Amazon Hires Ex-Google Silicon Design Veteran to Work on AI Chips

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Amazon hires ex-Google chip veteran Steve Molloy as VP of AI silicon, signaling deeper investment in custom Trainium/Inferentia chip development to compete with Google's TPU program.

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<p>Steve Molloy, a chip industry veteran who has spent the past seven years at Google, recently joined Amazon in the newly-created position of vice president of AI silicon, he <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7452419088527835136/">announced</a> in a LinkedIn post. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the hire.</p> <p>Molloy’s hiring shows how Amazon is bringing in ...</p>