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Jonah Probell
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Hello. I am Jonah Probell, 普 仲朗, ジョナ プロベル, 조나 프로벨.

Microprocessor Designer, 微處理器高級設計師

Multimedia Systems Engineer, ビデオ/オーディオ　システム　エンジニア, 멀티미디어 시스템 수석 연구원

Digital Video Industry Analyst, 多媒体産業分析

Professionally

I combine the skills of a digital video expert and a microprocessor architect. For more than a decade I have designed microprocessors and other digital hardware. I have always been interested in making computers come alive through audio and video. That is done by the science and art of digital signal processing. I have participated in the growth of processor performance from the world of audio processing in the 1990s to the world of HD video processing today.

I have worked for multinationals, startups, and as a consultant, including:

  • intellectual property
    • patent prior art research and application preparation
    • intellectual property assesment
    • case preparation and expert witness
  • consulting
    • consumer electronics and semiconductor market research and analysis
    • sales / marketing collateral development
  • design
    • microprocessor logic for general-purpose or digital signal processing
    • SoC implementation and verification for ASIC/ASSP and FPGA
    • video codecs (MPEG, H.264 (AVC), etc.) for set-top box, IPTV, and mobile consumer electronics

My resume is online. I was employee 23 at Lexra. I was a founder of Ultra Data, developer of the first programmable processor capable of HD H.264 video decode. The Ultra Data intellectual property assets were acquired at the end of 2004. I license some of my own designs as YAP IP.

I enjoy meeting people in my field, and I am always looking for the next great opportunity. Let me know what you are working on.

Standard Publication Bio

Jonah Probell

Mr. Probell is CEO of YAP IP. He held the position of Mobile Multimedia Marketing Manager at Tensilica, Director of Solutions Architecture for digital video products at ARC International, and Co-Founder and Principal Design Engineer at Ultra Data. He holds a patent and is widely published on the semiconductor intellectual property business, the consumer electronics industry, and digital video technology. Jonah consults as an advisor and expert witness and remains an active chip design engineer. He is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and on the Technical Committee of the Synopsys Users Group.

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