Sean Lie
Unicorn founderFounder at Cerebras · Founder at Cerebras Systems
Santa Clara, California, United States
FoundedCerebras$23BCerebras Systems
About
Sean Lie is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cerebras Systems, where the company develops wafer-scale processors along with the associated system and software for AI compute. He was previously Chief Hardware Architect at SeaMicro, where he worked on four generations of IO virtualization fabric ASICs and system architecture, and after the company's acquisition by AMD, he served as Chief Architect for the Data Center Server Solutions business unit. Earlier in his career, he was a microprocessor architect in AMD's advanced architecture group.
Founder at Cerebras
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2080 Ventures$100K – $500K checksAurum Venture PartnersPleasantonB CapitalGenevaBlack Opal VenturesNew YorkCongruent VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksDisruptive VenturesNew YorkEclipse VenturesPalo Alto · $200K – $5M checksElad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksFoundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksFPVJackson · $100K – $5M checksHemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyNight CapitalCapitolaPartners ResoluteChicagoQualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checksRiverbend CapitalWashingtonWealthUnion$10K checksWeisburd CapitalNew York
Co-founders at Cerebras Systems
Experience
- Cerebras SystemsCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2016 — presentSunnyvale, California, United States
- AMDChief Architect, Data Center Server Solutions2012 — 2015Sunnyvale, CA
- SeaMicroDistinguished Engineer2008 — 2012Sunnyvale, CA
- AMDMember of Technical Staff2004 — 2008Sunnyvale, CA
- SGIEngineering Intern2002Mountain View, CA
Skills & more
C4Embedded Systems4Device Drivers7Verilog4Perl3C++1Processors15ASIC10X866SoC10RTL design3Computer Architecture19
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MicroprocessorsFPGADebuggingVLSISemiconductorsDistributed SystemsICHardware ArchitectureApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)Integrated Circuits (IC)RTL DesignSystem on a Chip (SoC)From Sean's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sean Lie?
- Sean Lie is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cerebras Systems, where the company develops wafer-scale processors along with the associated system and software for AI compute. He was previously Chief Hardware Architect at SeaMicro, where he worked on four generations of IO virtualization fabric ASICs and system architecture, and after the company's acquisition by AMD, he served as Chief Architect for the Data Center Server Solutions business unit. Earlier in his career, he was a microprocessor architect in AMD's advanced architecture group.
- Where does Sean Lie work?
- Sean Lie is Founder of Cerebras and Founder at Cerebras Systems.
- What companies did Sean Lie found?
- Sean Lie founded Cerebras, Cerebras Systems.
- Where did Sean Lie go to school?
- Sean Lie studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MEng, Electrical engineering and computer science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Electrical engineering and computer science).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cerebras Systems17
Steve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalMichelle FangResident at Lux CapitalAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesScott PettyGP & Senior Advisor at Signal Peak VenturesLior SusanDirector of Content at Eclipse VenturesJJ MoiDesign Partner at Prime Movers Lab
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Also worked at SeaMicro4
Also worked at SGI43
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