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Fascinating that Keller was essentially brought in to stop gap Tesla's loss / end of relationship with Mobileye who previously supplied the EyeQ3 chipset that w
by aresant 9y ago
Fascinating that Keller was essentially brought in to stop gap Tesla's loss / end of relationship with Mobileye who previously supplied the EyeQ3 chipset that was the core of Tesla's autopilot.
At the time speculation was the CEO of Mobileye was uncomfortable in how Tesla pushed the limits of autopilot marketing and use (1) - they had always defined EyeQ3 as a "eyes on" technology (2).
And then last year Intel paid ~$15b to buy out mobileye (3) which gave them an immediate and broad entry into one of the most exciting chipset markets.
Keller moving over to Intel with the resources of mobileye, and a vision forged from executing Tesla's own efforts seems like a considerable coup for Intel.
(1) https://www.wsj.com/articles/mobileye-ends-partnership-with-tesla-1469544028 https://www.wsj.com/articles/mobileye-ends-partnership-with-...
(2) https://www.mobileye.com/our-technology/evolution-eyeq-chip/ https://www.mobileye.com/our-technology/evolution-eyeq-chip/
(3) https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/13/reports-intel-buying-mobileye-for-up-to-16b-to-expand-in-self-driving-tech/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/13/reports-intel-buying-mobil...
- dogma1138 9y agoIt doesn't appear that he'll be working on that, MobilEye is an "Intel company" an autonomous (pun intended) subsidiary not a division of Intel, they don't even manufacture their chips at Intel fabs. JK is joining Intel proper looks like he'll be working on SoC design. I'm also not sure if the analysis that JK was there to bridge the gap was correct they've bridged that gap with NVIDIA in fact they've already switched to NVIDIA before the fallout with MobilEye which is likely the main reason why MobilEye didn't took it quietly since they were already sleeping in separate beds. The rumor was always that JK was joined Tesla to design and build their own AI SoC and doesn't look like it panned out, hopefully for the better I don't think Tesla should add ASIC design and manufacturing to their list of "achievements".
- mark-r 9y agoI would have loved to be a fly on the wall during salary negotiations.