Dhruv Dave

About Dhruv Dave

Love making and breaking stuff : interested & enthusiastic about Low-level Software, Computer Architecture and Hardware Design Verification.M.Tech in Embedded Systems, with more than 7+ years of Experience working on System-level CPU Design Verification and Memory Subsystem Validation. Currently, working on functional validation of memory subsystem block and overall Mempath power at Google. My current responsibilities include development in the areas of Driver/Firmware Development and Validation, Debug and Resolution of Issues and Software Use-Case Implementation.

Experience

1. Silicon Validation Engineer, Memory Subsystem

   Google

   May 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Firmware/driver development, software use case implementation, end to end validating the Memory Sub-system block of next-gen Pixel phones, in Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon environment• Functional Validation of low power Scenarios & system low power modes of Memory Subsystem, Memory Controller, DMA• Well-versed with CHI/AXI Coherency protocols as part of Coherent fabric being part of Memory subsystem.• Silicon Power Correlation for MEMSS, Memory controller and Overall Mempath right from CPU to DRAM• Hands on experience with end-to-end functional validation as well as validating Power/Performance • Experience with emulation platforms and Silicon execution, with different targets like baremetal and OS• Hands on Silicon Bringup activities • SoC level Debugging on Silicon using Trace32 and Verdi for pre-silicon debug on emulation• Preparing System level Tests for SLT Volume ramp activities

Education

• Nirma University

  Master of Technology (M.Tech), Embedded Systems

• Gujarat Technological University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics & Communications Engineering

• Sahajanand School

  GSEB