AMD announced that President Victor Peng will retire effective August 30, 2024. He will continue to serve on the AMD executive team in an advisory role and support the transition until his retirement date.
Victor Peng holds four U.S. patents and has served on the Board of Directors of KLA Corporation (a provider of process control and yield management systems for semiconductor manufacturing) since February 2019. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
“Victor Peng rejoined AMD in 2022 following the acquisition of Xilinx and played an important role successfully, integrating and scaling our embedded business and leading our cross-company AI strategy,” said AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su.
“Under his leadership, AMD became the industry’s #1 provider of FPGA and adaptive computing solutions. On behalf of the AMD Board, executive leadership team, and the thousands of employees who have worked with him, I want to thank Victor for his outstanding leadership and wish him the best in his retirement,” He added.
Victor Peng retires with over 40 years of experience defining and delivering leadership technologies across FPGAs, SoCs, GPUs, and high-performance CPUs. He has served as president at AMD since February 2022, when he rejoined the company after the acquisition of Xilinx, where he spent 14 years, most recently serving as president, CEO, and member of the board of directors.
As part of the transition, Senior Vice President of the Artificial Intelligence Group (AIG) Vamsi Boppana will expand his current responsibilities for the AMD Instinct data center AI accelerator business. Boppana joined Xilinx in 2008 and has served in various technical and business leadership positions. He is currently responsible for cross-company AI software and ecosystem development and AI hardware roadmaps.
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group Salil Raje will continue in his role leading the AMD embedded business. Boppana and Raje will now report to AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su.
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