In addition to the top-level structure of The CHIPS Alliance, each hosted open source project has its own process, structure, and community. While the Technical Advisory Council (TAC) sets high-level technical policy, projects have a great deal of flexibility in day-to-day operations, and would typically each adopt their own technical charter based on a common template.
Rob Mains - General Manager
The General Manager works with the Governing Board, our members, and our projects to ensure the CHIPS Alliance is a healthy, sustainable, and neutral home for open source technical collaborations.
Rob Mains is a 38 year industry veteran, former engineering vice president of Oracle and Sun Microsystems distinguished engineer, where he lead an organization of over 200 software researchers and developers. Prior to this, Rob was a principal engineer at Magma Design Automation, and originally a senior engineer at IBM involved in numerous technical areas for the development of IBM Power and S/390 systems.
Rob has in depth experience in software development, electronic design automation, IT management, semiconductor technology, microprocessor circuit design, and chip construction methodology. In his career, he has had the privilege of working in multi-company collaborations, understanding the dynamics of multiple players, and working towards win-win solutions for all. He is the holder of 13 U.S. patents.
Governing Board
The Governing Board sets overall policy through our participation agreement and technical charter, which describes the membership requirements and responsibilities of participants.
Andrew Kahng
UC San Diego
Chris Wang
VeriSilicon
Danny Hua
Futurewei
Matt Cockrell
Peter Gielda
Antmicro
Prabhu Jayanna
AMD
Stefano Righi
AMI US Holdings Inc
Stephano Cetola
Intel
Stephen Walli
Microsoft
Wei Wu
ISCAS
Technical Advisory Council (TAC)
The role of the Technical Advisory Council, or TAC, is to facilitate communication and collaboration among the CHIPS Alliance Technical Projects. The TAC is responsible for implementing technical policy and procedures within the scope and direction of the policies set by the Governing Board, such as defining and maintaining neutral consensus on the technical vision for CHIPS Alliance projects, shepherding projects through their technical lifecycle, and identifying, recruiting, and engaging prospective projects.
The TAC operates openly and transparently, the voting members of the TAC consist of one representative appointed by each Platinum Member and one representative appointed by the technical oversight body (e.g., a technical steering committee) of each TAC Project. TAC meetings are open to all, and both members and non-members may participate.
Aaron Cunningham
Chair
Outreach Committee
The Outreach Committee is responsible for organizing the external presence of the CHIPS Alliance.
Michael Gielda
Chair