Summary
Kris Chaplin is an Open Source Software Lead at AMD with two decades of hands-on expertise integrating embedded processors into programmable logic and a decade of focused experience in embedded Linux, device drivers, telecoms networking, memory interfacing and low-latency performance tuning. He advises major Northern European customers on processor system architecture, keeps sales and distribution teams technically current, and regularly authors and hosts workshops showcasing hardware-software trends for Intel SoC FPGAs. A pragmatic founder (Bexleynet) and certified UK Athletics running leader, he combines entrepreneurial product experience with technical advocacy and community-facing education. Known for translating complex hardware/software trade-offs into deployable systems, he brings strategic insight to open-source engagement and customer-facing engineering.
10 years of coding experience