Yuri Benditovich
Self Employed Software Developer And Consultant at :)
Petah Tikva, Center District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolYuri Benditovich is a seasoned software developer and consultant with over 20 years of experience, specializing in Windows kernel-mode drivers, embedded systems, and SW/FW/HW integration. He has a long track record in telecom and hardware bring-up, delivering mass-production kernel drivers and navigating complex certification processes like WHQL. At Intel and Smart Link he served in senior and principal engineering roles, and since 2016 he operates as an independent consultant tackling ambitious, production-critical projects. An active open-source contributor, Yuri has improved networking and PCI device handling in QEMU and optimized virtio-win Windows paravirtual drivers—work that surfaces in widely used virtualization projects. Known for deep low-level expertise across C/C++, RTOS, ARM/MIPS/RISC-V and PCIe/USB, he combines system-wide architecture thinking with hands-on debugging and performance tuning.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Msc, Msc at Chelyabinsk State UniversityMsc, Msc at Челябинский Политехнический Институт
Github Skills (21)
debugging10
kvm10
debug10
c-language10
qemu10
c1110
networking10
virtio10
c1710
kernel10
driver10
device-driver10
pci10
virtualization10
windows-driver10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows
Oct 2016 - Apr 2022
Windows paravirtualized drivers for QEMU\KVM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Kernel Driver Engineer
Back-end Developer & Kernel Driver EngineerContributions:61 reviews, 423 commits, 113 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Yuri primarily focused on debugging and improving the performance of the virtio-win KVM guest drivers for Windows. Their contributions centered on addressing issues related to MSIX vector handling, interrupt processing, and optimizing the TX queue for better network performance. They also introduced improvements to WMI support and included features for diagnostic and performance analysis, including internal statistics and detailed logging. Additionally, the user contributed to the implementation of the VirtIO DMA API, enhancing the integration with IOMMU-compatible systems.
hyper-vc-plus-plusvirtualizationvirtio-winguest
qemu/qemu
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Yuri primarily contributed to the QEMU project by fixing bugs and adding features related to networking and PCI device handling. Their work involved modifying the behavior of virtual network interfaces (virtio-net) and PCI devices, specifically addressing issues related to hot-unplugging and device configuration. The user also implemented support for USO features in virtio-net and made adjustments to the tap driver. These changes aimed to improve stability, performance, and functionality within the virtualization environment.
linuxtarballsqemusubmitpull-requests
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