompression-algorithmgpulossless-compressioncompression
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