Keith Bowman

Keith A. Bowman is a Principal Engineer and Director of the System-on-Chip Research Lab at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Raleigh, NC. He directs the research and development of innovative circuit and system technologies to improve the performance, energy efficiency, yield, reliability, and security of Qualcomm processors.

Dr. Bowman and his team pioneered four commercially successful circuit and system solutions, significantly benefiting CPUs, GPUs, neural processing units, and secure processing unit across internet-of-things, mobile, laptop, and automotive platforms. He received the B.S. degree from North Carolina State University in 1994 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995 and 2001, respectively, all in electrical engineering. His career includes a 12-year tenure at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, OR prior to joining Qualcomm in 2013.

Dr. Bowman has published over 90 technical papers, received more than 100 patents, and given over 50 tutorial, special-session, and keynote presentations. His contributions have been recognized with the 2016 Qualcomm Corporate Research and Development (CRD) Distinguished Contributor Award for Technical Contributions, representing CRD’s highest recognition, and the 2022 Qualcomm IP Achievement Award. He has held various leadership roles within the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society such as serving as an IEEE SSCS Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE SSCS Mentor, and multiple technical committee positions for the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. He currently serves as the ISSCC 2026 Program Chair. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.