Vinod Kathail is a Xilinx Fellow and Chief Architect for the Vitis development environment. At Xilinx, he initiated the software programmability effort and drove the development of a higher-level programming environment, called SDSoC, and its adoption. He also led the company-wide focus on embedded vision including machine learning usage in edge and endpoint applications. Prior to joining Xilinx, Vinod was the founding CEO and later CTO of Synfora, a high-level synthesis startup. Vinod brings over 25 years of experience in heterogenous programming environments, parallel and VLIW architectures, parallelizing compilers and high-level synthesis. Vinod received an ScD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. He holds over 25 patents, and he has authored numerous publications.
Vinod Kathail
Xilinx Fellow and Chief Architect, Xilinx
