Ray Yang

About Ray Yang

Mass Storage System architecture, from Solid State SSD to storage array and distributed system. NAND Flash Management techniques including device physics, characteristics, channel modeling, and error recovery. Understand 2D MLC, 3D TLC/QLC for enterprise application, and power budgeting for SSD. Familiar with ONFI 2/3/4, Toggle 2/3 interface, and the associate IO circuit requirement. Solid SSD knowledge from device, flash controller, FTL, to system performance modeling. Experienced in working with global functional teams (ASIC, FW, and Validation). Emerging memory MRAM, ReRAM, and X3D knowledge for future computing application. Logic Design: Verilog and VHDL, design and verification. Experienced in all phases of ASIC/SOC development flow. Proven track record of leadership and management of various chip development programs

Experience

1. Director, Ssd Asic Engineering

   WD

   Nov 2021 — Present · Milpitas, CA, US

   Lead IP development team (design and DV, in different countries) to deliver a variety of IP/subsystems for controllers serve different business units.

Education

• National Tsing Hua University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering

• Syracuse University

  Master, Electrical and Computer Engineeering

  1988 — 1989

Skills

• Fpga
• Soc
• Verilog
• Computer Architecture
• Ssd
• Nand Flash
• Storage Solutions
• Verification
• Digital Ic Design
• Power Management
• Uvm
• Logic Design
• Sata
• Firmware
• Eda
• Debugging
• Semiconductors
• System on a Chip (Soc)
• Solid-State Drive (Ssd)
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (Fpga)
• Serial Ata (Sata)
• Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (Asic)