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Shashi Chilappagari
Chief Architect and Co-Founder at DeGirum Corp.
Shashi Chilappagari is the Co-Founder and Chief Architect at DeGirum Corp., a fabless semiconductor company specializing in AI solutions for edge computing. He has been in this role since the company's founding in 2017. DeGirum focuses on developing advanced AI acceleration platforms, including their ORCA hardware accelerator, aimed at enhancing the capabilities of applications at the edge of networks.135
Education and Early Career
Chilappagari holds a B.Tech and M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona. His academic work included research on error correction codes and coding theory applications.24
Previous Experience
Before co-founding DeGirum, Chilappagari served as the Director of System Architecture at Marvell Semiconductor, where he worked on NAND flash controllers and advanced error correction technologies. His career at Marvell included various engineering and managerial roles, contributing significantly to the development of data storage systems and SSD technology.2
Expertise
Chilappagari has extensive expertise in error correction codes, data storage systems, and digital signal processing. His work has been pivotal in advancing the design of coding schemes and improving the reliability of data storage technologies.12
