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General Information

Full Name Xifan Tang
Date of Birth 6th August 1989
Languages English, Chinese

Education

  • 2017
    Doctor in Science
    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • FPGA architecture, circuit design and CAD based on Resistive Memory
    • the OpenFPGA project
  • 2013
    Master in Electrical Engineering
    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Reconfigurable Architecture Design Based Ambipolar Logic
    • Circuit Design based on Ambipolar Logic
  • 2011
    Bachelor in Micro-electronics
    Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
    • Architecture exploration for FPGAs

Experience

  • 2023 - Present
    CTO
    RapidFlex US Inc.
    • Leading the development of ArkAngel Design Suites
    • Leading the development of MX200 eFPGA IP
    • Accomplished 2 successful FPGA tapeouts in 2 years
  • 2021 - 2022
    Chief Engineer
    Rapidsilicon,
    • Accomplished 2 successful FPGA tapeout in 1 year
    • Leading the development on open-source FPGA methodology
  • 2020 - 2021
    Research Assistant Professor
    University of Utah
    • Leading the development on OpenFPGA project
    • Accomplished 4 successful FPGA tapeouts

Open Source Projects

  • 2018-now
    OpenFPGA
    • The core engine of a number of commercial eFPGA IP generator

Honors and Awards

  • 2020
    • Best Contribution Award, Workshop on Open-Source EDA Technology (WOSET)
  • 2015
    • Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
  • 2014
    • Best paper award nomination at Intl’ Conf. on Field Programmable Technology (ICFPT)

Academic Interests

  • FPGA architecture
  • FPGA EDA algorithms and open-source effort

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Basketball, Computer Games, etc.