👋 Hey, I'm Shahzaib Kashif

RISC-V Advocate • CPU Design & Verification Engineer • CHISEL Enthusiast

⚡ The Short Version

class ShahzaibKashif: def __init__(self): self.role = "RISC-V Advocate & CPU Design Engineer" self.location = "Karachi, Pakistan" pa self.interests = [ "RISC-V ISA", "CHISEL HDL", "Open Source Hardware", "SoC Design", "FPGA/ASIC", "Making chips less scary" ] self.current_focus = "UCIe Protocol Verification" self.mentality = "If it's not open source, is it even real?" def say_hi(self): print("Thanks for stopping by! Star if you're team RISC-V ⭐")

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💼 What I Actually Do

Role	Company	Focus
Design Verification Engineer	10xEngineers	UCIe Protocol Verification
Ambassador	CHERI Alliance	Capability-based security
RISC-V Advocate	RISC-V International	Community & technical outreach
CPU Design Engineer	Intensivate (ex)	CHISEL, PCIe, debug modules
Research Associate	MERL	SoC design, Google MPW6 tape-out

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🛠️ Stuff I'm Embarrassingly Good At

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📦 Projects That Keep Me Up at Night

Project	What It Does	Tech	Status
SoC Studio	Cloud GUI for generating RISC-V SoCs (drag & drop, real-time sim, waveforms)	CHISEL, React, Django	🔥 Active
SoC-Now	Parameterized SoC generator with plug-and-play components	CHISEL, Tilelink, Wishbone	Production
Bitstream Chef	EDA tool for rapid FPGA bitstream generation	Python, F4PGA	Cooking
Rocket Chip RE	Reverse-engineered Rocket Chip into actual documentation	RISC-V, Blood, Sweat	Published

"I don't always write hardware, but when I do, I make sure it's parameterized."

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🎤 Talks & Street Cred

Event	Role	Topic
CAMP-V Workshop	Organizer & Host	RISC-V architecture & ecosystem
RISC-V Karachi Meetup	Co-Host	Community building
RISC-V Summit Europe 2023	Presenter	ChipShop
ASPLOS 2023	Workshop	ChipShop
WOSET 2023	Poster	SoC-Now + Bitstream Chef
RISC-V Summit NA 2020	Tutorial	Reverse-engineering Rocket Chip

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🏅 Badges of Honor

🏆 RISC-V Advocate (official, not just a vibe) 🏆 RISC-V Foundational Associate (RVFA) 🏆 RISC-V Fundamentals (LFD210) 🏆 LFX Mentorship (Spring'22, Spring'23) [Mentor] 🏆 Google Summer of Code (LiveHD) 

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📊 GitHub Statistics (The Boring but Important Part)

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📫 Slide Into My DMs

• GitHub: @shahzaibk23 (you're already here)
• LinkedIn: shahzaib-kashif (for professional stalking)
• Twitter/X: @shahzaib_kash (where I rant about RISC-V)
• Portfolio: shahzaibkashif.netlify.app (fancy, I know)
• Email: shahzaibceo at gmail

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⚡ "Open source hardware isn't just a movement, it's a lifestyle."