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Tesla's Head of Dojo Supercomputer Departs Amid Next-Gen Issues

Peter Bannon, former Apple executive, takes over as the project lead

  • Ganesh Venkataramanan, Tesla’s head of Dojo supercomputer hardware, has left the company.
  • Rumors suggest that Venkataramanan was let go due to issues with the next generation of the supercomputer, Dojo 2, not meeting expectations.
  • Peter Bannon, a former Apple executive and director at Tesla for the last seven years, is now leading the project.
  • The Dojo supercomputer is designed to process vast amounts of data and video from Tesla cars to train the automaker's autonomous-driving software.
  • Tesla plans to spend more than $1 billion on Dojo through the next year.
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