Topics in Multi-Threaded OpenSPARC Verification

Jai Kumar - "Leveraging Low Cost FPGA Prototyping for Validation of a Highly Threaded Server-on-Chip"

Durgam Vahia -  "Mapping Server-Class Multi-Threaded OpenSPARC T1 Processor Core on FPGAs"

Jai Kumar - Sun Microsystems

• Jai Kumar is a Verification Technologist at Sun Microsystems. Jai spearheads evaluation and deployment of state-of-art verification technologies and methodologies to enhance verification efficiency of UltraSPARC Server-On-Chips.
• Jai has more than 18 years of experience in microprocessor design and verification including UltraSPARC T2, T1, Fujitsu SPARC and Motorola ColdFire processors.
• Jai also plays active role in the industry,  chaired conferences and has 60+ publications and awards in the areas of simulation, emulation and formal verification to his credit. He has contributed the Verification Methodology chapter to OpenSPARC Internals Book.
• Jai holds a MS in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University.

Durgam Vahia - Sun Microsystems

• Durgam is leading OpenSPARC Engineering and Partnership Development at Sun Microsystems.
• In his prior roles, Durgam has led and  contributed in various projects in the areas of VLSI CAD tools  development, logic design and microprocessor verification.
• Durgam has keen interest in enabling multi core research throughout the world, by providing out-of-the-box and reconfigurable open-source hardware  platforms; and believes OpenSPARC is key in making that happen.
• Durgam received his MS in Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Amherst and was a co-recipient of Sun's Chairman's Award for Innovation in 2004 for his work on the verification of memory consistency models.

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