Alain Chateau

free for new challenges

Following the restructuring of Texas Instruments French R&D center, one-year mandate from the local government office to aid in the economic revitalization of the depressed area. Set up of a framework for support actions of the laid-off staff : * stimulation of the local labor pool * assistance for business startup * support to the establishment process of new companies (8 new implantations) 85% of the 510 employees were redeployed over one year, more than two-thirds of them locally.

Principal embedded systems architect for multimedia mobile platform solutions. * Architecture of ebook reader and digital tablet platforms based on TI OMAP multimedia application processors (Amazon/Kindle, Barnes & Noble/Nook, Bookeen/Odyssey) * Architect of a TI OMAP-based solution for high-end automotive infotainment platforms (Harman automotive, European car manufacturers)

Promoting technical innovation to enhance TI company image and to create competitive advantage for products differentiation. * Chairman of TI Inc. patent committee « processors and embedded platforms architecture » * Chairman of TI France project incubation initiative « Entrepreneurial Spirit » * TI France representative at TI « EMEA Technical Advisory Board » * TI Inc. company's official contact to ETSI European standards body * Board member of French SCS competitiveness cluster

Preparation of French and European collaborative university/industry programs (French FUI, PSPC, European FP7 FET) * eHealth, wearable devices and smart textiles (2 patents) * interactive multimedia * smart infrastructure and connected objects

Principal system architect for radio baseband processors. * Specification of a software defined radio (SDR) advanced architecture with reconfigurable hardware acceleration and micro-programmable protocol controller (2 patents) * System level modeling for multimode 3G/LTE radio architecture exploration * TI representative at the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance and at the SDR Forum

System architecture study for open application processors * Co-inventor of secure micro-architecture concepts (M-shield/TrustZone) for open application processors running HLOS * 8 reference patents

Architecture definition and ASIC design of TI cellular baseband processors GSM-GPRS-EDGE. * chipset adopted by numerous handset OEMs (Sagem, Panasonic, Sony, Motorola, Sendo, LG, HTC) * a mere 600 million units of GSM/GPRS/EDGE baseband processors supplied over 8 years * reference patent on the maintenance of network time synchronization in deep-sleep mode

ASIC design leader of the digital baseband processor for GSM handsets. * Designer of the 1st single-chip integrating both MCU and DSP processors for GSM phones (3 patents)

ASIC designer of digital signaling and crypto processing VLSI circuits of the PR4G radio terminals for the RITA military communication network.

Microelectronics,IC design,Electronic Design Automation

Solid state physics,analog and digital electronics,design automation