Francisco M.

ASIC Physical Design Intern

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022 • 6 mos

As a returning ASIC PD intern at NVIDIA, I was given an open-ended internship. I was responsible for exploring and implementing power-saving techniques for NVIDIA’s GPU chips. I conducted a thorough literature review and developed novel methods to obtain insights into a chip’s power consumption to assess the effectiveness of various techniques. These methods opened up new possibilities for exploration and improvement that was not previously possible. I presented these findings internally at NVIDIA, including at interdisciplinary team meetings and an intern poster presentation competition, to share my work and gather feedback. In addition, I also presented my previous internship work at NVIDIA’s NTECH conference, which is a highly competitive internal conference with an acceptance rate of less than 20%.

ASIC Physical Design Intern

Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 • 3 mos

As an ASIC PD intern at NVIDIA, I contributed to the development and integration of a power-saving technique to make it standard for NVIDIA's GPU chips. I also presented this technique internally at NVIDIA, including at interdisciplinary team meetings, to share my work and gather feedback.