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GSI Technology, Inc. Appoints Former Amazon and Microsoft Executive Gur Kimchi to Advisory Board
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GSI Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSIT), a leading provider of high-performance memory solutions for the
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[{"type":"text","content":"SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GSI Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSIT), a leading provider of high-performance memory solutions for the networking, telecommunications and military markets, and developer of the Gemini® Associative Processing Unit (APU) for Artificial Intelligence, today announced the appointment of Gur Kimchi to its Advisory Board.\n After joining Amazon in 2012, Gur co-founded the Amazon Prime Air delivery-by-drone project and led the organization for over seven years, culminating recently with Amazon being granted a Part-135 commercial airline certificate by the FAA. Prior to Amazon, Gur spent ten years at Microsoft where he worked on a range of innovative technologies & services, including Enterprise Communications, Virtual Earth & Bing Maps, Cloud Infrastructure including custom Cloud Hardware, Augmented/Virtual Reality, and Photogrammetric Data & Services. A veteran of five early stage companies, Gur previously served on the board of Waze (acquired by Google) and was one of the early developers of VoIP technology and IP-based telecommunications interoperability standards. Gur is a founding member of the FAA Drone Advisory Committee, and worked in collaboration with the FAA, NASA, SESAR, and ICAO on the development of the Federated Airspace Management Architecture, enabling the safe integration of drones into the airspace around the world. “I have followed the development of Associative Processing technology for over 25 years” said Gur, “During that time, I have worked on some of the world’s largest AI-powered systems, including some of the first GPGPU-powered services, and was often frustrated with the capabilities of the available compute and memory architectures. The APU approach, blending memory, IO, and computation, is a unique enabler that will fundamentally and exponentially improve the scalability, lower the latency, and radically improve the power-usage of large-scale AI systems. I’m very excited to join the team and assist GSI on their journey.” \"Gur Kimchi is a visionary and strong leader, who excels at implementing visions, building teams, and leading them to success,\" said GSI Technology's Chairman and CEO, Lee-Lean Shu. \"His extensive experience in effectively creating and launching a vast array of new technologies and products, overseeing large and complex operational teams,...