Larry Carver

“Larry worked with me on the silicon validation of several high volume products for tier one silicon customer. He brought his years of experience in validation to LSI and help immeasurably in bringing me up to speed in silicon validation. He was thorough and diligent in his work. He was more than just interested in doing his job well, Larry wanted to know just how the chip worked and was always striving to improve the validation of the products. Repeatedly when the customer was on a tight deadline and there was a last minute glitch in the validation, Larry would put the hours in to resolve the problem and allow the device to go to mass production on time. He worked well with the designers, validation team and most importantly customers in insuring quality products were launched onto the market. I highly recommend Larry as a valuable asset to any team that wants to be successful.”

“I worked with Larry throughout his entire time with LSI and subsequently with Avago. I was the Chip Architect for all of the single PHY ASICs that we developed during that time and I was also involved in the development and validation of the Ethernet PHY core for the multi-port ASICs. As our customers for these ASICs were tier 1 companies with very stringent requirements in relation to product qualification, I ended up working very closely with Larry on silicon evaluation and customer support for extended periods of time. When Larry started in LSI he was given the unenviable task of taking over from an entire team of people who had formerly been responsible for Ethernet silicon evaluation. However due to his great versatility, including extensive programming skills in C/C++, Matlab and Python, his extensive experience in instrumentation and automated testing, his ability to forge close links with the front-end designers and, above all, his extreme dedication, Larry rose to this challenge magnificently. Among Larry's many fine attributes I would like to particularly highlight two. Firstly, he is excellent at engaging with a front-end design team and listening to their feedback. The evaluation board that Larry designed for the LSI 8-port PHY incorporates numerous innovative features that he added after taking account of such feedback. Secondly, he is generous to a fault with his time. I cannot recall a single occasion where Larry did not make himself available to help designers, test engineers or customers to resolve their issues - even when that meant working long hours to complete his own tasks. It was an absolute pleasure to work with Larry. He will make a great addition to any team involved in validation or customer support.”