Quoc Nguyen
@quocnguyen1
Physical Design intern at GUC who implemented a pipelined RISC-V core reaching 107.14 MHz.
VietnamWhat I'm looking for
At GUC, I worked as an Engineer Intern from January to May 2026. I’m a final-year electrical and electronics student seeking an internship in Physical Design to learn and apply my knowledge in practice.
For my ICTC Fundamental Physical Design Course capstone, I designed a five-stage pipelined RISC-V core with hazard detection and forwarding, extending RV32I for Galois Field arithmetic. The pipelined core reached a maximum operating frequency of 107.14 MHz on an FPGA DE10.
In my ICTC Fundamental Physical Design Course final project, I synthesized a design and ran place and route in Cadence Innovus. I performed static timing analysis and iterated on fixes, with post-route timing close to the stated WNS/TNS goals.
My electrical and electronics studies, university lab work, and private consulting helped me develop interpersonal skills. I hope to continue working at a company after an internship.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Worked as Engineer Intern at GUC.
Design of RISC-V (RV32I) Instruction Set Extension for Galois Field Processing
Researched and extended the base RV32I Instruction Set Architecture to support
Galois Field arithmetic, specifically for cryptographic and error-correction
applications
Designed and implemented a 5-stage pipelined RISC-V CPU core featuring Hazard
Detection and Forwarding Units to optimize performance
Implemented t
Fill-in all input data (netlist, sdc, tech lef, lib,...)
Synthesized & ran P&R in Cadence Innovus, built PG mesh; timing-driven
placement, CTS with skew targets, fix DRV (max caps, max fanouts)
Performed STA with CRPR; iterated fixes (buffer insertion/useful skew); routed &
cleaned DRC/antenna.
Timing at postRoute goal: WNS/TNS close to 0.03ns/0.3ns, core utilization ~65%,
fmax ~200 MHz
Worked as Fundamental Physical Design Course at Trung Tâm Đào Tạo Vi Mạch ICTC.
Worked as Project Intern at Semicon IC Design Training Center.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)
Telecommunications Engineering
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Baccalauréat en ingénierie, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2021 - 2026
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Location
VietnamAuthorized to work in
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