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Jonathan (Zhixiong) Zhang

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Sr. Director SW at Astera Labs
📍 San Ramon, California, United States

Jonathan is a semiconductor engineering leader specializing in AI infrastructure and Compute Express Link (CXL) technology. Holding a Bachelor of Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he has a track record of leading teams at Astera Labs, Meta, and Qualcomm. People who have worked with him describe him as passionate and detail-oriented.

He is a key contributor and spec writer for major industry standards bodies, including the Open Compute Project, CXL consortium, and UEFI forum.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Sr. Director SW
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Ramon, California, United States
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CXL Technology
He is an industry leader in CXL. At Astera Labs, he leads engineering for CXL products, and previously architected CXL software solutions for Meta's AI infrastructure.
AI Infrastructure
His work focuses on creating technology innovations and solving challenges for AI fleet operations at scale, as reflected in his current role and experience at Meta.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
Sr. Director SW
Astera Labs
8-2022 - 6-2023
Open System Firmware Project Co-lead
Open Compute Project
11-2018 - 3-2023
Software Engineer
Facebook
1-2016 - 11-2018
Staff Manager
Marvell / Cavium Inc.
2-2015 - 11-2015
Sr. Staff Engineer/Manager
Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc
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Education
1989 - 1993
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1997 - 1999
Master of Science (M.S.)
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
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