Lisa Su, Chair and CEO, AMD | Behind the Tech with Microsoft's CTO Kevin Scott

As Chair and CEO of AMD, Lisa Su leads the transformation of the strategy and product execution of one of the fastest growing semiconductor companies in the world. She’s the recipient of numerous awards, and a recent appointee to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. In this episode, she discusses her upbringing as the daughter of a mathematician, her early interest in engineering and figuring out how things work, and why she thinks this is the most exciting time in hardware in recent decades.  

0:00 – 3:31 Intro
3:32 – 6:48 Background and initial interest in engineering
6:49 – 13:02 Software vs hardware
13:03 - 17:55 MIT and the value of a PhD
17:56 - 19:58 Working at IBM
19:59 – 21:38 Evolution of computing architectures
21:39 – 27:45 Modern hardware and the importance of scaling
27:46 - 35:43 AMD, leadership and ambition in your career
35:44 - 46:14 Innovation, AI and chiplets
46:15- 50:48 The future of AI computing
50:49 - 52:32 Lisa Su’s hobbies
52:33- 59:53 Episode recap


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