Nishit Patel

Nishit Patel is a SoC Architect at Meta since March 2020, focusing on next-generation coherent datacenter accelerators that enable custom accelerators and system memory expansion for customers. Prior to Meta, Nishit held the role of Senior Staff SoC Design Engineer at Intel Corporation, where responsibilities included advancements in datacenter accelerator technology. Earlier experience includes positions as a Senior ASIC Design Engineer at Xilinx, where Nishit contributed to programmable SoC products, and as a Member of Technical Staff at Aruba Networks, specializing in FPGA emulation for ASIC designs. Nishit’s career also features roles in hardware engineering and applications engineering at Talon Communications, Tagarray, and Aldec, respectively. Nishit obtained a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University between 2006 and 2008.