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Ram Srinivasan

Ram Srinivasan is a microprocessor and SoC architect specializing in high-throughput CPU/SoC architectures and performance modeling, whose career includes Los Alamos National Laboratory, Intel, Apple, Nuvia, and Qualcomm. In 2026 he co-founded the CPU design company NuvacoreNuvacoreNuvacore is a chip design startup headquartered in Santa Clara, California, founded by Gerard Williams III, John Bruno, and Ram Srinivasan, who had worked together at Apple, Nuvia, and Qualcomm. It launched publicly in April 2026 with the backing of Sequoia Capital and is designing a new general-purpose CPU core from a clean sheet for AI infrastructure and data centers; as of October 2026, it had not yet released a product.Open the full entry with Gerard Williams IIIGerard Williams IIIGerard Williams III is a microprocessor architect and chip entrepreneur who served as chief architect for all of Apple’s CPU and SoC development, leading Apple’s processor cores from the A7 to the A12X. He co-founded the server chip company Nuvia in 2019, became Qualcomm’s SVP of Engineering after Qualcomm acquired Nuvia for about $1.4 billion in 2021, and in 2026 co-founded the CPU design company Nuvacore, where he is president and CEO.Open the full entry and John BrunoJohn BrunoJohn Bruno is a chip platform architect and ASIC design expert who worked on graphics chips and Fusion processors at ATI and AMD, then founded and led Apple’s silicon competitive analysis group. In 2019 he co-founded the server chip company Nuvia with Gerard Williams III and Manu Gulati, was responsible for system architectures after Nuvia joined Qualcomm, and in 2026 co-founded the CPU design company Nuvacore, where he is SVP of Systems and Strategy.Open the full entry, serving as SVP of Performance.

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Early Life: Supercomputing Labs and Intel

Srinivasan’s career spans supercomputing labs and several influential technology companies, including Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States; he worked at Intel as a performance architect for seven years.⁠[1][1][2]

Early Life: Apple, Nuvia, and Qualcomm

After Intel, Srinivasan worked at Apple, Nuvia, and Qualcomm; he was a colleague of Gerard Williams III and John Bruno at Apple and is a specialist in SoC architectures.⁠[2][2][3]

April 15, 2026Co-Founds Nuvacore

On April 15, 2026, Nuvacore, which Srinivasan co-founded with Gerard Williams III and John Bruno, launched publicly with the backing of Sequoia Capital. He is co-founder and SVP of Performance, helping lead the company’s strategy, product development, and execution.⁠[4][4][1][1]

In October 2026, two people familiar with the matter said Nuvacore was raising hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of about $2.5 billion; the round had not closed.⁠[5][5][5][5]

Expertise

Nuvacore describes Srinivasan as a proven microprocessor and SoC architect with a track record of developing high-performance teams and complex computing platforms, specializing in high-throughput CPU/SoC architectures and performance modeling.⁠[1][1]

Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts

Nuvacore: Official website: https://nuvacore.ai/ (opens in a new window).⁠[6]

Sources

  1. Ram Srinivasan — Co-Founder & SVP, Performance · NUVACORE (opens in a new window)
  2. Renowned chip developers plan revolutionary AI CPU with new company Nuvacore (opens in a new window)
  3. „The worlds fastest CPU Cores“: Nuvacore verspricht ARM, RISC-V und x86 auf Basis einer Architektur (opens in a new window)
  4. Engineered for Altitude. NUVACORE is a reset. (opens in a new window)
  5. Exclusive-Sequoia-backed chip startup Nuvacore raising funds at about a $2.5 billion valuation, sources say (opens in a new window)
  6. NUVACORE | The Core of What’s Next (opens in a new window)