John Simpson

John Simpson is a highly experienced engineering professional currently serving as a Senior Principal Architect at SiFive, where responsibilities include defining future RISC-V vector processors. As a Co-Founder of a stealth startup focused on AI infrastructure, John also previously held significant positions, including Chief SoC Architect and Director of Engineering at Wave Computing, overseeing the architecture of key AI chips such as "Reaper" and "Triton AI." Prior roles include managing a multi-geo verification team at Qualcomm, serving as Director of Engineering at Ubicom, and contributions to Synfora's VLIW processor development. With an educational background in Microelectronic Systems Engineering from The University of Manchester, John has accumulated extensive expertise in microarchitecture and SoC design throughout a career that began at ST Microelectronics and includes notable achievements in the semiconductor industry.