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Who knows? Wherever he finds something that interests him. Nuvia maybe?So regarding Jim Keller, where will he land next? Qualcomm? Back to Apple?
Yep. Nuvia came to my mind immediately when the news of him resigning from Intel broke.Who knows? Wherever he finds something that interests him. Nuvia maybe?
I was told by a source that despite his personal family issue, Mr. Keller has been hired by a company already. I'm lukewarm to this rumor because I'm not 100% positive what I should make of it given the severity of this family issue juxtaposed to his abrupt exit from Intel. Nuvia does seem likely.
Charlie is not my source and I knew before Charlie's announcement.Page 6 - News - [intel] Jim Keller resigns from Intel
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Track record goes out the window when the intended process all the design assumptions and tradeoffs were based on is not available.Whats the timeframe for Intel to release their new gen Keller product? 2022? Its probably going to be very good going by his track record.
It's still not 100% clear what exactly Keller did while at Intel. Some say he was more-involved in reorganization than working on a particular product. If he did have a hands-on approach with any of the designs, it would be with either Meteor Lake or whatever comes after Meteor Lake. Meteor Lake was supposed to be on Intel 7nm. Now all that is in doubt. 2023 at the earliest.Whats the timeframe for Intel to release their new gen Keller product? 2022? Its probably going to be very good going by his track record.
Read this thread:It's still not 100% clear what exactly Keller did while at Intel. Some say he was more-involved in reorganization than working on a particular product. If he did have a hands-on approach with any of the designs, it would be with either Meteor Lake or whatever comes after Meteor Lake. Meteor Lake was supposed to be on Intel 7nm. Now all that is in doubt. 2023 at the earliest.
Interesting read. I hope Intel gets back on its feet but it will be awhile since AMD is firing on all cylinders and I am not sure if Jim Keller will consider returning.Thought part 1 was so good I had to look up the rest.
Part 2: Part 3:
It will be interesting to see if he makes another stint at AMD though.Interesting read. I hope Intel gets back on its feet but it will be awhile since AMD is firing on all cylinders and I am not sure if Jim Keller will consider returning.
Theres probably some non-compete period before he can work for AMD after quitting from Intel.It will be interesting to see if he makes another stint at AMD though.
If that were true he wouldn't be able to work anywhere after Intel?Theres probably some non-compete period before he can work for AMD after quitting from Intel.
The part about the Graphics Team working with TMG on PPA characteristics while the CPU team was faltering does not line up with the facts - it was after all the graphics portion of the chip which was borked in Cannon Lake.Read this thread:
and you can get a hint.
Probably brought in to fix the various managerial level issues described:
- too much emphasis on frequency and hand-crafted circuits
- too much baggage in design, with no interest in dropping any of it
- balkanized design flow because official pronouncements (unifications and splittings) never actually matched what lower product groups actually needed
- no communication between process design and processor design
Presumably (apparently) left in disgust that, even as the ship was sinking, too many people were unwilling to concede/accept that things needed to change.
(I see the same thing among Intel fans. They might concede that things don't look great, but the moment you suggest a single modification from the current way Intel does things, they'll find a million excuses not to make the change...)
Nah, that is just because they needed to release something/anything to pretend 10nm is healthy and GPU functionality is not necessary for that. The guy is legit, his knowledge of the CAD situation at Intel is spot-on.The part about the Graphics Team working with TMG on PPA characteristics while the CPU team was faltering does not line up with the facts - it was after all the graphics portion of the chip which was borked in Cannon Lake.
I may be wrong but I somehow remember that it is illegal for AMD (because the state they are based in) to use such contracts but was legal for Intel.Given Koduri jumped right over to Intel it would be especially hypocritical of them.
Some states (like California) make such non-competes illegal, but I'm not sure if it depends on where the company's HQ is or where the employee lives/works.I may be wrong but I somehow remember that it is illegal for AMD (because the state they are based in) to use such contracts but was legal for Intel.
I dunno remember where someone explained that, it may be BS.
I would argue that they needed to ship a product (due to claims made9 and shipping one without a cpu was obviously not an option. Since yield was the main issue, making skus without iGPU was the only option to get some product out I would assume.The part about the Graphics Team working with TMG on PPA characteristics while the CPU team was faltering does not line up with the facts - it was after all the graphics portion of the chip which was borked in Cannon Lake.
Pretty sure that they are both based in California?I may be wrong but I somehow remember that it is illegal for AMD (because the state they are based in) to use such contracts but was legal for Intel.
I dunno remember where someone explained that, it may be BS.
To a point maybe, though more likely any leverage would be over wage negotiation and/or stock options - that latter of which he would likely have forfeited upon leaving the company early.Someone at his level also has more leverage in the employee/employer relationship than most of us do, so he could insist on changes to the "standard" contract of employment that is a take it or leave it deal for those of lower rank.
It looks like they have some big/little plans for something? Would be interesting if Jim came back to AMD to help them out.I do wonder just how much growth potential Zen has, and whether AMD has an exit/successor plan for it - especially given how much of a bad move that Bulldozer was, though I think the likelihood of them going for such a different/risky design again is minimal to non existent.
I think the generalism is that people at his level make way more than the average person needs to live on comfortably for the rest of their lives.I'd imagine he'll choose wisely next time he accepts a job. He's probably got all the money he needs already anyways. If he held on to AMD stock he's probably rolling in the $'s as we type.