Dan Smith
Director Of ASIC Engineering at NVIDIA
California, United States
Summary
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RockstarDan Smith is a seasoned hardware and ASIC engineering leader with over two decades of experience and eight years focused on directing ASIC teams at NVIDIA from California. He currently leads development of high-performance computer vision processors and oversees the open-source NVDLA inference engine, bridging enterprise-grade silicon design with community-driven AI acceleration. His career spans senior hardware and CAD leadership roles at NVIDIA, Apple, NeXT, and Motorola, giving him deep expertise in chip architecture, design methodology, and licensing. Known for translating complex inference and GPU requirements into practical silicon and tooling, he combines hands-on technical judgment with cross-functional program leadership. An understated strength is his track record of stewarding open-source hardware projects to production-quality performance, helping drive broader adoption of inference accelerators.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
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