Dr. Raja Swaminathan
Corporate Vice President, Advanced Micro Devices
Dr. Raja Swaminathan is Corporate Vice President of Heterogeneous Integration Technologies at AMD, where he leads the company’s advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration roadmap. He also oversees Optics technology development, driving innovation in high‑speed optical interconnects and photonics integration.
With a distinguished career spanning Intel, Apple, and AMD, Dr. Swaminathan brings deep expertise in design‑technology co‑optimization and a strong focus on optimizing power, performance, area, and cost (PPAC). His contributions have enabled several industry‑defining technologies, including EMIB, Apple’s M‑series packaging, AMD 3D V‑Cache™, and 3.5D architectures for AI accelerators.
Dr. Swaminathan holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and an undergraduate degree from IIT Madras. He is the inventor or co‑inventor on over 100 patents and the author of more than 40 technical publications. Recently named an IEEE Fellow, he also serves as a technical advisor to multiple startups. Beyond his technical leadership, Dr. Swaminathan shares insights on leadership and life lessons drawn from the semiconductor industry on LinkedIn.