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Philippe LAFFONT

GRENOBLE

En résumé

Over 15 years of experience in embedded system and embedded development, digital video, Set Top Boxes

Mes compétences :
RTOS
Hardware-Software partitioning
C/C++
Video Standard Expertise
Embedded software development
Hard Real Time

Entreprises

  • STMicroelectronics - Software Design Principal Engineer

    2013 - maintenant * Ensured company was within industry standards by attending worldwide committee meetings related to video compression standards (MPEG SC29 and JCT-VC), picture quality improvement (HDR) and broadcasting (DVB)
    * Analyzed SW and HW impacts on ST products.
  • STMicroelectronics - Managed VideoIPs Architecture Team

    2007 - 2013 3 HW and 2 SW architects
    Team objectives:
    * Specification of a new scalable HW architecture and a new embedded SW architecture for ST UHD real time multi standards Video Decoders IP (Xp70 micros)
    * Implementation of HEVC, VP9, H264 video standards
  • STMicroelectronics - Managed VideoIPs Software Team

    2003 - 2007 Team objectives:
    * Specification of an embedded software architecture for a new generation of ST HW HD-video decoders IPs (dedicated VLIW processor and hw accelerators)
    * Firmware development for broadcast video standards (H264/MPEG4 part10, MPEG2, VC1...) ;
    * Code optimization to match real time constraints ;
    * Defined a codec agnostic API allowing the control of the decoder in the same way for all standards.
  • STMicroelectronics - SW Architect

    1999 - 2003 Team objectives:
    * Specification of a complete software architecture and its associated API for ST-Based SetTopBox aiming to facilitate the implementation of customers' applications and or commercial middleware (OpenTV...)
    * Responsible for graphic and video decoding related drivers (specification and development)
  • STMicroelectronics - Field Application Engineer

    1997 - 1999 * Worldwide technical support for STM MPEG-2 video decoder IPs. Development and improvement of reference software and firmware
  • GETRIS Images, Manufacturer of professional real-time 2D/3D video and graphics systems for post-prod - Embedded Software Engineer

    1993 - 1996 * Developed firmware for a digital RAM-Disk ;
    * Specified the firmware architecture of the world first real-time true 3D video effects generator on live videos (multi DSP-processors architecture).

Formations

  • Université De Savoie Mont Blanc

    Chambéry - Le Bourget-Du-Lac 1996 - 1997 DEA (Master) master in applied mathematics and computer science

    o_-Maitrise (Bachelor) IT Management (1990 Université Claude Bernard Lyon)
    o- BTS (Associate Degree)Data Processing (1985 Baronnat Grenoble)

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