# Likun Hao

> Software Engineer

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/likun

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ SambaNova Systems
Jan 2019 – Present | California, United States
Software Engineer, Place and Route (PnR) tech lead

### Technical Manager @ TSMC
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
ASIC Design Methodology & Flow Development(APR)

### Principal Engineer(EDA software) @ Oracle
Jan 2010 – Jan 2017
Implement and enhance the physical design tools, as part of the integrated CAD tool environment, for the next generation microprocessor designs with TSMC 40, 28, 20, 10 and 7 nanometer technologies. 
Lead and architected clock network generation with extremely low skew, including fishbone/comb route, shielding, post-mesh clock header insertion and placement, etc.
Lead and architected special routers such as space router, mixing gridded and gridless router, power router, ECO router and build-in DRC checker; 
Lead and architected physical synthesis features such as high fanout synthesis, buffer-guided route and on-route buffering.
Lead and architected buffer legalization.
Interact with design teams to define the methodology for CPU design with hybrid commercial EDA tools and in-house tools. Also have an opportunity to participate in a broad range of CAD tool development activities.
Participated Open Access Track Patterns working group(Si2, Altera, Cadence, IBM, Intel, Oracle, and Synopsys)

### Engineer @ Sun Microsystems
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010
EDA software development

### Engineer @ CADexterity, Inc.
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006
Analyze and solve complex problems in the tightly integrated design-driven IC layout tools.
Architecture and Algorithm design. Fundamental geometric algorithm library, automatic Layout Generation and editing.
Data Structure and database format Maintain for in-house database and some industry standard format such as GDS II and HSPICE.
GUI/Cross platform design, using cross-platform framework QT to create GUI application.


## Education
### Ph.D in Theoretical Physics
Peking University

### BS in Physics
Peking University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/likun-hao-3311196

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Last updated: 2026-04-11