About Mike Rockel

Mike Rockel is located near Chicago (IL) and has served as a Field Applications Engineer (FAE) supporting AMD for 20 years.  Mike began supporting AMD in the days of XC4000 FPGAs, XC9500 CPLDs, and M1/Foundation development tools.  During these past 20 years, Mike has focused on training customers on the current AMD silicon and development solutions, assisting with design integration issues, and assisting with initial board bring-up with the ultimate goal of getting his customers to market as quickly as possible.  Mike has been happily married for 25 years and has two boys, both of whom are currently studying Computer Science in college possibly future AMD developers!  In Mike's free time, his interests include following Big Ten college basketball, following USA soccer, music, concerts, and detailing cars.