ATI's former mobile graphics chip boss Phil Eisler is now Nvidias general manager of the 3D Vision business unit
Can ATI stop the talent exodus?
After ATI’s former CEO David Orton, CTO Bob Drebin and other executives and engineers defecting the Canadian outfit, the chipmaker recently lost its senior vice-president and general manager of the chipset and notebook business unit Phil Eisler who was just named last night Nvidia’s general manager of its emerging 3D Vision business unit.
“3D Vision has created immense buzz since its’ launch. The team has brought a very high quality interactive solution to market, at a very affordable price. Gaming, movies and digital photography are all being pushed to a new level with 3D Vision. Phil will be responsible for driving NVIDIA 3D Vision onto a global scale and building it into a key differentiator of GeForce based desktops and notebooks,” said senior vice-president of Nvidia’s GeForce business unit Jeff Fisher in an internal memo.
At AMD/ATI, Esler was responsible for the mobile and integrated product lines, including mobility Radeon graphics processors. He had been at ATI for nearly 15 years.
The funny part is that despite leaving some months ago, when AMD decided to relocate some ATI staff to its Austin, Texas, headquarters, Esler’s bio is still up on ATI’s website. Nostalgia maybe?
ATI will officially launch its next generation graphics chip dubbed “Evergreen” – previously shown at Computex and QuakeCon – on September 10th at the U.S.S. Hornet in Alameda, Calif.
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