gebraset Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 Jim Keller, the microprocessor engineer at AMD that held the Chief Architect of Microprocessor Cores title and was involved with the creation of the K7 architecture and served as the lead architect on the K8 architecture, has officially left the company in order to pursue other opportunities. Keller has left AMD in the past, when he went to Apple to help develop the A4 and A5 SoCs, but rejoined the Intel rival in 2012 in order to work on the company’s Zen architecture. An AMD spokesperson noted that "Jim was responsible for overseeing the teams defining the roadmaps for AMD’s CPU cores, systems IP, and server and client SoCs." Despite the strong role that Keller held within AMD, the company revealed that "Jim’s departure is not expected to impact our public product or technology roadmaps, and we remain on track for "Zen" sampling in 2016 with first full year of revenue in 2017." Mark Papermaster, the Chief Technology Officer for AMD, will take the place of Keller to oversee the continued development of the Zen architecture, which AMD is counting quite heavily on. Source: HEXUS Back to original news post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braegnok Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 Jim Keller is a true legend in the world of microprocessors,.. the main intrigue now is what's next for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 The question is why did he leave? Did he not see a future in the brand? Not have the developmental resources he needed? Is his work already done and set for production and getting out while the gettings good? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 Zen is in validation phase, the main design is done. I bet he got bored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted September 20, 2015 Posted September 20, 2015 That can't be good for AMD. HAve to wonder why the guy left. usually upper high end management do not leave unless there is an issue they cannot fix due to people above them. Or its just an elaborate rues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 Keller has NEVR stuck around till the launch of a product... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuackTaztic Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 lads he has done his job at amd for the next 7 years amd will develop and churn out his cpus keller doesn't stay after he does his job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 +1@waco & quack ^^ jobs done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braegnok Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Looks like he's landed in Austin Texas at $AM$UNG fab plant,.. http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/87524-jim-keller-reportedly-joined-samsung-chief-architect/ Edited October 26, 2015 by Braegnok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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