# Les Kohn: CTO, Ambarella

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Renowned Silicon Valley chip architect. Co-founder and CTO of Ambarella. Previously co-founded Afara Websystems (acquired by Sun Microsystems), was chief architect at C-Cube (digital video CODECs), and co-architected Intel i860 and Sun UltraSPARC I/II processors. Honored by the Computer History Museum with an oral history interview.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (2)

- [Ambarella](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ambarella.md) CTO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Ambarella](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ambarella.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Ambarella](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ambarella.md)

See all founders: [/founders](https://registry.deploy.report/founders.md)

## Co-founders (1)

- [Fermi Wang](https://registry.deploy.report/people/fermi-wang.md) co-founded [Ambarella](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ambarella.md)

## Sources (4)

1. https://www.ambarella.com/executive-team/
2. https://www.ambarella.com/person/les-kohn/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambarella_Inc.
4. https://www.computerhistory.org/


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