Chris Lattner

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computer scientist programming language designer software engineer

Chris Lattner is a software engineer best known for creating the LLVM compiler infrastructure and leading the development of Apple’s Swift programming language.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chris Lattner canonical	10
Lattner	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chris Lattner
Context triple: [Swift (programming language), designedBy, Chris Lattner]

A. Robert Griesemer
Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
B. Rob Pike
Rob Pike is a Canadian software engineer and author best known as a co-creator of the Go programming language and for his influential work at Bell Labs and Google.
C. Nathan Blecharczyk
Nathan Blecharczyk is an American billionaire entrepreneur and software engineer best known as a co-founder and longtime technology leader of the home-sharing company Airbnb.
D. Andrew Tridgell
Andrew Tridgell is an Australian computer programmer best known for creating the Samba software suite and contributing extensively to free and open-source software.
E. Matthew Garrett
Matthew Garrett is a prominent free software developer and security expert known for his influential work on Linux, firmware, and secure boot technologies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chris Lattner
Target entity description: Chris Lattner is a software engineer best known for creating the LLVM compiler infrastructure and leading the development of Apple’s Swift programming language.

A. Robert Griesemer
Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
B. Rob Pike
Rob Pike is a Canadian software engineer and author best known as a co-creator of the Go programming language and for his influential work at Bell Labs and Google.
C. Nathan Blecharczyk
Nathan Blecharczyk is an American billionaire entrepreneur and software engineer best known as a co-founder and longtime technology leader of the home-sharing company Airbnb.
D. Andrew Tridgell
Andrew Tridgell is an Australian computer programmer best known for creating the Samba software suite and contributing extensively to free and open-source software.
E. Matthew Garrett
Matthew Garrett is a prominent free software developer and security expert known for his influential work on Linux, firmware, and secure boot technologies.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist ⓘ programming language designer ⓘ software engineer ⓘ
almaMater	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ University of Portland ⓘ
awardReceived	ACM Software System Award ⓘ Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award ⓘ LLVM project ACM Software System Award (as part of LLVM team) ⓘ linked to: ACM Software System Award
birthDate	1978-11-17 ⓘ
birthPlace	Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ linked to: Bridgewater, Massachusetts
coFounded	Modular Inc. ⓘ
created	LLVM ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Science in Computer Science ⓘ Master of Science in Computer Science ⓘ PhD in Computer Science ⓘ
designed	Swift programming language ⓘ linked to: Swift
doctoralAdvisor	Vikram Adve ⓘ
doctoralThesis	“Macroscopic Data Structure Analysis and Optimization” ⓘ
employer	Apple Inc. ⓘ Google ⓘ Modular Inc. ⓘ SiFive ⓘ Tesla, Inc. ⓘ
familyName	Lattner ⓘ linked to: Chris Lattner
fieldOfWork	compilers ⓘ machine learning infrastructure ⓘ programming languages ⓘ software engineering ⓘ
givenName	Chris ⓘ
influenced	Apple’s developer ecosystem ⓘ modern compiler design ⓘ systems programming languages ⓘ
joined	Apple Inc. in 2005 ⓘ Google Brain in 2017 ⓘ linked to: Google Brain Tesla, Inc. in 2017 ⓘ
knownFor	CIRCT ⓘ Clang compiler ⓘ linked to: Clang LLVM ⓘ MLIR ⓘ Swift programming language ⓘ linked to: Swift
ledDevelopmentOf	Swift programming language at Apple ⓘ
left	Apple Inc. in 2017 ⓘ Tesla, Inc. in 2017 ⓘ
name	Chris Lattner ⓘ
nationality	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
notableWork	CIRCT (Circuit IR Compilers and Tools) ⓘ linked to: CIRCT Clang C/C++/Objective-C compiler front end ⓘ linked to: Clang LLVM compiler infrastructure ⓘ linked to: LLVM MLIR (Multi-Level Intermediate Representation) ⓘ linked to: MLIR Swift programming language ⓘ linked to: Swift
position	Co-founder and CEO of Modular Inc. ⓘ Distinguished Engineer at Google ⓘ Senior Director, Developer Tools at Apple ⓘ Senior Vice President of Platform Engineering at SiFive ⓘ Vice President of Autopilot Software at Tesla ⓘ
started	LLVM project ⓘ linked to: LLVM
workedOn	Apple developer tools ⓘ Clang/LLVM integration in Xcode ⓘ Swift compiler ⓘ linked to: Swift toolchain Xcode toolchain ⓘ linked to: Xcode

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swift (programming language) → designedBy → Chris Lattner ⓘ

subject linked to: Swift

LLVM → originalDeveloper → Chris Lattner ⓘ

Swift for TensorFlow → announcedBy → Chris Lattner ⓘ

Chris Lattner → name → Chris Lattner ⓘ

Chris Lattner → familyName → Lattner ⓘ

linked to: Chris Lattner

Vikram Adve → notableStudent → Chris Lattner ⓘ

Vikram Adve → coauthoredWith → Chris Lattner ⓘ

Macroscopic Data Structure Analysis and Optimization → author → Chris Lattner ⓘ

subject linked to: “Macroscopic Data Structure Analysis and Optimization”

Modular Inc. → coFoundedBy → Chris Lattner ⓘ

Modular Inc. → foundedBy → Chris Lattner ⓘ

Modular Inc. → hasKeyPerson → Chris Lattner ⓘ

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