Mark Papermaster

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| education = University of Texas at Austin (BS)
University of Vermont (MS)

| nationality = American

| occupation = Business executive, electrical engineer

| years_active = 1982-present

| employer = Advanced Micro Devices
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Mark D. Papermaster (born 1961) is an American business executive who is the chief technology officer (CTO) and executive vice president for technology and engineering at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).{{Cite web |title=Executive Biography - Mark Papermaster |url=https://www.amd.com/en-us/who-we-are/corporate-information/leadership/mark-papermaster |website=AMD |language=en-US |date=July 22, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2012}} On January 25, 2019 he was promoted to AMD's Executive Vice President.{{Cite web |author=Advanced Micro Devices |date=January 25, 2019 |title=AMD Strengthens Senior Leadership Team |url=https://www.apnews.com/68704ad0c18f0f826c69fff85c41196f |website=Associated Press |language=en-US |access-date=December 17, 2021}}

Papermaster previously worked at IBM from 1982 to 2008, where he was closely involved in the development of PowerPC technology and was two years as vice president of IBM's blade server division. Papermaster's decision to move from IBM to Apple Inc. in 2008 became central to a court case considering the validity and scope of an employee non-compete clause in the technology industry. He became senior vice president of devices hardware engineering at Apple in 2009, with oversight for devices such as the iPhone. In 2010 he left Apple and joined Cisco Systems as a VP{{cite news |last1=Kane |first1=Yukari Iwatani |last2=Sherr |first2=Ian |date=August 9, 2010 |title=iPhone Executive Leaves |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704268004575417572159585144 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |access-date=August 9, 2010}} of the company's silicon engineering development.{{cite news |last=Sibley |first=Lisa |date=October 19, 2011 |title=AMD hires Mark Papermaster as senior VP, CTO |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/10/19/amd-hires-mark-papermaster-as-senior.html |work=Silicon Valley Business Journal |language=en-US |access-date=January 15, 2019}} Papermaster joined AMD on October 24, 2011, assuming oversight for all of AMD's technology teams and the creation of all of AMD's products, and AMD's corporate technical direction.

Early life and education

Mark D. Papermaster was born in 1961 and grew up in Galveston, Texas. Earning his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Texas in Austin, in 1982 he began working at IBM in Vermont. He earned his Master of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont In 1988.

Career

= IBM (1982–2008) =

After beginning his 26-year tenure at IBM in Vermont in 1982, in 1991 Papermaster moved to work with the company in Texas. He initially started designing circuits in the Microelectronics Division, and afterwards “had technical and management assignments in quality, CAD tool applications, and microprocessors.”{{Cite web |title=Apple — Press Info — Bios — Mark Papermaster |url=https://www.apple.com/pr/bios/papermaster.html |work=Apple |date=April 2009 |access-date=September 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918132842/http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/papermaster.html |archive-date=September 18, 2009}} Promoted to vice president of IBM's Microprocessor Technology Development unit, he was then given oversight for the development of microprocessor and server technologies from 1991 until 2006. During those fifteen years he worked closely with IBM's PowerPC architecture and microprocessor, which Apple had adopted for its line of Macintosh computers. Spending five years working specifically with PowerPC and becoming an expert on IBM Power microprocessors chips and the Power ISA,[http://www.tradesecretsnoncompetelaw.com/stats/pepper/orderedlist/downloads/download.php?file=http://www.tradesecretsnoncompetelaw.com/uploads/file/Papermasterdecision.pdf IBM v. Papermaster]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, No. 08-9078, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95516 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 21, 2008). [https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/2687 live version as of November 28, 2018] Wired reports that “Papermaster was a key player in developing the PowerPC chips used in [early] Macs.”{{cite magazine |last=Chen |first=Brian X. |date=April 30, 2009 |title=Apple Quietly Recruits Chip Designers for In-House Tech |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/04/apple-quietly-recruits-chip-designers-for-in-house-cpus/ |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

Papermaster moved from microprocessors to become vice president of the Blade Development Unit in October 2006. Becoming head of IBM's blade server unit gave him responsibility for “x86, POWER, storage blades, chassis, network electronics and associated ecosystem.” Also in 2006, IBM selected him to join two executive groups: its Integration & Values Team (I&VT) and its Technical Leadership Team, the latter of which focused on attracting talent.

