Today's episode is an important one on the hardware that underlies all computing and is fueling the A.I. boom. It’s hard to imagine a better guest than Kai Beckmann for this essential topic.
Kai:
• Is Member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (a 350-year-old firm that’s the world's oldest chemical and pharmaceutical company and that has more than 62,000 employees across 60 countries).
• Having worked at the gigantic firm for over 35 years, he’s been CEO of their Electronics business for the past eight years.
• Under his leadership, Merck KGaA develops cutting-edge, materials-based solutions and equipment for leading chip companies — 99% of electronic devices contain one of their products 🤯
• A leading speaker within the semiconductor industry, he’s an expert in material-based semiconductor solutions, A.I., digitalization, and change management.
Today’s episode will be of interest to anyone looking to understand the hardware that all of computing and data science depend on. In it, Kai details:
• How materials from one company are found in virtually every electronic device on the planet.
• How A.I. is being used to develop materials that power... more A.I.
• His vinyl-record analogy for understanding computer-chip manufacturing.
• The impact that scaled-up, stable quantum computing will have on society.
• How a neuromorphic chip might someday run on the power of a low-wattage light bulb while matching human brain capabilities.
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