Calista Redmond Explained

Calista Redmond is CEO of The RISC-V Foundation and a longtime tech executive. Redmond joined the RISC-V Foundation in March 2019.^[1] Prior to her appointment, she spent 12 years at IBM and was vice president of the IBM Z ecosystem from 2016 to 2019. As part of her work at IBM, Redmond was a director at OpenPOWER and was also involved with OpenDaylight and Open Mainframe Project.^[2] Redmond received her MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 2006 and her BS from Northwestern University in 1996.

RISC-V leadership

Redmond has actively led new initiatives for RISC-V since 2019, including developer conferences, partnerships with major tech companies and chip designers, and open source educational outreach.^{[3] [4] [5]} Among these initiatives is Redmond's work to create the RISC-V partnership with the European Processor Initiative, involving chip research groups across the continent.^[6] Redmond hosted RISC-V's annual summit in December 2020, partnering with Western Digital, Seagate Technology, Huawei, and ZTE.^[7] Redmond has marketed RISC-V as an ARM alternative both previous to and following ARM's proposed acquisition by Nvidia.^{[8] [9]} Redmond also moved the RISC-V Foundation's headquarters from Delaware to Switzerland in 2019 in an effort to promote the economic and political neutrality of the architecture after US politicians raised concerns about the use of RISC-V by Chinese tech companies.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019-03-12. The RISC-V Foundation Appoints Calista Redmond as Chief Executive Officer. 2020-12-15. www.businesswire.com. en.
2. Web site: Calista Redmond Design Automation Conference. 2020-12-15. dac.com.
3. Web site: 2020-09-27. Will RISC-V be a contender now that Nvidia is buying Arm?. 2020-12-15. VentureBeat. en-US.
4. Web site: 2020-03-01. The world is big enough! - Calista Redmond, CEO RISC-V. 2020-12-15. eeNews Embedded. en.
5. Web site: 'RISC-V is ushering in a new era of silicon design and processor innovation' - Press. 2020-12-15. HiPEAC. en.
6. Web site: 2020-02-05. RISC-V: Calista Redmond interview. 2020-12-15. ArchiTecnologia. es.
7. Web site: 2020-12-11. Week In Review: Design, Low Power. 2020-12-15. Semiconductor Engineering. en-US.
8. Web site: 2019-12-11. RISC-V grows globally as an alternative to Arm and its license fees. 2020-12-15. VentureBeat. en-US.
9. Web site: Dahad. Nitin. 2020-09-18. RISC-V speaks on options after Nvidia-Arm news. 2020-12-15. Embedded.com. en-US.
10. Web site: Manners. David. 2019-11-26. RISC-V Foundation moves to Switzerland. 2020-12-15. Electronics Weekly. en.
11. Web site: RISC-V Foundation headquarters has officially moved to Switzerland - Code World. 2020-12-15. www.codetd.com.
12. News: Alper. Stephen Nellis, Alexandra. 2019-11-26. U.S.-based chip-tech group moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears. en. Reuters. 2020-12-15.