Raja Koduri is an alumnus of Andhra University and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, both in India.
Intel announced on Wednesday the appointment of Indian American Raja Koduri as Intel chief architect, senior vice president of the newly formed Core and Visual Computing Group, and general manager of a new initiative to drive edge computing solutions.
“In this position, Koduri will expand Intel’s leading position in integrated graphics for the PC market with high-end discrete graphics solutions for a broad range of computing segments,” said a media statement by the company.
The statement said that under Koduri’s leadership, Intel will “unify and expand differentiated IP across computing, graphics, media, imaging and machine intelligence capabilities for the client and data center segments, artificial intelligence, and emerging opportunities like edge computing.”
Speaking on Koduri’s appointment to the position, Dr. Murthy Renduchintala, Intel’s chief engineering officer and group president of the Client and iNternet of Things Businesses and Systtem Architecture, said, ” Raja is one of the most experienced, innovative and respected graphics and system architecture visionaries in the industry and the latest example of top technical talent to join Intel.”
Renduchintala said, “With Raja at the helm of our Core and Visual Computing Group, we will add to our portfolio of unmatched capabilities, advance our strategy to lead in computing and graphics, and ultimately be the driving force of the data revolution.”
With more than 25 years of experience in visual and accelerated computing advances, Koduri’s technical expertise spans graphics hardware, software and system architecture.
“I have admired Intel as a technology leader and have had fruitful collaborations with the company over the years,” Koduri said. “I am incredibly excited to join the Intel team and have the opportunity to drive a unified architecture vision across its world-leading IP portfolio that help’s accelerate the data revolution.”
Koduri, 49, joins Intel from AMD, where he most recently served as senior vice president and chief architect of the Radeon Technologies Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications from Andhra University and a master’s degree in electronics and communications from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, both in India.