AMD grabs Apple chip designer (TIT FOR TAT)





Fast on the heels of Apple nabbing a
designer from chipmaker Advanced Micro
Devices, AMD turned around today and
hired an Apple chip architect.
Jim Keller, 53, will join AMD as a corporate
vice president and chief architect of AMD's
microprocessor cores, reporting to Chief
Technology Officer Mark Papermaster,
another former Apple employee.
"Keller will lead AMD's microprocessor
core design efforts...with a focus on
developing both high-performance and
low-power processor cores that will be the
foundation of AMD's future products," AMD
said in a statement.
Keller had been a director in the platform
architecture group at Apple. There he
designed mobile chips, including those
used in the iPad, iPhone, iPod, and Apple
TV.
Before Apple, Keller was vice president of
design for P.A. Semi, a chip-design firm
specializing in low-power mobile
processors. P.A. was acquired by Apple in
2008.
This isn't Keller's first stint at AMD. Prior to
Apple and P.A. Semi, Keller worked on
AMD's Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron 64
processors.
He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering
from Penn State University.:

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