Building AMD with Mark Papermaster: How Bold Bets and Breakthroughs Reshaped the Semiconductor Industry

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How do you revive a tech giant and reshape an entire industry? AMD Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster joins Tomer Cohen to share how making bold bets, exiting stagnant markets, and betting on modular chip design led to one of the most remarkable comebacks in tech. They also dig into the ways in which semiconductors are powering the AI era.

Mark Papermaster is the longtime CTO of AMD, where he helped lead a dramatic product and innovation strategy that changed the company’s future. Prior to working at AMD, his career spans leadership roles at IBM, Apple (where he was recruited by Steve Jobs himself), and Cisco.

Mark and Tomer discuss:

AMD’s comeback and product reinvention
The end of Moore’s Law and rise of modular chip design
Chiplets: How AMD bet on bold architecture and won
What Mark learned from IBM, Apple, and Steve Jobs
Why big bets need big exit strategies
Semiconductors and the AI revolution

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