Intel Senior CPU Architects Leave to Found RISC-V Startup AheadComputing Amidst Layoffs
TapTechNews August 26th news, a group of senior Intel CPU architects have recently left the company and established a RISC-V startup named AheadComputing. These architects have a combined work experience of over 80 years at Intel, and this move occurred when Intel announced the layoff of thousands of employees.
AheadComputing was co-founded by Debbie Marr, Mark Dechene, Jonathan Pearce and Srikanth Srinivasan, and is committed to designing, validating and licensing compelling RISC-V core IP. The company was officially established on July 18th, several weeks before the time when Intel's layoff plan was announced.
Although the information on AheadComputing's official website is currently relatively simple, its mission statement, profiles of founding team members and recruitment information have been made public, and the company will focus on designing, validating and licensing RISC-V core IP.
TapTechNews noticed that the most remarkable thing about AheadComputing is that its founding team members have rich experience:
Debbie Marr:曾任 Intel Fellow and chief architect of the Advanced Architecture Development Group (AADG), and worked at Intel for 33 years. She played an important role in the development and promotion of Intel Hyperthreading technology and has more than 40 patents.
Mark Dechene:曾任 Intel chief engineer and CPU architect, and worked at Intel for 16 years. He participated in the architecture development of multiple CPU products such as Haswell, Broadwell, Goldmont, Goldmont Plus, Tremont and Skymont, and has more than 15 patents.
Jonathan Pearce:曾任 Intel chief engineer, CPU architect and a key technical expert and strategist of the Advanced Architecture Development Group, and worked at Intel for 22 years. He participated in the development of multiple generations of Intel Core SOCs and has 19 patents.
Srikanth Srinivasan: Has more than 20 years of technical leadership experience in product R & D. During his tenure at Intel, he participated in the design of well-known chips such as Nehalem, Haswell and Broadwell, and led the front-end and back-end CPU teams of the Advanced Architecture Development Group. He has more than 12 highly cited papers and 50 patents.
The establishment of AheadComputing has attracted the attention of the industry and also raised concerns about Intel's future. Intel's recently announced layoff plan is the largest in its 56-year history, and it is also facing problems such as blocked construction plans and brain drain, which may affect Intel's recovery process.