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 Subscribe to Microsoft on YouTube here: https://aka.ms/SubscribeToYouTube Also check us out at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/behind-the-tech Follow us on social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Microsoft Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Microsoft/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/microsoft/ For more about Microsoft, our technology, and our mission, visit https://aka.ms/microsoftstories