{"id":60491,"date":"2021-01-06T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T06:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=60491"},"modified":"2021-01-06T07:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T06:40:09","slug":"jim-keller-joins-tenstorrent-as-president-and-cto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/60491-jim-keller-joins-tenstorrent-as-president-and-cto\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Keller joins Tenstorrent as President and CTO<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO<\/span> \u2013 Janu\u00adary 6, 2021<\/p>\n

Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent, a hard\u00adware start-up deve\u00adlo\u00adping next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adters, announ\u00adces the addi\u00adti\u00adon of indus\u00adtry vete\u00adran Jim Kel\u00adler as Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, CTO<\/span>, and board member.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent was foun\u00added on the belief that the ongo\u00ading shift towards ML-cen\u00adtric soft\u00adware neces\u00adsi\u00adta\u00adtes a cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00adding trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon in com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties,\u201d said Lju\u00adbi\u00adsa Bajic, Tenstorrent\u2019s CEO<\/span>. \u201cThe\u00adre is nobo\u00addy more capa\u00adble of exe\u00adcu\u00adting this visi\u00adon than Jim Kel\u00adler, a lea\u00adder who is equal\u00adly gre\u00adat at desig\u00adning com\u00adpu\u00adters, cul\u00adtures, and orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons. I am thril\u00adled to be working with Jim and bey\u00adond exci\u00adted about the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties our part\u00adner\u00adship unlocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

As CTO<\/span>, Kel\u00adler will lead Tenstorrent\u2019s efforts to be the hard\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adon nee\u00added to address Soft\u00adware 2.0, the exci\u00adting indus\u00adtry shift towards using machi\u00adne lear\u00adning methods to sol\u00adve pro\u00adblems pre\u00advious\u00adly addres\u00adsed by tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal software.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Soft\u00adware 2.0 is the lar\u00adgest oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty for com\u00adpu\u00adting inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in a long time. Vic\u00adto\u00adry requi\u00adres a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve re-thin\u00adking of com\u00adpu\u00adte and low level soft\u00adware,\u201d Kel\u00adler said. \u201cTen\u00adstor\u00adrent has made impres\u00adsi\u00adve pro\u00adgress, and with the most pro\u00admi\u00adsing archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre out the\u00adre, we are poi\u00adsed to beco\u00adme a next gen com\u00adpu\u00adting giant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keller\u2019s addi\u00adti\u00adon to both the team and the board is a strong vote of con\u00adfi\u00addence in Tenstorrent\u2019s abili\u00adty to beco\u00adme a major play\u00ader in a sec\u00adtor curr\u00adent\u00adly domi\u00adna\u00adted by behemoths.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Tenstorrent\u2019s dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted approach to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adting AI<\/span>, along with the team\u2019s pedi\u00adgree, are what con\u00advin\u00adced Eclip\u00adse to initi\u00adal\u00adly invest in 2017. We are com\u00admit\u00adted to sup\u00adport\u00ading their ambi\u00adtious visi\u00adon, and Jim\u2019s arri\u00adval only fur\u00adther bols\u00adters our faith in that visi\u00adon,\u201d said Greg Reichow, part\u00adner at Eclip\u00adse and Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent board member.<\/p>\n

Kel\u00adler joi\u00adn\u00aded Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent fol\u00adlo\u00adwing two years as Seni\u00ador Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent of Intel\u2019s Sili\u00adcon Engi\u00adnee\u00adring Group. He has held roles as Tesla\u2019s Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent of Auto\u00adpi\u00adlot and Low Vol\u00adta\u00adge Hard\u00adware, Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent and Chief Cores Archi\u00adtect at AMD<\/span>, and Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent of Engi\u00adnee\u00adring and Chief Archi\u00adtect at P.A. Semi, which was acqui\u00adred by Apple Inc.<\/p>\n

During his long and impactful care\u00ader he has hel\u00adped crea\u00adte some of today\u2019s most ico\u00adnic tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy inclu\u00adding the AMD<\/span> Zen, K7<\/span> (Ath\u00adlon) and K8<\/span> micro-archi\u00adtec\u00adtures, Apple A4-A7<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors, the x86-64 ins\u00adtruc\u00adtion set and Hyper\u00adTrans\u00adport interconnect.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

About Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent<\/p>\n

Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent is a next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adting com\u00adpa\u00adny with the mis\u00adsi\u00adon of addres\u00adsing the rapidly gro\u00adwing com\u00adpu\u00adte demands for soft\u00adware 2.0.<\/p>\n

Head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Toron\u00adto, Cana\u00adda, with U.S. offices in Aus\u00adtin, Texas, and Sili\u00adcon Val\u00adley, Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent brings tog\u00ade\u00adther experts in the field of com\u00adpu\u00adter archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, asic design, advan\u00adced sys\u00adtems, and neu\u00adral net\u00adwork com\u00adpi\u00adlers. Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent is backed by Eclip\u00adse Ven\u00adtures and Real Ven\u00adtures, among others.<\/p>\n

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TORONTO<\/span> \u2013 Janu\u00adary 6, 2021 Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent, a hard\u00adware start-up deve\u00adlo\u00adping next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adters, announ\u00adces the addi\u00adti\u00adon of indus\u00adtry vete\u00adran Jim Kel\u00adler as Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, CTO<\/span>, and board mem\u00adber. \u201cTen\u00adstor\u00adrent was foun\u00added on the belief that the ongo\u00ading shift towards ML-cen\u00ad\u00ad\u00adtric soft\u00adware neces\u00adsi\u00adta\u00adtes a cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00adding trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon in com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties,\u201d said Lju\u00adbi\u00adsa Bajic, Tenstorrent\u2019s CEO<\/span>. \u201cThe\u00adre is nobo\u00addy more (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1051,1608,2481],"class_list":["post-60491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-jim-keller","tag-machine-learning","tag-tenstorrent","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60492,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60491\/revisions\/60492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}