= Senior VP at Apple (2009–2010) =

After being courted as a successor to iPod executive Tony Fadell, Papermaster accepted a position with Apple in 2008. Shortly afterwards, IBM filed a complaint alleging Papermaster had breached a one-year noncompete agreement. Papermaster countersued,{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/papermaster_countersuit_ibm_apple/ |title=Papermaster countersues IBM over Apple gig |author=Austin Modine |date=November 14, 2008 |website=The Register |access-date=January 15, 2019}} arguing that Apple had hired him for his management and engineering abilities, not for insider knowledge of IBM processors.{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2008/11/the-papermaster-chase-ibm-exec-was-not-apples-first-pick/ |title=The Papermaster Chase: IBM exec was not Apple's first pick |author=Chris Foresman |date=November 13, 2008 |website=Ars Technica |access-date=January 15, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/1137141/Papermaster_IBM.html |title=Judge: Apple's new VP could cause 'irreparable harm' to IBM |author=Gregg Keizer |date= November 25, 2008|publisher=Computerworld |access-date=November 28, 2018}} Apple and IBM reached a settlement{{cite news |last= Helft |first=Miguel |date=August 7, 2010 |title=Executive Leaves Apple After iPhone Antenna Troubles

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/technology/08apple.html |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=August 7, 2010}} in January 2009{{cite web |last=Krazit |first=Tom |date=January 27, 2009 |title=Papermaster settles with IBM, sets Apple start date |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/papermaster-settles-with-ibm-sets-apple-start-date/ |website=CNET |language=en-US |access-date=November 28, 2018}} where "Papermaster could only work for Apple after a six month unpaid vacation."{{cite web |last=Bessen |first=James |date=October 17, 2014 |title=How Companies Kill Their Employees' Job Searches |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/10/how-companies-kill-their-employees-job-searches/381437/ |work=The Atlantic |language=en-US |access-date=November 28, 2018}}

{{Wikinews|Apple executive leaves company after iPhone 4 antenna issues}}

Papermaster joined Apple on April 24, 2009 as senior vice president of Mobile Devices and Devices Hardware Engineering.{{cite news |last=Warman |first=Matt |date=August 9, 2010 |title=Apple iPhone head leaves company |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7934638/Apple-iPhone-head-leaves-company.html |work=The Telegraph |access-date=January 15, 2019}} Reporting to Steve Jobs, he was given direct oversight of the iPod and iPhone engineering teams, including iPhone hardware development and the June 2010 rollout of the iPhone 4. Although the device proved popular, issues such as a slow release of a white version and reception flaws with the antenna resulted in controversy. The antenna design, a then-unusual device casing that acted as a signal receiver, had been green-lit in late 2009 by Steve Jobs. On August 7, 2010, The New York Times reported that Papermaster was leaving Apple for unconfirmed reasons.

= VP at Cisco Systems (2010–2011) =

In November 2010, Papermaster became vice president of the Silicon Switching Technology Group at Cisco Systems. of Cisco's Silicon Engineering Group, he had oversight for Cisco's “silicon strategy, architecture, and development for the company’s switching and routing businesses.” His department also oversaw “chips developed in-house for Cisco's switches,” the ASIC (application specific integrated circuits) chips that go into Cisco products such as the Nexus 7000 data-center switch and the Catalyst line of LAN switches.{{cite magazine |last=Lawson |first=Stephen |date=November 12, 2010 |title=Cisco Hires Former IPhone Engineer Papermaster |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/498656/article-2260.html |website=PCWorld |language=en-US |access-date=January 15, 2019}}

= CTO and executive VP at AMD (2011–present) =

On October 19, 2011, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced that Papermaster had been appointed its senior vice president (SVP) of Technology & Engineering, as well as its chief technology officer (CTO).{{cite web |last1=Hachman |first1=Mark |date=19 October 2011 |title=AMD Names IBM, Apple Vet Papermaster to CTO Spot |url=https://uk.pcmag.com/news/113721/amd-names-ibm-apple-vet-papermaster-to-cto-spot |website=PCMag |language=en-GB |access-date=2 March 2017}} He was officially appointed to both roles on October 24, 2011.{{cite web |last=Hachman |first=Mark |date=October 19, 2011 |title=AMD Names IBM, Apple Vet Papermaster to CTO Spot |url=https://uk.pcmag.com/news/113721/amd-names-ibm-apple-vet-papermaster-to-cto-spot |website=PCMag |language=en-GB |access-date=April 3, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=50084287&privcapId=24937 |title=Mark Papermaster |website=Bloomberg |language=en-US}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2012/02/22/forget-intel-apple-qualcomm-samsung-grabbing-amd-employees/#14fe69164fc6 |title=Forget Intel; Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung Grabbing AMD Employees |author=Brian Caulfield |date=February 22, 2012 |magazine=Forbes }} As SVP of the newly formed Technology & Engineering Group under former CEO Rory Read, Papermaster was given oversight for all of AMD's technology teams. He was also given oversight for all of AMD's products, “corporate technical direction,” and research and development, including system-on-chip (SOC) product design and integrated hardware and software. Papermaster, who had been recruited to AMD by Nick Donofrio, himself hired Jim Keller, and in 2013 Papermaster hired Apple chip designer Raja Koduri, who reported to him directly.{{cite web |last=Pressman |first=Aaron |date=June 28, 2017 |title=Chipmaker AMD Makes a Big Bet on Brand-New Tech |url=http://fortune.com/2017/06/28/amd-ai-chips-comeback/ |website=Fortune |language=en-US |access-date=April 3, 2023}}

