Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
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Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#2This sounds like something Elon musk would do to Tesla just to save $8 on parts
Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#3I recommend Keller's appearances on the Lex Fridman podcast, and also the chat with his (Keller's) brother-in-law Jordan Peterson.
Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#4I recommend Keller's appearances on the Lex Fridman podcast, and also the chat with his (Keller's) brother-in-law Jordan Peterson.
I found that Lex interview enlightening for two reasons. Firstly, Keller is a profoundly talented and interesting guy. And secondly, Lex is a truly painful and incompetent interviewer; virtually every time Lex spoke I begged my screen for him to stay quiet and let Keller speak.
Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#5I recommend Keller's appearances on the Lex Fridman podcast, and also the chat with his (Keller's) brother-in-law Jordan Peterson.
I found that Lex interview enlightening for two reasons. Firstly, Keller is a profoundly talented and interesting guy. And secondly, Lex is a truly painful and incompetent interviewer; virtually every time Lex spoke I begged my screen for him to stay quiet and let Keller speak.
You need an interviewer. Lex isn't that terrible.
Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#6This sounds like something Elon musk would do to Tesla just to save $8 on parts
> just to save $8 on parts
I don't think you understand what $8 per vehicle represents in cost savings.
$8 in parts can literally be 10s of million in savings per year.
And then you are basically tied to this supplier forever as switching something so fundamental isn't easy.
In automotive, using less screws to save 50c on each vehicle is considered a big win.
Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#7I recommend Keller's appearances on the Lex Fridman podcast, and also the chat with his (Keller's) brother-in-law Jordan Peterson.
I found that Lex interview enlightening for two reasons. Firstly, Keller is a profoundly talented and interesting guy. And secondly, Lex is a truly painful and incompetent interviewer; virtually every time Lex spoke I begged my screen for him to stay quiet and let Keller speak.
I had the same feeling with a lot of interviews from the past, but somehow, about a year ago, something changed. Not sure if it was a conscious decision or just the result of so much practice, but for quite something I haven’t screamed at my screen when listening to Lex.
Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
I found that Lex interview enlightening for two reasons. Firstly, Keller is a profoundly talented and interesting guy. And secondly, Lex is a truly painful and incompetent interviewer; virtually every time Lex spoke I begged my screen for him to stay quiet and let Keller speak.
I had the same feeling with a lot of interviews from the past, but somehow, about a year ago, something changed. Not sure if it was a conscious decision or just the result of so much practice, but for quite something I haven’t screamed at my screen when listening to Lex.
I've noticed that as well. He frequently also gets distracted thinking about taking ideas to such an abstract level they don't really make sense any longer, he looks off at the ceiling somewhere, and then the guest continues off as if they didn't see that. It makes me crack up every time, hah.
This is in contrast to many other podcasters who stay engrossed in surface level details and never graduate to thinking about overarching concepts. Lex just zooms there too fast sometimes.
Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#9The man is a legend! He made an amazing go work across Apple, AMD and recently at Intel.
Re: Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture
#10I recommend Keller's appearances on the Lex Fridman podcast, and also the chat with his (Keller's) brother-in-law Jordan Peterson.
I found that Lex interview enlightening for two reasons. Firstly, Keller is a profoundly talented and interesting guy. And secondly, Lex is a truly painful and incompetent interviewer; virtually every time Lex spoke I begged my screen for him to stay quiet and let Keller speak.
Lex is also absolutely boring to listen to. His tone of voice puts you to sleep.