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Intel hires chief GPU architect from AMD
Intel announced that it has secured the services of Rohit Verma, formerly AMD’s lead SoC architect for discrete GPUs. Verma will be the lead product architect for Intel’s Accelerated Computing Group. It’s a high-profile acquisition for Intel, as Verma was a senior fellow at AMD.
news(by Tom’s Hardware) as Intel is hard at work putting the finishing touches on its first-generation Arc Alchemist line of graphics cards. Verma doesn’t have any significant investments yet, but with second-, third-, and fourth-generation Arc cards planned, it will take brains to challenge Nvidia and AMD’s dominance of the GPU and high-performance computing markets.
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This isn’t the first time Verma has worked at Intel, where he was chief SoC architect from 1999 to 2013. This coincides with most of Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s time, and they’re certainly well known to each other. Gelsinger himself was likely involved in regaining Verma’s services. There is, no doubt, an open checkbook!
The news is just the latest in a series of aggressive moves by Intel. It’s not just employee acquisitions, but company acquisitions, huge capital investments, and a willingness to move out of Intel’s traditional markets.
Just announced the acquisition of Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion, investing in manufacturing capacity in the US and abroad, plans to open its foundry to third parties, and possibly even licensing the x86 architecture. Intel really has been smooth sailing, and with Pat Gelsinger faltering, there are sure to be more high-profile employee acquisitions in the coming months.