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It's not, though. Zen didn't launch until 2017, she started in 2014. Early work began in 2012, yes, but it was on track for 3 years under her before launch, she
by burnte 3y ago
It's not, though. Zen didn't launch until 2017, she started in 2014. Early work began in 2012, yes, but it was on track for 3 years under her before launch, she deserves a lot of credit as leader to bring that project to fruition.
- cmsj 3y agoTechnically it was somewhat under her from its inception - she was a VP and general manager of AMD from like January 2012, months before Jim Keller was hired. I dug up an old interview from Anandtech that I'd forgotten about when I first wrote my comment above, which has this quote from Dr Su: "If I put credit where credit is due, Mark Papermaster had incredible vision of what he wanted to do with CPU/GPU roadmap. He hired Jim Keller and Raja Koduri, and he was very clear when he said he needed this much money to do things. We did cut a bunch of projects, but we invested in our future."
- burnte 3y agoThanks for the quote, that's a great leader.