Ouyang Jian

Ouyang Jian holds a bachelor's degree from Beihang University and a master's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China. He joined Baidu in 2009 and worked on low-level hardware and software infrastructure, contributing to software-defined flash, ARM servers and smart NICs. In 2011 he initiated Baidu's FPGA AI accelerator project, making him one of the earliest technical leaders in heterogeneous AI acceleration in China. In 2017 he published the self-developed XPU general-purpose AI chip architecture at Hot Chips, and went on to serve as Baidu's chief chip architect and general manager of its smart chip business, as well as co-chair of the basic technology system technical committee. When Baidu's smart chip and architecture unit was spun off in April 2021 to form Kunlunxin Technology, he became its CEO and legal representative, leading the iteration and large-scale deployment of the Kunlunxin P800 series chips.