[CXOTALK 884] AMD's CTO and EVP: Inside the AI Strategy

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In CXOTalk episode 884, Mark Papermaster, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of AMD, explains the company’s AI strategy: delivering an open, full-stack hardware portfolio complemented by a rapidly expanding AI-software ecosystem. AMD wants to enable enterprises and cloud providers to deploy large-scale AI solutions efficiently.

Papermaster details AMD’s partnerships with large-language-model developers, the influence of supply-chain geopolitics on semiconductor strategy, and the company’s work to reduce the growing power and cooling demands of AI infrastructure. He also shares AMD’s technology roadmap, the decision framework behind multibillion-dollar architectural bets, and practical guidance for enterprise buyers adopting next-generation AI.

Key Topics:

• Building a Full-Stack AI Platform – why AMD is bundling hardware, software, and solutions

• Competing for Data-Center AI – AMD’s strategy to gain share in GPU acceleration

• Designing for Reasoning Models – how massive context windows shape chip architecture

• Sustainability at Scale – tackling energy consumption and cooling in AI deployments\

• Balancing R&D and Product Cycles – fostering innovation while hitting ship dates

• Executive Takeaways – what leaders should do now to prepare for AI’s next wave

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Episode Participants

Mark Papermaster is Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, responsible for driving the company’s end-to-end technology vision, strategy, and product roadmap. He led the re-design of engineering processes at AMD and the development of the award-winning “Zen” high-performance x86 CPU family, high-performance GPUs, and the company’s modular design approach, Infinity Architecture.

Michael Krigsman is a globally recognized analyst, strategic advisor, and industry commentator known for his deep expertise in business transformation, innovation, and leadership. He has presented at industry events worldwide and written extensively on the reasons for IT failures. His work has been referenced in the media over 1,000 times and in more than 50 books and journal articles; his commentary on technology trends and business strategy reaches a global audience.

June 20: Mark Papermaster, Chief Technology Officer and EVP, AMD

June 27: Chris Isaacson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Cboe Global Markets

July 11: Tom Eggemeier, CEO, Zendesk

July 18: Art Hu, Global CIO and SSG Chief Delivery & Technology Officer, Lenovo

July 25: Lord Tim Clement-Jones, Member, UK House of Lords, and Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow and Chair of the Accelerator with the Alfred Lee Loomis Innovation Council at the nonpartisan Henry L. Stimson Center

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