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AMD President Victor Peng retires
Published in News
Tuesday, 23 July 2024 12:29

AMD President Victor Peng retires


Ex-Xilinx CEO gets well-earned retirement

AMD has announced that AMD President Victor Peng is retiring effective August 30th.

Jim Keller joins Tenstorrent
Published in AI
Thursday, 07 January 2021 09:21

Jim Keller joins Tenstorrent


A big win for AI hardware startup

Tenstorrent, a Toronto based hardware startup developing next-generation computers, announced the addition of industry veteran Jim Keller as President, CTO, and board member.

Cristiano Amon appointed CEO-Elect at Qualcomm
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 06 January 2021 11:53

Cristiano Amon appointed CEO-Elect at Qualcomm


Steve Mollenkopf to Retire as CEO in June

Qualcomm finished strong with Snapdragon 888 and started the first working day of January with its Snapdragon 480 5G announcement. After 26 years at the company, the new big announcement is that Steve Mollenkopf will retire as a CEO. He was CEO since March 2014.

BMW EVP talks to us about 5G, level 2+, Lidar, V2X and HD maps
Published in Transportation


Automotive connected Vision powered by Qualcomm
   

It is not every day that you get to meet the Executive Vice President of BMW, Dr. Christoph Grote and the President of Qualcomm QTI, Cristiano Amon. People following our work do know that we meet Cristiano, but Dr. Grote shared a very insightful vision of connected and self-driving vision at BMW.

Qualcomm will live stream Hawaii event again
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 28 November 2018 23:05

Qualcomm will live stream Hawaii event again


December 4, 5 and 6 at 9:00 a.m Hawaii time

The birthplace of the Snapdragon 845 last year, and the birthplace of its successor Snapdragon 855, Maui island in Hawaii, will be  where the Third Annual Snapdragon Technology Summit is taking place. For us, that means three out of three.

Qualcomm showcases video over 5G NR
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 23 October 2018 03:55

Qualcomm showcases video over 5G NR


Live X50 and next gen chipset with Ericsson  

Qualcomm  showcased 5G with Ericsson with real 5G over the Band 7 spectrum playing  video. This is the first public demonstration and Cristiano Amon said that this is the unannounced chipset.

Qualcomm's President speaks on the future of servers
Published in Cloud


Cristiano talks about living on the Edge

While there has been a lot of news that Qualcomm is shutting down its server division, it looks like that is not the case.  Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon told technology analysts that the server division is here to stay, but it will focus more on edge computing.

Gates rules out presidential bid
Published in News
Thursday, 01 March 2018 10:46

Gates rules out presidential bid


The man who brought us Vista realises the US presidency is beneath him

Software King of the World, Sir William Gates III, has ruled out standing for the presidency of the US even if he could bring in the sort of things he believes are essential.

Qualcomm met with Broadcom
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 14 February 2018 23:06

Qualcomm met with Broadcom


The board will discuss the next step

Valentine’s Day was quite hot as both Qualcomm and Broadcom senior management discussed the Broadcom acquisition proposal.

John Byrne is now a president at Dell
Published in News
Wednesday, 17 January 2018 09:19

John Byrne is now a president at Dell


Takes care of North America commercial sales

Some of you might remember the name, as John Byrne is an old friend of Fudzilla. He made a great career at AMD and, since July 2015, has worked at several senior positions at Dell. The recent promotion got him to a President.