An Interview with Pat Gelsinger (2026)
Summary
Pat Gelsinger discusses his transition to Playground Global, his outlook on the future of compute, and the push toward heterogeneous architectures. He articulates a 'trinity of computing' merging classical CPUs, AI accelerators, and quantum processing, and argues that workloads should drive the architecture. He also covers venture strategies, policy issues like the CHIPS Act, and the need for talent and energy infrastructure to sustain semiconductor leadership.