In January, the legendary former Apple engineer Chris Lattner left Google and joined the artificial intelligence chip startup SiFive
Lattner is now serving as senior vice president of platform engineering at SiFive, an AI chip startup.After leaving Apple in 2017, he served a short stint at Tesla and then worked at Google for two and a half years, working on TensorFlow, the popular open source AI framework created by Google. Chris Lattner, the legendary former Apple engineer known for creating its popular iOS programming language Swift, has left Google for the artificial intelligence chip startup SiFive.
"I'm thrilled to be joining the SiFive team and for the opportunity to work with a company that is enabling the future of silicon, all the way from idea to silicon," LattnerLattner joined SiFive in January as its senior vice president of platform engineering, where he will build the software infrastructure that supports the startup's AI chips. SiFive, an upstart challenger to titans like Intel and AMD in the market for chips optimized for AI, has raised $129.
"SiFive is on a mission to democratize access to custom silicon, and innovative leaders in the industry are taking notice," Dr. Naveed Sherwani, president and CEO of SiFive, said in the release. "Chris has made significant contributions to the software used by millions of developers today. This is a significant period of strategic growth for us, and we are thrilled to welcome Chris to our product engineering practice.