Google launched another "man grabbing war" for core making, and Intel's 17 year veteran joined!

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Ben Widawsky（ Former Intel  Linux The engineer ） since 2005 I have been working at Intel since , Length of service up to 17 year . In recent days , He announced that he had joined Google . When asked about the scope of work after joining Google , He revealed that ：“Chrome gfx, like the rest of them”.

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Open source veteran 17 year

Ben Widawsky This name may attract the attention of readers who pay attention to open source software and hardware , Because most of the time in the past , He's all there Improve open source Linux Graphic drivers and others Linux Kernel contribution .

Ben Widawsky When working at Intel , At first, I was responsible Larrabee Independent GPU project , Later, I transferred to the company Linux Worked in the graphics driver stack for several years . stay 2018 year , He will focus on Intel Linux Graphics drivers moved to improved Intel pair FreeBSD Support for , And for FreeBSD Make various Intel hardware improvements . In the near future , He is committed to Linux Provide important CXL 2.0 Support , And made many contributions .

This year, 5 month ,Ben Widawsky Removed from Intel CXL 2.0 Work , He joined Google as a software engineer this month . In order not to worry everyone CXL 2.0 Next work progress ,Ben Once sent an email saying , He will reduce in CXL Responsibilities in development , But I will still allocate some time to this work . And if it is necessary to fulfill the responsibility of the maintainer , He can still be a good “ As a substitute ”（ Although it may change in the future ）

Google “ Robbing people ” Strength cannot be underestimated

This is not the first time that Google has learned from Intel “ Robbing people ” 了 .

last year , In order to build our own chip business , Google hired Intel executives Uri Frank Served as the vice president of the company to be responsible for the operation of its customized chip Department . According to data , He has worked at Intel for more than 20 years , From the position of engineer, he was promoted to vice president of Design Engineering Group . After joining Google ,Frank Led Israel's custom chip Department , At the same time, plan to speed up Google Cloud Innovation in computing infrastructure .

Why is Google so strong in grabbing people ？

On the one hand, it may be different from what it is willing to take out Generous salary of .

According to the 2022 year 4 month 13 Daily news , Major companies submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission （SEC） File display for , Last year, Google employees made the highest income of all large technology companies , The annual average salary is 295884 dollar ,Facebook and Twitter Followed by .

And it's said that Google adjusted its salary policy as early as last year , Allow employees to cash more equity awards faster . before , The restricted stock received by Google's employees will be equally distributed over four years . But in the last year 5 month , Google began to implement a new employee stock incentive plan , From the past year 25% The change became the annual distribution of the first two years 33%、 Distribution in the third year 22%、 Distribution in the fourth year 12% A new model of . This way of paying stock in advance is called Pre payment .

Of course , In addition to the economic stimulus , Joining Google is more important Recognition of the long-term value of the company and love of what you are doing .

Reference material ：https://sempreupdate.com.br/outro-engenheiro-antigo-da-intel-linux-se-junta-ao-google/

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