Arm Pivots Toward Building Its Own Chips, Hires Amazon AI Chip Leader Rami Sinno
Arm Holdings hires Rami Sinno to lead AI chip development, aiming to capture up to 50% of the data center CPU market by 2025, driven by AI demand and energy efficiency.
- On Monday, Arm Holdings Plc announced it hired Rami Sinno, former Amazon.com Inc AI chip director, to lead its in-house semiconductor development.
- Over the past years, Arm has pursued a broader strategy to expand beyond licensing IP by building its own chips, Reuters reports, and in recent years, it has bolstered teams focused on complete chip development.
- In his previous role at AWS, Sinno led development of Amazon’s Trainium and Inferentia AI chips, focusing on cost efficiency and performance to compete with Nvidia Corp.
- Through a TSMC partnership, Arm aims to produce prototypes and move toward full AI chip development, shifting beyond licensing.
- Looking ahead, the hire could help Arm capture a larger data-center CPU market share, with CEO Rene Haas forecasting a rise to 50% from 15% last year, Reuters reports.
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Arm pivots toward building its own chips, hires Amazon AI chip leader Rami Sinno
Sinno played a key role at Amazon's cloud division in developing the company's in-house AI processors, including Trainium and Inferentia. These chips were purpose-built to train and run large-scale artificial intelligence models, giving Amazon Web Services an alternative to Nvidia's dominant GPUs.Read Entire Article
Arm Taps Amazon AI Veteran To Drive In-House Chip Push, Challenge Nvidia And AMD: Report - Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)
In a strategic move, Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM) has recruited Rami Sinno, a former Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) artificial intelligence (AI) chip director, to enhance its in-house chip development plans. Amazon AI Chip Veteran Joins Arm For New Chip Venture Sinno, who played a key role in the development of Amazon’s AI chips, will now bring his expertise to Arm Holdings, Reuters reported. His appointment is a significant step for Arm Holdings as …
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