Prasanna Venkatesh

Staff Firmware Engineer @Micron Technology

Working on SSD Firmware for next-generation enterprise SSDs, pre-tape out validation and product firmware development. Design, develop, implement and test Enterprise SSD FW for PCIe Gen5 platform and conforming to NVMe 2.0 specification. Involved in pre-tape out scoping and validation efforts for the Controller FW including admin command framework and support, 4k aligned I/O support, validation at Physical Function and Virtual Function levels, I/O path validations for read, write, write zeroes commands, CC-HIT, LBAT-MISS, SMART counters and timers initialization and validation, validating E2E FW for NVMe 2.0 compliance. Bring up ZEBU platform for FW, validating admin commands, 4k aligned and also 512B unaligned I/Os in the ZEBU platform. Validating RAMDISKFE and E2E FW using nvme driver, PCIe analyzer, Functional Test Engineering (FTE) test scripts on the single/dual HAPS platforms. Also, extensive validation using nvme driver and nvme-cli utility for the NVMe 2.0 conformance. Work with cross-functional teams including FTE, ASIC and ZEBU teams to collaborate and deliver products efficiently and effectively. Deliver high-quality code and highly impactful products under tight deadlines.