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Hardware Architect Answers Microchip Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

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IBM Fellow and Chief Technology Officer of Systems Development Christian Jacobi joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about microchips. How small can we make a microchip? How was the first computer chip created? Why are there only a few chip makers in the world? Answers to these questions and many more await on Microchip Support.
 
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 00:00 - Microchip Support
 00:15 - 1+1 = 10
 01:21 - Billions of times per second, you say?
 01:56 - The microchip monopoly
 02:48 - It’s not your computer, it’s Internet Explorer
 03:15 - Why are data centers so big?
 04:38 - I got billions of transistors…
 05:42 - …but a switch ain’t one.
 06:11 - It’s getting hot in here
 06:35 - How microchips are made
 08:39 - The dawn of the (micro)chip
 09:32 - AI = better chips?
 10:12 - Schrödinger’s chip
 11:17 - Microchip gains
 12:08 - The Angstrom Age and beyond
 13:23 - Semiconductor supercycle: Peak or crash?
 14:39 - They’re called microchips for a reason
 15:18 - GPU vs CPU
 16:27 - Chips need all the chefs in the kitchen
 18:24 - Dennard Scaling is failing Moore and Moore
 20:07 - Microchip design embraces imperfections
 21:11 - Microchips in brains?
 22:51 - A speck of dust never seemed so big
 23:22 - How Christian became IBM’s CTO Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 
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