Jean-Philippe Fricker
Jean-Philippe Fricker is co-founder and chief system architect of Cerebras, a company that set out to bring wafer-scale computing to market. Before Cerebras, he was lead system architect at SeaMicro, which AMD bought for $334 million in 2012. He also worked as senior hardware architect at DSSD, which EMC acquired in 2014, and co-founded Cerebras in 2015 with four colleagues. In March 2022 he spoke at an EPFL Alumni event on machine learning accelerators. In May 2026 the company began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker CBRS.
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Timeline
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By 2012
Lead system architect at SeaMicro
He works as lead system architect at SeaMicro, which AMD buys for $334 million in 2012.
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By 2014
Senior hardware architect at DSSD
He works as senior hardware architect at DSSD, which EMC acquires in 2014.
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2015
Co-founding Cerebras
He helps found Cerebras in 2015 with four colleagues, aiming to bring wafer-scale computing to market.
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March 2022
A talk on machine learning accelerators
He speaks at an EPFL Alumni event on machine learning accelerators in March 2022.
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May 2026
A Nasdaq listing for Cerebras
In May 2026, Cerebras, the company he co-founded, begins trading on Nasdaq under the ticker CBRS.
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As of October 2026
Chief system architect at Cerebras
He is co-founder and chief system architect at Cerebras.
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