[27] Insights with Tenstorrent's Latest Board Director: COO Keith Witek

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Jim Keller's latest company is an AI startup called Tenstorrent - we've interviewed Jim himself, and Wei-han, the lead RISC-V architect. But what of the rest of the team? In this video we talk to Keith Witek, the latest member of the Board of Directors and also COO. Keith's experience includes engineering, law, AMD, SiFive, Google, and Tesla. He's worked with Jim before, so we ask him what he's bringing to the company. [00:00] Welcome to Tenstorrent [00:31] Who is Keith Witek, COO [02:01] Before starting at Tenstorrent, did you know Jim Keller? [03:39] After 7mo, are you fully integrated? [04:10] What do you do as COO? [05:45] Will you now start selling hardware? [07:19] Will Tenstorrent merge its RISC-V and ML designs? [09:39] Does direction change if you know you're at an inflection point? [12:32] Is Tenstorrent spreading itself too thin? [12:55] Will Tenstorrent rebrand to 'LLM-first'? [14:04] What is Tenstorrent's software pitch? [15:53] Can I go and buy a Tenstorrent chip today? [18:30] Build what you want, or build what your customers want? [21:10] Is developing your own RISC-V core worth it? [23:37] Is Tenstorrent upstreaming ideas into RISC-V standards? [26:16] How are relationships with the foundries? [29:21] How can Tenstorrent compete on leading edge innovation? [32:55] It still costs $100m+ for leading edge chiplets though? [34:59] Are you speaking to Intel Foundry? [36:14] Are the next 12-18-24 months make or break for TT? [38:35] What are TT's customer verticals? [41:59] Do automotive cheques come seven years later? [43:49] RISC-V replacements for Android? [44:44] Does being on the Board of Directors change your viewpoint? [46:58] fin ----------------------- Need POTATO merch? There's a chip for that! http://merch.techtechpotato.com http://more-moore.com : Sign up to the More Than Moore Newsletter https://www.patreon.com/TechTechPotato : Patreon gets you access to the TTP Discord server! Follow Ian on Twitter at http://twitter.com/IanCutress Follow TechTechPotato on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TechTechPotato If you're in the market for something from Amazon, please use the following links. TTP may receive a commission if you purchase anything through these links. Amazon USA : https://geni.us/AmazonUS-TTP Amazon UK : https://geni.us/AmazonUK-TTP Amazon CAN : https://geni.us/AmazonCAN-TTP Amazon GER : https://geni.us/AmazonDE-TTP Amazon Other : https://geni.us/TTPAmazonOther Ending music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0tmgau5E4 ----------------------- Welcome to the TechTechPotato (c) Dr. Ian Cutress Ramblings about things related to Technology from an analyst for More Than Moore #techtechpotato #tenstorrent #machinelearning ------------ More Than Moore, as with other research and analyst firms, provides or has provided paid research, analysis, advising, or consulting to many high-tech companies in the industry, which may include advertising on TTP. The companies that fall under this banner include AMD, Armari, Facebook, IBM, Infineon, Intel, Lattice Semi, Linode, MediaTek, NordPass, ProteanTecs, Qualcomm, SiFive, Tenstorrent.