About
Karel Masarik is Senior Director, Product Development at onsemi, where he works on RISC-V adoption and semiconductor technologies for automotive, Safety & Security, edge AI, and high-performance computing. He founded Codasip in 2014 and served as its CEO through 2021 before becoming Chief Innovation Officer, overseeing technology strategy and R&D across processor platforms and related domains. He also serves as RISC-V Fellow at the Czech Semiconductor Centre, supporting RISC-V and European semiconductor ecosystem initiatives.
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Experience
- onsemiSenior Director, Product Developmentcurrent2026 — presentBrno
- Czech Semiconductor CentreRISC-V Fellowcurrent2026 — present
- Czech Semiconductor CentreDirector2025 — 2026
- CodasipChief Innovation Officer and Founder2021 — 2026Czechia
- CodasipChief Executive Officer and Founder2014 — 2021
- RISC-V InternationalMember, Board of Directors2023 — 2024
- RISC-V InternationalStrategic Member, Technical Steering Committee2021 — 2022
- ApS Brno, Codasip divisionVP Engineering2006 — 2014
- ATRON electronic GmbHGroup Leader of Testing System for Embedded Systems2003 — 2006Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
- GPP Ges.f.Prozessrechner- Programmierung mbHJunior Java Developer2001Oberhaching, Germany
Skills & more
Product Line DevelopmentProduct LeadershipProduct R&DTechnology StrategySemiconductor IndustrySemiconductors11RISC-VEmbedded Systems21Digital Signal Processors5Signal Processing3Algorithms4Start-ups5
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Karel Masarik?
- Karel Masarik is Senior Director, Product Development at onsemi, where he works on RISC-V adoption and semiconductor technologies for automotive, Safety & Security, edge AI, and high-performance computing. He founded Codasip in 2014 and served as its CEO through 2021 before becoming Chief Innovation Officer, overseeing technology strategy and R&D across processor platforms and related domains. He also serves as RISC-V Fellow at the Czech Semiconductor Centre, supporting RISC-V and European semiconductor ecosystem initiatives.
- Where does Karel Masarik work?
- Karel Masarik is Founder of Codasip.
- What companies did Karel Masarik found?
- Karel Masarik founded Codasip.
- Where did Karel Masarik go to school?
- Karel Masarik studied at Brno University of Technology (Ph.D., Information technology); FernUniversität in Hagen (Embedded Systems).
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