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The limits of faster AI-assisted chip design

a16z says former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger discusses why faster chip design alone won't fix manufacturing and memory bottlenecks.

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a16z shares a discussion with former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Raghu Raghuram and Guido Appenzeller about how AI could transform chip design without resolving constraints in manufacturing, memory bandwidth, advanced packaging and power. They also consider whether specialized AI chips may eventually consolidate around fewer architectures, and what virtualization might look like for infrastructure built for agents.

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a16z@a16zFormer Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on getting hired at 18, designing Intel's chips while finishing his PhD, and arguing with his Stanford professors: "I'm 16 years old. I accidentally win a scholarship. I go to tech school, skip my last year and a half of high school, and Intel comes recruiting when I'm 18 years old." "The interviewer, he writes on his page, and I was number 12 that he interviewed that day... He says, 'Smart, aggressive, arrogant. He'll fit right in.'" "I was engineer number four on the 386. Architect and design manager for the 486. All of that while doing my bachelor's, my master's and PhD work... Learning by day, and putting it to practice at night." "One of the professors postulated a new carry lookahead adder design in one of my classes at Stanford. So I said, 'Well, I'm working on the 386 carry lookahead adder, so let me go try it.'" "I come back two days later to the professor and I said, 'It doesn't work.' The next two class periods were just me and the professor arguing over why his design didn't work." @PGelsinger @RaghuRaghuram @appenz1h
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    a16z@a16zFormer Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on getting hired at 18, designing Intel's chips while finishing his PhD, and arguing with his Stanford professors: "I'm 16 years old. I accidentally win a scholarship. I go to tech school, skip my last year and a half of high school, and Intel comes recruiting when I'm 18 years old." "The interviewer, he writes on his page, and I was number 12 that he interviewed that day... He says, 'Smart, aggressive, arrogant. He'll fit right in.'" "I was engineer number four on the 386. Architect and design manager for the 486. All of that while doing my bachelor's, my master's and PhD work... Learning by day, and putting it to practice at night." "One of the professors postulated a new carry lookahead adder design in one of my classes at Stanford. So I said, 'Well, I'm working on the 386 carry lookahead adder, so let me go try it.'" "I come back two days later to the professor and I said, 'It doesn't work.' The next two class periods were just me and the professor arguing over why his design didn't work." @PGelsinger @RaghuRaghuram @appenz1h
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