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VP of Silicon Engineering at NVIDIA
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Dina McKinney is a semiconductor executive with over 25 years of experience leading silicon design at NVIDIA, Marvell, and AMD. As VP of Engineering, she spearheads development for cloud, 5G, gaming and automotive markets. She holds a Masters from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and started her career in the U. S. Air Force.

Dina is a passionate advocate for women in engineering, having co-founded the Womens Forum at AMD and served on the board for Qualcomm Women In Science and Technology. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force and previously served as a Board Member for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley.

Interesting fact: She has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley and is a recipient of the YWCA Tribute to Women award.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
VP of Silicon Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Custom Silicon Development
Leads a new NVIDIA business unit focused on designing custom processors for AI, cloud, automotive, and gaming, catering to companies like Amazon, Google, and Meta.
High-Performance Computing
Her work and public posts focus on NVIDIA's Grace CPU Superchip and Arm-based supercomputers for cloud, 5G, and gaming applications.
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Career

Work history

6-2022
VP of Silicon Engineering
NVIDIA
1-2021 - 6-2022
SVP of Hardware Infrastructure Processor Business Unit (IP/SOC/Platforms)
Marvell Technology Group
12-2017 - 11-2020
SVP Central Design Engineering
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
7-2013 - 12-2017
Site Lead, Senior Executive, Adreno GPU Design
Qualcomm
Corporate VP, CPU Engineering
AMD
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Education
UC Berkeley's Engineering Leadership Professional Program (ELPP)
University of California, Berkeley
Masters
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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