Arm hires Amazon AI exec to boost plans to build its own chips

来源：Max A. Cherney, Reuters | 发布时间：2025-08-31

摘要：Arm聘请亚马逊前AI芯片主管Rami Sinno，以增强其芯片开发计划，特别是为数据中心和Meta的AI训练开发芯片。Arm计划投资利润以构建自己的芯片和组件，扩大其业务范围，不仅仅是提供芯片知识产权。

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Arm Holdings has hired Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab artificial intelligence chip director Rami Sinno to bolster its plans to develop its own complete chips, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Sinno was responsible for helping to develop Amazon’s homegrown AI chips called Trainium and Inferentia that are designed to help build and run large AI applications.

Until now, Arm has not built its own chips. Instead, it designs the core architecture and instruction set for processors that it sells to customers. Chip designers like Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab and Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tabuse Arm technology in their chips.

In July, Arm disclosed plans to invest a portion of its profit into building its own chips and other components. CEO Rene Haas discussed the possibility of moving beyond designs and building chiplets – smaller, function-specific versions of a chip that are stitched together – and complete systems.

The company, which is majority-owned by the SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab, collects royalty payments on the chips its customers sell. Arm-based devices power nearly every smartphone in the world and server chips based on its intellectual property have made significant inroads in the data center market long dominated by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), opens new tab and Intel (INTC.O), opens new tab.

As part of a broad plan to increase its business, Arm has sought to expand beyond supplying crucial chip intellectual property to building its own complete designs.

Reuters first reported on the company’s plans outlined in sealed exhibits from a December trial, and its effort to hire executives from rivals in February.

In recent years, Arm has sought to bolster its teams focused on building complete chips and systems. The company has hired Nicolas Dube, an executive from HPE (HPE.N), opens new tab with large-scale systems design experience, and Steve Halter, a chip engineer from Intel and Qualcomm (QCOM.O), opens new tab, as part of the effort, the person familiar with the matter said.

Sinno’s effort at Amazon was part of the company’s effort to design chips that would be cheaper and offer superior performance to Nvidia’s graphics processors used for AI work.

ARM为自研芯片挖角对手：亚马逊AI芯片主管加盟

据路透社报道，知情人士称，芯片架构授权公司ARM已聘请亚马逊AI芯片主管拉米·辛诺(Rami Sinno)来协助推进其开发自有完整芯片的计划。

辛诺曾负责协助开发亚马逊自研AI芯片“Trainium”和“Inferentia”，这些芯片旨在帮助构建和运行大型AI应用程序。

ARM已寻求扩大公司业务，从关键芯片知识产权的供应商，发展为能够独立设计出完整芯片的企业。

根据路透社报道，ARM在去年12月的一场审判中提交的密封证据中披露了自研芯片计划，该公司为此还从竞争对手那里挖角高管。

近年来，ARM一直在加强专注于构建完整芯片与系统的团队。该公司已聘请了一名具备大规模系统设计经验的慧与科技高管，以及一名来自英特尔的芯片架构师。