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Yikai Cao
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Q. Yikai, tell us about your background.
Yikai: First I am glad to become a member of CDNUsers to take advantage of exchanging ideas for solving problems with Cadence tools. I am from Vancouver, Canada, currently living in San Diego and working in RF Micro Devices.
In 1986 I graduated with Master Degree of E&E in China and worked in Beijing IC Design Center (Now called China Huada Integrated Circuit Design Group ) as IC design engineer. Then I worked as Avant! Application Engineer in China and Singapore. In 1998 I moved to PMC-Sierra in Vancouver, as Physical Design CAD Engineer. Last year I was offered a job in San Diego as Staff Digital CAD engineer. I am used to enjoying outdoor life in Vancouver and now I am enjoying sunshine in San Diego especially in Christmas season.
Q. Do you have hobbies, if so what?
Yikai: Playing badminton, hiking and camping are my lifetime favorites. I try to learn kayaking and surfing now.
Q. What kind of movies do you like?
Yikai: I like any movies about war. They are the corner case of our life. It is similar for IT world, either living or dying. We are soldiers, are we?
Q. What do you do at RF Micro Devices?
Yikai: I am working as a Staff Digital CAD Engineer at RF Micro Device in San Diego to develop whole Place&Route flow and project tape out. We mainly use Cadence Encounter platform for whole backend flow, like First Encounter, NanoRoute, Fire&Ice QX, VoltageStorm PE/DG, Celtic NDC, Conformal etc.
Q. What are your biggest design challenges?
Yikai: Implementation and verification of low power design is the current biggest challenges.
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Interview with community member Yikai Cao
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