One of his first orders of business was to restructure the CPU design team to build Zen, a new high performance x86 processor core.{{cite web |url=https://www.amd.com/en-us/who-we-are/corporate-information/leadership/mark-papermaster |title=Mark Papermaster |publisher=AMD.com }} Under Papermaster, by early 2017 several other new lines of CPUs and graphic processors were under development as well,{{cite news|last1=Cutress|first1=Ian|title=Making AMD Tick: A Very Zen Interview it Dr. Lisa Su, CEO|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/11177/making-amd-tick-a-very-zen-interview-with-dr-lisa-su-ceo|access-date=2 March 2017|publisher=Anandtech.com|date=2 March 2017}} for example the data center processor EPYC series, which launched in June 2017 with AMD's new Zen (microarchitecture).{{cite web |url=https://www.itproportal.com/news/amd-were-back-and-taking-the-fight-to-intel/ |title=AMD - we're back, and taking the fight to Intel |author=Michael Moore |date=June 20, 2017 |publisher=IT ProPortal }} Ryzen Threadripper high-end desktop processors released in the summer of 2017 also utilized Zen.{{cite web |url=https://www.amd.com/en-us/press-releases/Pages/amd-unveils-expanding-2017may16.aspx |title= AMD Unveils Expanding Set of High-Performance Products and Technologies Propelling Next Phase of Growth |date=May 16, 2017|publisher=AMD |access-date=January 15, 2019}} Also in 2017, Papermaster announced that AMD would continue to develop hardware using both its new Vega graphics architecture and its older Polaris system.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/04/09/radeon-rx-500x-spotted-polaris-refined-again/#47a2db9c74dc |title=Radeon RX 500X Incoming: Polaris Refined Again? |author=Jason Evangelho |date=April 9, 2018 |magazine=Forbes }} At that point he had been heading the company's push into using 7 nm processor nodes,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332049 |title=AMD's CTO on 7nm, Chip Stacks |author=Rick Merritt |date=July 24, 2017 |magazine=EE Times |access-date=January 15, 2019 }} announced as a key component in upcoming Zen and Navi-based processors.

Speaking and writing

Papermaster is periodically asked to comment on industry trends such as Moore's Law Plus,{{cite news |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/amd-s-cto-it-s-moore-s-law-plus-that-will-drive-vr-toward-full-immersion-1327894 |title=AMD's CTO: it's 'Moore's Law Plus' that will drive VR toward full immersion |author=Joe Osborne |date=September 5, 2016 |work=TechRadar |access-date=January 13, 2019}} immersive technology, and machine intelligence. He has written articles for TechCrunch on the applicability of Moore's Law, which applies to the pace of semiconductor advancements.{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/13/how-computing-will-change-amid-challenges-to-moores-law/ |title=How computing will change amid challenges to Moore's Law |author=Mark Papermaster |date=April 13, 2017|work=TechCrunch |access-date=January 13, 2019}} He has also written articles for publications such as Dark Reading,{{cite web |url=http://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/silicon-and-artificial-intelligence-the-foundation-of-next-gen-data-security/a/d-id/1325401? |title=Silicon & Artificial Intelligence: The Foundation of Next Gen Data Security |author=Mark Papermaster |date=May 5, 2018 |publisher=Dark Reading |access-date=January 13, 2019}} ET Tech,{{cite web |url=https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/catalysts/how-ai-will-keep-your-data-safe/2037 |title=How AI will keep your data safe |author=Mark Papermaster |date=December 29, 2016 |publisher=ET Tech |access-date=January 13, 2019}} Forbes,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2016/05/13/changing-consumer-technology-interactions-the-rise-of-cybersecurity-and-data-privacy/?inf_contact_key=110eb60d67fbf9b7c8d553a06e1f86482431818e7426ddc742260c13c9efb680#5644a3733554|title=Changing Consumer-Technology Interactions: The Rise Of CyberSecurity And Data Privacy |date=May 13, 2016|magazine=Forbes |access-date=January 13, 2019}} IEEE Test & Design Magazine,{{cite web |url=https://ces.itec.kit.edu/61_1458.php |title=Special Issue on 3D-Test |publisher=IEEE Design & Test Magazine (Volume 34, Issue 1) |access-date=January 13, 2019}} Inc.,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.inc.com/articles/2001/08/23302.html |title=Mark Papermaster |author=Mark Papermaster |date= August 13, 2001|magazine=Inc. |access-date=January 13, 2019}} and Network Computing.{{cite web |url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/network-security/blockchain-and-its-implementation-challenges/945374178|title=Blockchain and Its Implementation Challenges|date=April 20, 2018 |publisher=Network Computing |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

