Kunle Olukotun

At a glance. Kunle Olukotun is listed as Co-founder and Chief Technologist at SambaNova, with 1 other current role listed. The profile sits among the builders and open-source contributors. Fields listed: Chips and hardware, Training systems and Inference and serving. The source lists 1 official page, 6 listed honors and open-role pages for SambaNova.

Summary

Co-founder and Chief Technologist of SambaNova; Cadence Design Professor at Stanford University.

Known for: Niagara multicore processor; SambaNova SN40L; Stanford DAWN project.

Works at

• SambaNova 2 people in the wiki
• Stanford University 40 people in the wiki

Other documented roles

Not confirmed as current in the source profile.

• Founder (acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2002), Afara Websystems

Open roles

• Open roles at SambaNova on USASI ↗

Related people

• Rodrigo LiangAlso at SambaNova
• Mitesh AgrawalChips and hardware · Inference and serving
• Johannes GäßlerInference and serving · Chips and hardware
• Sid ShethChips and hardware · Inference and serving
• Tim DettmersTraining systems · Inference and serving
• Cully CavnessChips and hardware · Training systems
• Chase LochmillerChips and hardware · Training systems
• Sudeep BhojaChips and hardware · Inference and serving
• Dylan PatelChips and hardware · Inference and serving
• Aaron TeoInference and serving · Chips and hardware

Source and corrections

Read the full profile on USASI ↗

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