Resume
Wannabe CPU Architect
General Information
| Full Name | Berk Ali Demir |
| Location | Turin, Italy |
| GitHub | github.com/B1gF1sh |
| linkedin.com/in/berkali | |
| Summary | Focuses on Hardware-Acceleration |
Education
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2024–Present B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (ongoing GPA:~100/110)
Politecnico di Torino — Turin, Italy - ECE Track : Computer Architecture,Embedded Systems,Automatic Control,Digital Electronics Design,Operating Systems
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2021–2023 B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (60 credit transferred)
TED University — Ankara, Turkey
Experience
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Summer 2022 Hardware Engineering Intern
SARJJET — Istanbul, Turkey - Embedded firmware on PIC16F1516; real-time control and low-level debugging.
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2022–2023 University Mobile App Development Team
TED University — Ankara, Turkey - Contributed to calendar/scheduler module; Java/Spring stack.
Academic Projects
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2025 High-Frequency 8-Stage RISC-V Core Design
Individual Project - Independently conceptualized and designed an advanced 8-stage deep-pipelined RV32IM RISC-V core to explore hardware-software co-design limits.
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2025 x86 Mini CPU Simulator
Individual Project - Developed a lightweight 16-bit CPU simulator with an integrated assembler.
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2025 Gate-Level Design of an 8-Bit Von Neumann CPU
Individual Project - Custom ALU (8 ops), gate-level registers/memory, hardwired FSM control, 8-bit data/address buses.
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2025 SIMD Optimization Case Study (C++/AVX)
Assigned by Department (CmpE) - Matrix multiplication with AVX (32-byte lanes) and pthreads; Bᵀ layout for contiguous loads.
Skills
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Programming
- C, C++, Python
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Hardware / EDA
- Digital Logic, Verilog/RTL
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Tools
- Proteus, LaTeX, Git
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Focus Areas
- Computer Architecture (Memory-Aware HW/SW Co-Design), Parallel Programming, HPC
Activities
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2022–2023 Founding President — CYBERTEDU
TED University - Organized workshops/CTFs; built a student security community.
Languages
| Turkish | Native |
| English | Professional |
| Italian | Intermediate |
References
- Available upon request; From both Politecnico di Torino, TED University