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Ellen G. Piccioli
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Compaq Computer Corporation, Alpha Development Group
Shrewsbury, MA

 

Ellen Grant Piccioli received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1986, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1991. After working at Digital Equipment Corporation from 1986 to 1989 as a Yield Enhancement Engineer, Ellen received a fellowship from Digital to pursue graduate education. Ellen returned to Digital's Advanced Semiconductor Development Group as a Device Engineer from 1991 to 1994. From 1994 to 1998, Ellen drove test chip development for advanced CMOS technology development for Digital's Semiconductor division. Following the acquisition of Digital by Compaq, Ellen worked with Compaq's external semiconductor foundry suppliers, ultimately becoming a Foundry Technical Coordinator. Ellen later joined Hewlett-Packard's Alpha microprocessor design group, first leading a Box Design Team, and more recently leading all Alpha 21364 design implementation activities. Parallel to this role, Ellen drove the Speed Debug team responsible for delivering circuit edits for 21364 microprocessor speed improvement. Currently, Ellen leads the Alpha Product Development Team and drives project management for the next generation Alpha microprocessor. Ellen served as Tutorial Chairperson for the 2000 IEEE ICMTS (International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures), and was a member of the ICMTS Technical Committee. Ellen has been a member of IEEE and SWE.