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Tesla loses Autopilot chief Jim Keller (updated)
Tesla's Autopilot chief has left the building. The automaker hired veteran chipmaker Jim Keller from AMD back in 2016 before it announced that it's working on its own AI chip. Keller worked for Apple before AMD and was a key figure in the development of the A4 and A5 processors for iPhones and iPads. The spokesperson who confirmed the news to Electrek said he's leaving to join a company where he can once again focus on his core passion: microprocessor engineering. According to The Wall Street Journal, that company is Intel.
Tesla hires veteran from AMD, Apple to make self-driving tech
If there was any doubt left that Tesla is serious about self-driving car tech, it all but disappeared this week. The company has confirmed to Electrek that it recently hired processor design veteran Jim Keller to lead its Autopilot hardware engineering team. He's not only responsible for some of AMD's key architectures (such as the Athlon K7 and the upcoming Zen), but helped make Apple's A4 and A5 chips -- you know, the ones that powered everything from the original iPad through to the Apple TV.
Daily Update for August 1, 2012
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AMD poaches Apple's platform architecture lead to head up CPU team
We suppose after a reasonably high-profile defection of one of AMD's own to Apple, the Sunnyvale company had to exact revenge. That payback was announced today in the form of Jim Keller, the now former platform architecture head in Cupertino, who will be joining AMD as corporate vice president and chief architect of its microprocessor unit. In a statement, the company said that Keller will be leveraging his "low-power design expertise," possibly as part of its oft-rumored ARM plans. Keller previously worked as VP of design at P.A. Semi before being brought into the Apple fold where he played an important role in the development of the processors inside the iPad, iPhone and Apple TV. With AMD struggling to keep pace with Intel in both the desktop and laptop space, a move into low-powered mobile chips could be a plan to stave off more dire days. Check out the PR after the break.
