17 Facts About Mark Papermaster

Mark D Papermaster was born on 1961 and is an American business executive who is the chief technology officer and executive vice president for technology and engineering at Advanced Micro Devices.

Mark Papermaster became senior vice president of devices hardware engineering at Apple in 2009, with oversight for devices such as the iPhone.

Mark Papermaster joined AMD on October 24,2011, assuming oversight for all of AMD's technology teams and the creation of all of AMD's products, and AMD's corporate technical direction.

Mark D Papermaster was born in 1961 and grew up in Galveston, Texas.

Mark Papermaster earned his Master of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont In 1988.

Mark Papermaster moved from microprocessors to become vice president of the Blade Development Unit in October 2006.

Shortly afterwards, IBM filed a complaint alleging Mark Papermaster had breached a one-year noncompete agreement.

Mark Papermaster countersued, arguing that Apple had hired him for his management and engineering abilities, not for insider knowledge of IBM processors.

Mark Papermaster joined Apple on April 24,2009 as senior vice president of Mobile Devices and Devices Hardware Engineering.

In November 2010, Mark Papermaster became vice president of the Silicon Switching Technology Group at Cisco Systems.

Mark Papermaster was officially appointed to both roles on October 24,2011.

Mark Papermaster, who had been recruited to AMD by Nick Donofrio, himself hired Jim Keller, and in 2013 Mark Papermaster hired Apple chip designer Raja Koduri, who reported to him directly.

Also in 2017, Mark Papermaster announced that AMD would continue to develop hardware using both its new Vega graphics architecture and its older Polaris system.

Mark Papermaster is periodically asked to comment on industry trends such as Moore's Law Plus, immersive technology, and machine intelligence.

Mark Papermaster has written articles for TechCrunch on the applicability of Moore's Law, which applies to the pace of semiconductor advancements.

Mark Papermaster is a member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Olin College Presidents Council, and the advisory board at Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas.

Mark Papermaster was included on the Forbes Technology Council as a contributor as of June 2016.