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Aized Soban

NUST · 2022
Email
aizedsoban@gmail.com
Phone
923137103741
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aized-soban/
GitHub

Academic

Program
BEE
CGPA
3.28
Year
2022
Education
SEECS
Address
Faisalabad, Pakistan
DOB

Career

Current role
Part-Time Hardware Verification Engineer at Xcelerium
Target role
Skills
Digital Design, Hardware Verification, RISC-V, Processor Architectures, UVM, SystemVerilog, RTL Debugging, ModelSim, gem5, ASIC Tape-out, Cache Coherence (MESI), SMP Processors

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Aized Soban
Cell: 923137103741 |  Email: aizedsoban@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aized-soban/
Address: PLOT#174, STREET#05, UMAR BLOCK, GREEN TOWN, ROADMILLAT , Faisalabad , Pakistan
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Electrical Engineering undergraduate with hands-on experience in digital design, RISC-V processor architectures, and hardware verification. Currently working part-time at Xcelerium (since Nov 2025) on CVA6 core instruction tracing and UVM-based logic trace verification, with exposure to real-world RTL debugging and verification workflows. Previously trained at National Chip Design Centre (NCDC), NUST, where I designed and verified a 5-stage pipelined RISC-V processor and worked on cache architectures, hazard resolution, and SystemVerilog testbenches. Strong interest in semiconductor design, processor microarchitecture
EDUCATION
BEE
SEECS , Islamabad , 3.28 (2022)
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Xcelerium | Nov 2025 – Present
01-Nov-2025 - 25-Jan-2026
Part-Time Hardware Verification Engineer Working on instruction-level and logic trace verification for the CVA6 RISC-V core.
Integrating and analyzing execution traces to validate core behavior against expected instruction flow. Developing and executing
UVM-based verification tasks focused on trace correctness and corner cases. Debugging RTL and simulation mismatches using
waveform analysis and trace comparison. Gaining hands-on exposure to industry-grade verification workflows and large-scale RTL
codebases.
Nust Chip Design Centre (NCDC)
01-Feb-2025 - 31-Aug-2025
Intern Trainee – Digital Systems & RISC-V Architecture Designed and verified a 5-stage pipelined RISC-V processor supporting
RISBUJ instruction formats. Implemented pipeline hazard handling including data forwarding, stalling, and branch control. Developed
SystemVerilog testbenches and performed functional verification using ModelSim. Studied cache memory organizations (direct-
mapped, set-associative) and performance trade-offs. Contributed to architectural exploration for a dual-core SMP processor with
MESI-based cache coherence as part of an ASIC tape-out track.
FINAL YEAR PROJECT
ASIC Tape-out of Dual-Core SMP RISC-V Processor with MESI-Based Cache Coherence
Working on the architectural design and simulation of a dual-core symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) RISC-V processor targeting
ASIC tape-out. Developing a cache hierarchy implementing the MESI coherence protocol to ensure correct shared-memory operation
across cores. Using gem5 for architectural simulation and performance evaluation under parallel workloads. Analyzing interconnect
design, coherence controllers, and memory access behavior. Evaluating system-level performance trade-offs related to cache
organization, coherence traffic, and scalability.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Digital Design & Hardware Verification
Hands-on experience in RISC-V processor design and verification, including pipelined microarchitectures, hazard resolution, and
cache subsystem concepts. Actively working on instruction and logic trace verification for the CVA6 core using UVM methodologies,
with strong exposure to RTL debugging and waveform-b ...

AI enrichment

Aized Soban is an Electrical Engineering undergraduate with a focus on digital design and hardware verification, specifically within RISC-V processor architectures. He possesses practical experience in UVM-based verification and RTL debugging through his role at Xcelerium and academic projects at NUST.
Skills (AI)
["RISC-V Architecture", "UVM", "SystemVerilog", "RTL Debugging", "Digital Design", "Hardware Verification", "Cache Coherence (MESI)", "Pipelined Processor Design", "ASIC Tape-out", "gem5 Simulation"]
Status: ai_done
Provenance
Source file: SEECS - Electrical Engineering-2026.pdf
From job #259 page 106
Created: 1778168427