# Siyad Ma

> Siyad Ma is the CEO and co-founder of Expedera, a semiconductor IP company developing packet-based neural processing units. A Stanford electrical engineering PhD with experience at Cisco, Spanslogic, Zettacom, Chameleon and AMD, he led the team behind Expedera’s NPU architecture and software stack before becoming CEO in September 2024.

- **Role:** CEO and co-founder at Expedera
- **Organizations:** Expedera, Cisco, Spanslogic, Zettacom, Chameleon, AMD
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** PhD in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Led the team that developed Expedera’s packet-based NPU architecture and software stack., Co-inventor of US6598132, Buffer manager for network switch port, granted in 2003., Co-inventor of US12008463B2, Methods and apparatus for accessing external memory in a neural network processing system, granted in 2024.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2018** — Held technical and management roles at AMD, Chameleon, Zettacom and Spanslogic; led Algorithmic TCAM ASIC and IP teams at Cisco. Individual employment dates are not verified.
- **2018** — Co-founded Expedera with former Cisco colleagues Da Chuang and Sharad Chole; served as VP of Engineering.
- **2021** — Expedera completed characterization of its TSMC 7nm test chip and emerged from stealth in April.
- **2023** — Appointed a director of Expedera UK Ltd on June 30.
- **2024** — Named a co-inventor on US12008463B2, granted June 11; appointed Expedera CEO on September 16.
- **2025** — As CEO, announced Origin Evolution in May, extending the company’s NPU offering for LLM and traditional neural-network inference.
- **2026** — Origin Evolution won the Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year award in the Edge AI Processor IP category.

## Achievements

- Led the team that developed Expedera’s packet-based NPU architecture and software stack.
- Co-inventor of US6598132, Buffer manager for network switch port, granted in 2003.
- Co-inventor of US12008463B2, Methods and apparatus for accessing external memory in a neural network processing system, granted in 2024.
- Appointed CEO of the company he co-founded in September 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Expedera announced Origin Evolution’s Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year award; Ma emphasized memory-efficient, appropriately sized NPUs.
- **2026-03** — Ramteja Tadishetti publicly credited Ma’s composure in a reflection on his Expedera experience.
- **2025-05** — Expedera launched Origin Evolution NPU IP under Ma’s leadership.
- **2025-04** — Expedera announced ISO 9001:2015 certification for its NPU IP design and development quality management system.

## Links

- Website: https://www.expedera.com/blog/team/siyad-ma-2/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siyad

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Last updated: 2026-10-25