Jim Keller Leaves Intel

[Daniel Nenni]

Not a good sign but Jim truly is a rolling stone that gathers no moss:

Jim Keller (engineer) - Wikipedia

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I would bet he will return to semiconductors by the end of the year, absolutely.

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Jim Keller to Depart Intel; New Leaders Named

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 11, 2020 – Today, Intel announced that Jim Keller has resigned effective June 11, 2020, due to personal reasons. Intel appreciates Mr. Keller’s work over the past two years helping them continue advancing Intel’s product leadership and they wish him and his family all the best for the future. Intel is pleased to announce, however, that Mr. Keller has agreed to serve as a consultant for six months to assist with the transition.

Intel has a vastly experienced team of technical leaders within its Technology, Systems Architecture and Client Group (TSCG) under the leadership of Dr. Venkata (Murthy) Renduchintala, group president of TSCG and chief engineering officer. As part of this transition, the following leadership changes will be made, effective immediately:

Sundari Mitra, the former CEO and founder of NetSpeed Systems and the current leader of Intel’s Configurable Intellectual Property and Chassis Group, will lead a newly created IP Engineering Group focused on developing best-in-class IP.

Gene Scuteri, an accomplished engineering leader in the semiconductor industry, will head the Xeon and Networking Engineering Group.
Daaman Hejmadi will return to leading the Client Engineering Group focused on system-on-chip (SoC) execution and designing next-generation client, device and chipset products. Hejmadi has over two decades of experience leading teams delivering advanced SoCs both inside and outside of Intel.

Navid Shahriari, an experienced Intel leader, will continue to lead the Manufacturing and Product Engineering Group, which is focused on delivering comprehensive pre-production test suites and component debug capabilities to enable high-quality, high-volume manufacturing.
Intel congratulates Sundari, Gene, Daaman and Navid as we begin the next phase of our world-class engineering organization and look forward to executing on our exciting roadmap of products.

 

[bmussard]

I would say that such an event is quite common in large corporations.

 

[hskuo]

Remembered just saw tsmc Philip Wong and intel Jim Keller talked about Moore's Law is not dead last year. Now their careers in tsmc and intel are dead.

 

[count]

Remembered just saw tsmc Philip Wong and intel Jim Keller talked about Moore's Law is not dead last year. Now their careers in tsmc and intel are dead.

Jim Keller almost certainly would have left on his own regard. He's probably got something better on the horizon waiting for him after his contractual agreements with Intel expire.

 

[Portland]

Jim Keller almost certainly would have left on his own regard. He's probably got something better on the horizon waiting for him after his contractual agreements with Intel expire.

I would say retirement but he's staying as a consultant for 6 months.

The sense i have is their better engineers would rather do something challenging than something mundane that makes money.

 

[count]

I would say retirement but he's staying as a consultant for 6 months.

The sense i have is their better engineers would rather do something challenging than something mundane that makes money.

Guys like Jim Keller never retire as long as they can physically and mentally work. Jim is driven by the passion of an engineer who wants to build things.

 

[wand]

Remembered just saw tsmc Philip Wong and intel Jim Keller talked about Moore's Law is not dead last year. Now their careers in tsmc and intel are dead.

What’s dead about Philip Wong’s career at TSMC?

 

[hskuo]

What’s dead about Philip Wong’s career at TSMC?

He quit tsmc early this year.