Sadullah Canakci
MTS Silicon Design Engineer at AMD
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSadullah Canakci is a silicon design engineer and hardware security researcher with 9+ years of experience, currently an MTS Silicon Design Engineer at AMD in California. He combines academic rigor from a PhD in Computer Engineering with hands-on silicon and security work, transitioning from research and teaching at Boston University to design and security roles at AMD. His open-source contributions include adapting the BlackParrot RISC-V core within the LiteX ecosystem, showing practical skill in integrating CPU cores into FPGA/system frameworks. Known for bridging deep hardware security research with pragmatic system-level engineering, he brings a rare mix of academic depth and production-focused silicon design.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High school, High school at Hüseyin Avni Sözen Anatolian High SchoolElectronics Engineering&Computer Science Engineering, Electronics Engineering&Computer Science Engineering at Sabanci UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Engineering at Boston University
English, Turkish
Github Skills (7)
fpga10
verilog10
system-on-chip10
systemverilog10
hardware10
sys9
embedded9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
enjoy-digital/litex
Oct 2019 - Feb 2021
Build your hardware, easily!
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 6 PRs, 20 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Sadullah's commits primarily involve modifications to files related to a BlackParrot CPU within the Litex framework. The code changes include updates to the BlackParrot core, transducer modules, and system-level configurations. The commits indicate a focus on adapting the BlackParrot CPU within the Litex framework and integrating it with other system components.
vhdlsystem-on-chipedasochardware
litex-hub/pythondata-cpu-blackparrot
May 2020 - Apr 2021
Python module containing system_verilog files for blackparrot cpu (for use with LiteX).
Contributions:4 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 11 months
cpupythonpython-modulesystem-veriloglitex
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