He has also given talks at industry events, for example "How To Build Truly Great Products" at the Design Automation Conference in 2016{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2016/06/immersive-tech-ushers-in-new-era-amd-exec-says.html |title=Immersive tech ushers in new era, AMD exec says |author=Christopher Calnan |date=June 8, 2016 |newspaper=Austin Business Journal |access-date=January 13, 2019}} and “Evolving Embedded Systems in a Self-Directed World” at Embedded World in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2JVy21lwc|title=AMD Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster's Keynote at Embedded World 2018 |date=April 4, 2018|publisher=AMD |access-date=January 13, 2019}} He also spoke at the 2016–2017 Techfest{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report-not-just-for-science-buffs-2283955|title=Not just for science buffs |author=Nistha Balagopal |date=December 18, 2016|newspaper=DNA India |access-date=January 13, 2019}} and was a keynote speaker at the Imagination Tech Summit in 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.imgtec.com/news/press-release/imagination-tech-summit-2017-future-forward-what-do-you-need-now-to-be-successful-in-2025/ |title=Imagination Tech Summit 2017 – "Future Forward: what do you need now to be successful in 2025? |date=March 1, 2017 |publisher=Imagination Tech |access-date=January 13, 2019}} In 2017 he spoke at the Strategic Materials Conference,{{cite web |url=http://www1.semi.org/en/materials-accelerating-innovation-semi-strategic-materials-conference |title=Materials Accelerating Innovation at SEMI Strategic Materials Conference |date=June 14, 2017 |publisher=SEMI |access-date=January 15, 2019}} and he also gave a talk on Moore's Law Plus at the IEEE Industry Summit on the Future of Computing in 2017.{{cite web |url=https://rebootingcomputing.ieee.org/rebooting-computing-week/industry-summit-2017 |title=IEEE Industry Summit on the Future of Computing |date=2017 |publisher=IEEE Rebooting Computer |access-date=January 13, 2019}} In April 2018, he spoke at the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software.{{cite web |url=http://cofes.com/Events/COFES-2018/Agenda.aspx|title=Agenda |date=April 12, 2018 |publisher=COFES 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

Organizations

Papermaster is a member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Olin College Presidents Council, and the advisory board at Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas.{{cite web |url=https://www.amd.com/en-us/who-we-are/corporate-information/leadership/mark-papermaster |title=Executive Biography |publisher=AMD |access-date=January 13, 2019 }} Also at the University of Texas, he has been on the school's electrical and computer engineering advisory council. In 2009, the University of Texas named Papermaster an ECE Fellow for his work with the university.{{cite web |url=https://www.ece.utexas.edu/news/mark-papermaster-named-ece-fellow |title=Mark Papermaster Named ECE Fellow |date=April 19, 2009 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |access-date=January 13, 2019}} He was included on the Forbes Technology Council as a contributor as of June 2016.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2016/06/28/the-immersive-computing-era-starts-now-a-pervasive-computing-sequel/#4f13a5cb7376 |title=The Immersive Computing Era Starts Now: A Pervasive Computing Sequel |author=Mark Papermaster |date=June 28, 2016 |magazine=Forbes |access-date=January 15, 2019}} In August 2017, he was announced as a new member of the advisory board of the CTO Forum.{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2017/08/09/UN61728 |title=AMD SVP and CTO Mark Papermaster Joins CTO Forum Advisory Board |author=CTO Forum Press Release |date=August 9, 2017 |publisher=The Business Journals |access-date=January 15, 2019}}