Tim Chen
Senior Manager at Quanta Computer Inc. 廣達電腦
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Chen is a Senior Manager with 11+ years in the computer industry, currently advising Quanta Computer on server hardware, firmware and software architecture and security. He combines deep embedded-systems expertise—C++, debugging, iOS and low-level firmware—with hands-on experience contributing to the widely used coreboot project, where he added board support, device-tree and power-sequence fixes for multiple Google platforms. With a Master's in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M, he bridges hardware and software teams to turn complex platform requirements into robust, secure implementations. Based in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, he is notable for translating obscure board-level quirks (ACPI, USB, LTE and audio configs) into repeatable production designs.
11 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Science/Electrical Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Science/Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville
English, Chinese
Github Skills (15)
firmware10
embedded10
device-tree10
sys10
boot10
acpi10
architecture9
computer-architecture9
c119
intel9
c179
cpu-architecture9
usb8
gpio8
i2c7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
coreboot/coreboot
Oct 2014 - Jan 2021
Read-only mirror of https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git. We don't handle Pull Requests.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:42 commits in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Tim primarily contributed to the coreboot project, focusing on mainboard modifications and device tree updates for various Google hardware platforms, particularly the "reef," "coral," "octopus," "puff," "faffy" and "dedede" boards. Their work involved modifying ACPI parameters, updating USB settings, and adding support for new memory modules and touchscreen devices. The user also implemented specific power on/off sequences and configuration changes related to features like LTE and audio components.
corebootfirmwarereviewpull-requestsbootloader
dgreid/adhd
Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:2 commits in 5 months
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