Viller Hsiao
Silicon Engineer at Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Taiwan
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Top SchoolViller Hsiao is a silicon engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience in embedded systems, SOC bring-up, and OS integration across ARM and MIPS platforms. He has led embedded Linux maintenance, RTOS porting, and platform development at Realtek and now applies that low-level expertise at Google. His work spans Linux debugging and performance analysis to IC verification, and includes kernel-level contributions to the F9 microkernel for ARM Cortex‑M devices. An active community organizer—administrator of Taiwan Linux Kernel Hackers and a COSCUP speaker/organizer—he blends deep engineering skills with developer-community mentorship. He holds a master's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Tsing Hua University and complements his background with focused study in mobile-robot control.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at National Tsing Hua UniversityControl of Mobile Robots, Control of Mobile Robots at coursera
English, Japanese, Chinese
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Github Skills (16)
c1710
kernel10
arm10
debugging10
embedded10
debug10
assembly10
c1110
kconfig10
sys10
kernel-mode10
assembler10
makefile9
linux6
linux-kernel6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
f9micro/f9-kernel
Aug 2013 - Sep 2013
An efficient and secure microkernel built for ARM Cortex-M cores, inspired by L4
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:26 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Viller primarily focused on low-level kernel and system-level modifications within the F9 microkernel. Their contributions included adding include guards, cleaning up build information, and adjusting configuration options using Kconfig. They also addressed compile-time warnings and resolved conflicts related to type definitions, indicating a deep understanding of the kernel's inner workings and build process. The user's changes involved the debug device selection and implementation of stdio functionalities.
kernelcortexmicrokernelsecurearmv8
vh21/buildsystem
Mar 2015 - Sep 2019
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 4 years 6 months
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