Prof. Freddy Gabbay is an associate professor of electrical engineering at the Applied Physics Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His main areas of research include VLSI (Very Large-Scale Integration) and chip design, microelectronics, computer architecture, machine learning, and domain-specific accelerators. In the domain of VLSI and chip design, his research focuses on various reliability challenges in advanced semiconductor technologies, such as transistor aging, electromigration, and power integrity. Additionally, he seeks new methods and techniques to improve the efficiency of design flows, convergence, and quality of results. In the realm of computer architecture, Gabbay's research encompasses classic computer architecture topics, including advanced processors, GPGPUs, security, multithreaded architectures, and parallel computing. His research in machine learning and domain-specific accelerators aims to develop computationally efficient architectures that exploit computational algorithm properties to enhance performance, reduce hardware costs, and improve power efficiency.

Gabbay has published various papers on VLSI, chip reliability, machine learning, and computer architecture. He has served as an editor for several journals and as a program committee member of leading conferences in his field.

Gabbay received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. In 1998, he worked as a researcher at Intel’s Microprocessor Research Lab. In 1999, he joined Mellanox Technologies and held various positions, leading the switch product line architecture and ASIC design. In 2003, he joined Freescale Semiconductor as a senior design manager and led the design of baseband ASIC products. In 2012, he rejoined Mellanox Technologies, where he served as Vice President of Chip Design. He was an associate professor and the Dean of the Engineering Faculty at the Ruppin Academic Center from 2019 to 2024. He also served as a Research Fellow at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology from 2022 to 2024. Gabbay holds 19 patents and is a senior member of the IEEE.