NUST takes immense pride in celebrating the remarkable achievement of Rehan Hameed (DE-17 EE, College of EME) on the acquisition of Kinara, Inc. by NXP Semiconductors.

Founded in 2014, Kinara is built on pioneering PhD research at Stanford University by Rehan and his co-founder Wajahat, leading to the development of a novel processor architecture that blends the flexibility of general-purpose processors with the efficiency of custom hardware. Their groundbreaking work has been recognized with multiple ACM Distinguished Research honors.

Today, Kinara stands at the forefront of AI inference chips for the edge, with a seamless ML compiler stack and two production chips deployed with tier-1 customers in Smart Retail and AI PCs. The company is enabling vision-based AI and generative AI at the edge, shaping the future of Edge AI.

Rehan’s journey from NUST to Silicon Valley is truly inspiring. Wishing him continued success in driving innovation forward!