Xia Lei

Xia Lei is a Principal Engineer at Alibaba Group, where they focus on AI hardware architecture and analytical modeling of hardware for large language models. Previously, they held positions at a stealth mode startup company as a SoC Architect, contributing to the development of autonomous driving and cockpit chips. Xia's extensive experience includes roles as a Principal Engineer at SambaNova Systems, where they worked on software and hardware co-design, and as a Teaching Assistant at Caltech, imparting knowledge on advanced digital design and signal processing. Xia earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master's degree from Caltech.