Wednesday, August 1st 2012
Computer Architect Jim Keller Joins AMD as Chief of Processor Group
AMD announced today that Jim Keller, 53, has joined the company as corporate vice president and chief architect of AMD's microprocessor cores, reporting to chief technology officer and senior vice president of technology and engineering Mark Papermaster. In this role, Keller will lead AMD's microprocessor core design efforts aligned with AMD's ambidextrous strategy with a focus on developing both high-performance and low-power processor cores that will be the foundation of AMD's future products.
"Jim is one of the most widely respected and sought-after innovators in the industry and a very strong addition to our engineering team," said Papermaster. "He has contributed to processing innovations that have delivered tremendous compute advances for millions of people all over the world, and we expect that his innovative spirit, low-power design expertise, creativity and drive for success will help us shape our future and fuel our growth."
Keller was most recently a director in the platform architecture group at Apple focusing on mobile products, where he architected several generations of mobile processors, including the chip families found in millions of Apple iPads, iPhones, iPods and Apple TVs. Prior to Apple, Keller was vice president of design for P.A. Semi, a fabless semiconductor design firm specializing in low-power mobile processors that was acquired by Apple in 2008. While there, he led the team responsible for building a powerful networking System on a Chip (SoC) and its integrated PowerPC processor. Keller previously worked at SiByte and Broadcom as chief architect for a line of scalable, MIPS-based network processors that supported 1Gig networking interfaces, PCI and other control functions. Before Broadcom, he spent several years at AMD, playing an instrumental role on the design team responsible for the groundbreaking AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron 64 processors, which featured the world's first native x86-64 bit architecture.
Keller co-authored the widely adopted HyperTransport specification, as well as the innovative x86-64 processor instruction set, which is used around the world today in hundreds of millions of desktop, notebook and server systems. Jim was a corporate consulting engineer at DEC, and architected two generations of Alpha processors during his tenure there. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.
"Jim is one of the most widely respected and sought-after innovators in the industry and a very strong addition to our engineering team," said Papermaster. "He has contributed to processing innovations that have delivered tremendous compute advances for millions of people all over the world, and we expect that his innovative spirit, low-power design expertise, creativity and drive for success will help us shape our future and fuel our growth."
Keller was most recently a director in the platform architecture group at Apple focusing on mobile products, where he architected several generations of mobile processors, including the chip families found in millions of Apple iPads, iPhones, iPods and Apple TVs. Prior to Apple, Keller was vice president of design for P.A. Semi, a fabless semiconductor design firm specializing in low-power mobile processors that was acquired by Apple in 2008. While there, he led the team responsible for building a powerful networking System on a Chip (SoC) and its integrated PowerPC processor. Keller previously worked at SiByte and Broadcom as chief architect for a line of scalable, MIPS-based network processors that supported 1Gig networking interfaces, PCI and other control functions. Before Broadcom, he spent several years at AMD, playing an instrumental role on the design team responsible for the groundbreaking AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron 64 processors, which featured the world's first native x86-64 bit architecture.
Keller co-authored the widely adopted HyperTransport specification, as well as the innovative x86-64 processor instruction set, which is used around the world today in hundreds of millions of desktop, notebook and server systems. Jim was a corporate consulting engineer at DEC, and architected two generations of Alpha processors during his tenure there. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.
37 Comments on Computer Architect Jim Keller Joins AMD as Chief of Processor Group
........Oh wait they are not leaving AMD? I was just trying to keep up the sheeple talk, sorry.
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This guy was responsible for the Athlon processors back in 2005-2006 when he formerly worked at AMD.
Unless you want to exclude every part of the market except for laptops. Then I agree, they're doing great.
2. I own stock in AMD. Have for a few years now. They are still very profitable. People need to watch margins not total income.
3. Laptops, mobile are the future.
2. That explains why you're so intent to defend them.
3. They've been the future since their invention. I think we have awhile.
Seems a good move to me!
And this guy was behind Athlon ? Seems like a win to me!
2. I see numbers. I get holder letters. I see a much bigger picture then what most benchmark kiddies see. Most my stock has been sold off now but I still own some. I don't defend anyone. Just state the facts.
3. Windows 8 should tell you everything. AMD and Intel perfecting the APU and low power draw. Surface and the mobile market exploding. The future is here.
2. I would have sold when they had their recent rally too. It won't ever get much higher than that.
3. You're predicting that Windows 8 will be a success. I'm predicting the next Vista.
Now, I'm not saying that AMD is dying, or going anywhere. They're just going to be a permanent generic alternative to Intel. When Nvidia turns their intended mid range into their high end because AMD's high end was too weak, I think it's safe to say that they'll be a nice generic alternative to Nvidia also. I do know that as soon as I finally upgrade, I won't be using generic parts to do it.
And for those programs performance is similar : ]
2. Meh I lost my ass no matter how you cut it. :laugh: That's the tech market as a whole. High risk.
3. I predict its a teething OS. Window 9 or whatever they call it will be like Windows 8. Touchscreen and walled garden with cloud is the future. Sorry but that's the truth.