Ian Davis

Ian Davis has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of design engineering. Ian started their career as a Hardware Design Engineer at GRiD Systems in 1991, where they were responsible for designing hardware digitizer interface ASIC and implementing a 486 pen-based notebook system. Ian also developed and documented custom test vector generation software during their time there.

In 1993, Ian joined Cirrus Logic after their acquisition of Picopower Technology. At Cirrus Logic, they worked as a Senior Design Engineer and was involved in several ASIC chipset designs for various Intel microprocessors, including 386, 486, Pentium, and P6. Ian holds four patents from this period.

From 1996 to 2004, Ian worked at Foundry Networks as a Principal Design Engineer. Ian had a significant role in designing and implementing over 10 ASICs and several large FPGAs used in various Foundry stackable and chassis products such as FastIron, BigIron, and NetIron.

In 2004, Ian joined ConSentry Networks as a Senior Design Engineer. During their time there, they designed 10GBps network L3/L4 FPGA-based packet processors for Consentry Lanshield products. Ian also handled top-level, core, and external interface development for Consentry TFP and LSP ASICs. Additionally, they created a reusable self-checking test environment with components for packet generation/verification and other peripheral/memory devices.

Most recently, Ian has been working at A10 Networks since 2011 as a Principal Design Engineer. Their role involves designing high-performance network L3/L4 FPGA-based packet processors. Further details about their work at A10 Networks are not mentioned in the provided information.

Ian Davis attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo from 1986 to 1990, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a field of study in Computer Design. Following this, they continued their education at the same university from 1990 to 1991 and earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) with a field of study in Computer Engineering and Signal Processing.