Mars Rover
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“ It is very humbling to know that a good majority of the world ’ s financial trading is now processed on technology that we ' ve developed ”
software , and music . I especially enjoyed the software side , and this led to my first role after graduating , where I developed software for a professional audio company .
After about five years , I moved to a networking silicon company and have remained in this field for the last 25 years .
Mars Rover
NASA ’ s Mars rover Perseverance – the most advanced machine to touch down on the Red Planet – is powered by AMD ’ s FPGA for image processing and navigation
Following AMD ’ s acquisition of Xilinx in February 2022 , I am now the Corporate Vice President of Networking and Storage Software at AMD . My role mainly entails managing software groups focused on networking adapters within the AMD Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group ( AECG ). It is an exciting role , in which I drive all the software behind the adapters – whether it ’ s embedded or networking stacks – along with the storage stacks that come with those product ranges .
Q . WHAT DOES AMD TECHNOLOGY ENABLE FOR ITS CUSTOMERS ?
» Our mission is to help solve the world ’ s most important challenges through high-performance and adaptive computing . Our technologies power the products and services our customers build to advance the future of the data centre , embedded gaming , and PC markets . AMD ’ s AECG division – which includes FPGAs and Adaptive SoCs as well as network adapters and accelerator cards – serves a broad spectrum of markets with specialist silicon solutions . From powering 5G network cores in wireless communications to supporting advanced driver-assistance systems in the automotive sector , all the way to Mars .
In fact , NASA ’ s Mars rover Perseverance , which is the most advanced machine to touch down on the Red Planet , is powered by AMD ’ s FPGA for image processing and navigation .
28 April 2023