This year's newsWill invest in the research and development of independently designed processor productsLater, Facebook poached Shahriar Rabii, a former senior engineering director at Google, who is expected to be responsible for matters related to Facebook's self-designed processor products.
From Shahriar RabiiPersonal LinkedIn page informationIt is shown that he has joined the Facebook team as vice president and is responsible for leading the new processor team.Bloomberg NewsSources familiar with the matter said Shahriar Rabii will report to Andrew Bosworth, who is responsible for virtual visual devices and Building 8 R&D at Facebook.
Prior to this, Shahriar Rabii was responsible for the Pixel 2'sPixel Visual Core independent image processor, and aTitanThe company also worked on the development of the customized micro-security chip for VP9 andAV1Before joining Google for nearly seven years, Shahriar Rabii worked at companies such as Arda Technologies, Atheros, Intel, and HP. His experience included not only chip design but also wireless radio frequency technology applications.
However, it is not yet possible to confirm whether Shahriar Rabii is expected to be responsible for the main business within Facebook. Neither Facebook nor Google has responded to this.
In previous news, Facebook announced plans to create its own independently developed and designed processor products, which are expected to be used in its data center servers or to meet the needs of terminal devices. It may also be used in the development of its artificial intelligence technology, and it is more likely to reduce its dependence on products from processor manufacturers such as Intel and Qualcomm.
