Quadric names Ravi Chakaravarthy as Vice President of Software Engineering

AMD and Broadcom veteran joins expanded management team

Quadric announced the appointment of Ravi Chakaravarthy as Vice President of Software Engineering, effective immediately. Mr. Chakaravarthy will drive the development of the company's market-leading embedded AI software stack that powers the Quadric Chimera™ AI processor IP and lead Quadric's rapidly expanding software engineering organization.

Quadric® announces the appointment of Ravi Chakaravarthy as Vice President of Software Engineering, effective immediately

Prior to joining Quadric, Chakaravarthy led software development for AMD's AI software stack for both data center and edge AI applications. He has deep practical expertise in AI/ML technologies for training and inference, and has overseen the open source development of over 60 complex software projects. Prior to his six years at AMD, he led development teams at both Broadcom and Hewlett-Packard, further expanding his leadership experience across the semiconductor and enterprise computing industries.

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Veerbhan Kheterpal, co-founder and CEO of Quadric, said: “His experience leading large AI compiler and software organizations is a great fit for Quadric at our stage of growth. Ravi's combination of technical depth and proven leadership is a two-pronged win for both Quadric and our customers.”

“Quadric core technology is truly unique in the evolving world of edge AI processing,” said Chakaravarthy. “We are excited to accelerate the maturation of the Chimera graph compiler and extend the complete software stack. Quadric already supports 5-10 times more AI models than competing licensable NPUs. The next stage of toolchain development will further streamline how customers port models to Chimera-powered chips. Today's design wins range from 1 TOPS to 400 TOPS. With this performance range and more customers joining us every month, the opportunities ahead are huge.”

secondary chimera^™ The processor is the only fully C++ programmable and licensable AI/ML inference processor solution that offers the energy efficiency of a dedicated neural network accelerator and the flexibility of a programmable architecture. The main advantage of Quadric's approach is its unified programming model, where neural network graphs and C++ code are combined into a single, fully programmable application.