19OCTOBER 2023To complement this, we have built a hybrid team with people from different backgrounds who bring the best practices from various companies. In addition, as a startup in the semiconductor space, our major focus is executing to customer demands.How do you ensure each of your products or projects aligns with the overall objectives of your business?Our product and architecture teams interact with the customers to understand the market trends and decide the critical features from their perspective. The engineering team constantly communicates with the product team for specifications and key requirements. We then determine trade-offs based on customer demands.Can you talk about some of the projects or initiatives you implemented in your organization to make the process successful?Different things need to come together to deliver the anticipated result. The most predominant requirement is an efficient cloud native processor, which involves a complex development process. As the technological process matures, we react to changes and make sure those changes reflect in our design. Equally important as the processor is packaging for silicon, the socket and the entire system that the processor sits on, the ingredients that go into the system and tuning them to extract the best performance, and building the embedded firmware and software layers, which is a critical component of delivering performance and efficiency with the processor. As a hybrid team with expansive expertise and experience, we constantly evolve processes and flows to manage process technology nodes and processor design methodologies. What would be your advice to your peers and colleagues in the industry?The best way to stay innovative and be at the top of technology is to keep learning. I have completed three decades of engineering and haven't stopped learning. I find time to talk to experts inside and outside the domain to learn and stay prepared to address any new challenge.Nobody is a master of everything, so rely on each other for help. It starts with hiring. Hire the best people and depend on them to execute things right. We always tell our interns and college hires that when their manager assigns them to a task, it is not a final exam where they must do it all alone and prove their worth. You are part of a company, so if you are in trouble, raise your hands, find the right expert, and get help. We need to spend a lot of time making the right trade-off decisions because an idea that looks good on paper need not generate a return on investmentRohit Vidwans
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