Kevin Croysdale
Senior Staff Application ConsultantIC Compiler II
Placement
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100
%
Optimization (CTS, Placement, Route)
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90
%
Clock Tree Synthesis
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80
%
CTMesh
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50
%
Advanced route rules
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60
%
Programming
Perl
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100
%
Tcl
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90
%
bash/zsh/csh
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90
%
python
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70
%
C++
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40
%
Awards
Synopsys Excellence Award
2013
Patent 8429589: “Generating net routing constraints for place and route”
2013
Synopsys Impact Award
2001
Synopsys Outstanding Contributor
2003-2004
Self-driven consultant with 20 years of experience developing innovative solutions to maximize performance on hundreds of CPU and SoC designs using the most advanced process nodes
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Senior Staff Application Consultant
Synopsys ( Hillsboro, OR ) 2007 - 2019- Drove Synopsys’ largest customer to implement library and metal stack changes on a 10nm process to fully utilize Synopsys’ most advance routing and optimization technology
- Improved frequency 15% while reducing power by 40% on ARM A57 through design
- Improvements and deploying jointly developed IC Compiler II features Pro-actively developed a congestion aware layer assignment algorithm on a highly variable metal stack to improve frequency by 10% on ARM Cortex A55/A75 cores
Staff Application Consultant
Synopsys ( Hillsboro, OR ) 2004 - 2007- Led a team of application consultants and R&D during a one-year engagement in Israel to close a $300 million deal resulting in Synopsys becoming the primary EDA supplier for Intel
- Awarded a patent for net pattern layer assignment that was incorporated in IC Compiler II
- Reduced IC Compiler defects by 10x by managing escalation of all critical issues for Synopsys’ largest account
Senior II Application Consultant
Synopsys ( Hillsboro, OR ) 2003 - 2004- Successfully managed 300 enhancement requests yearly by leading multiple teams of ACs to gather all key requirements and drive discussions with all IC Compiler II R&D teams
- Reduced legal delays impacting critical issues from weeks to hours by managing a team of SAP Developers to create an application to integrate with my UNIX permissions software
Senior Application Consultant
Synopsys ( Hillsboro, OR ) 2000 - 2003- Brought in as a physical design expert to migrate Synopsys into the physical design space by assisting R&D with development on early Synopsys place and route
- Drove deployment of Physical Compiler for Synopsys’ largest customer through the qualification of all West coast engagements
Education
University of Wisconsin
(
Madison, WI
)
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Bachelor of Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Other Interests
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Home Automation -
Golf -
Reading