About this episode

Rene Haas discusses the ongoing demand for AI and its implications for the tech industry.

“Let's go back to the timeframe with the internet building out. We didn’t have an issue that the internet 20 years later is not a valuable utility… If you don't have access to a smartphone, try to get into a sporting event or a concert - it’s not going to happen. That's the internet at its backbone. So artificial intelligence will be the same. It's going to be table stakes for everything that we do. We may see a short-term bump in the road or some pause or whatever you want to call it, and then people will freak out and say ‘AI's dead’, which is complete nonsense because it's only going to get better from here and it's going be a greater utility. So I don't worry about it too much.” Faisal Islam speaks to Rene Haas, CEO of UK-based computer chip firm Arm Holdings, about the current boom in the industry being driven by the growth of AI and data centres. Although some people may not be familiar with the Arm name, their silicon chips are present almost everywhere - from smartphones all the way up to supercomputers. Founded in the early 1990s, the firm began its life operating out of an old turkey barn in the English countryside near Cambridge. As technology shrank and became…

People in this episode

Host: Faisal Islam

Guest: Rene Haas

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• technology
• computer chips
• data centers
• industry growth

Keywords

• AI
• Arm Holdings
• computer chips
• smartphones
• data centers
• technology revolution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arm Holdings, BBC World Service

Places: UK, Cambridge

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