Shows
The MonkCastIntroduction to local AI models (with AMD's Anush Elangovan)James Governor sits down with Anush Elangovan, VP of AI at AMD, to dig into the fast-evolving world of local LLMs, edge hardware, and the future of AI-powered developer experience.
They cover:
Why local LLMs are exploding in adoption -Privacy, data sovereignty, and on-device intelligence
Running 120B-parameter models on AMD Strix Halo laptops
The software stack Anush uses: ROCm, Llama.cpp, Ollama, ComfyUI, PyTorch & more
How AMD is approaching AI-driven developer tools, coding agents, and predictive ops
The role of custom silicon, inference-optimized chips, and next-gen laptops
What ROCm actually is (and why developers should care)
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2025-11-1912 min
Dev InterruptedSpeed is the moat | AMD’s Anush ElangovanIn the race to define the future of AI, what's the one advantage that truly lasts? It's not proprietary tech, argues Anush Elangovan, VP of AI Software at AMD, but the sustainable speed of innovation. He explains why AMD is rejecting the "walled garden" model for its open source ROCm stack, betting that an open community flywheel is the key to victory. Listen to understand how this open strategy is designed to out-innovate closed systems by empowering developers to solve everything from frontier-model challenges to the mundane, everyday problems that define the "last mile" of AI....
2025-11-1852 min
AI Engineering PodcastUnlocking AI Potential with AMD's ROCm StackSummaryIn this episode of the AI Engineering podcast Anush Elangovan, VP of AI software at AMD, discusses the strategic integration of software and hardware at AMD. He emphasizes the open-source nature of their software, fostering innovation and collaboration in the AI ecosystem, and highlights AMD's performance and capability advantages over competitors like NVIDIA. Anush addresses challenges and opportunities in AI development, including quantization, model efficiency, and future deployment across various platforms, while also stressing the importance of open standards and flexible solutions that support efficient CPU-GPU communication and diverse AI workloads.AnnouncementsHello and welcome...
2025-06-2342 min
Chain of ThoughtAMD's Challenge to NVIDIA: The Open Ecosystem Bet | Anush Elangovan & Sharon ZhouHow is an open ecosystem powering the next generation of AI for developers and leaders?Broadcasting live from the heart of the action at AMD's Advancing AI 2025, Chain of Thought host Conor Bronsdon welcomes AMD’s Anush Elangovan, VP of AI Software, and Sharon Zhou, VP of AI. They unpack AMD's groundbreaking transformation from a hardware giant to a leader in full-stack AI, committed to an open ecosystem. Discover how new MI350 GPUs deliver mind-blowing performance with advanced data types and why ROCm 7 and AMD Developer Cloud offer Day Zero support for frontier models.Then Co...
2025-06-1849 min
What's Up with Tech?Building The Future: AMD's Software Strategy for the AI RevolutionInterested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.comThe AI revolution demands a new approach to computing infrastructure, and AMD is positioning itself at the forefront of this transformation through an ambitious software strategy that empowers developers and enterprises alike.In this illuminating conversation, Anush Elangovan—who joined AMD through the acquisition of his company NordI—shares how AMD is fundamentally rethinking its approach to software development. Rather than treating software as merely an enabler for hardware, AMD now views its software layer as a product with a 10-year lifecycle that transcends hard...
2025-06-1322 min
The Engineering Leadership PodcastAMD’s unified hardware + software strategy & building an open-source AI ecosystem w/ Anush Elangovan #220Anush Elangovan (VP of AI Software @ AMD) is helping lead a strategic evolution at AMD, from silicon/components provider to a systems and solutions company built for the AI era. In this episode, we explore the first principles behind AMD’s unified AI hardware and software strategy and how the company is building a fully open-source AI ecosystem. Anush shares how his team creates a tight feedback loop between core engineering and customer deployment, and the daily rituals they use to operate at the speed of AI. We also unpack the leadership mindset required to navigate the tension between fa...
2025-05-1336 min