One of the most important things for a CEO is not to get insulated.

Lisa Su

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Yes, our competition may have significantly more engineers or significantly more R&D investment. On the other hand, we have significantly more freedom. We have the freedom to innovate.

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Gaming is one of those things that's pretty amazing because when you think about it, everybody wants to game; whether you're a casual gamer, or you're an enthusiast gamer, there's a large market for us.

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Gaming brings people together.

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Do we care about gaming? We absolutely care.

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Gamers love technology, and they have high expectations.

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Gamers are some of the toughest people to please. They have extreme requirements. They want everything.

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I do think the blockchain infrastructure is here to stay.

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The world is starving for new ideas and great leaders who will champion those ideas.

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Putting you into a virtual world really allows you to think differently.

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AMD loves gamers.

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The best thing you can do is learn from those mistakes so that you continue to get better. That's the management style or leadership style I believe in, which is push people to their limit such that they can become better than they thought they could be. That certainly has helped me.

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Clarity of communication is important.

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As we looked at the server market, we know very well that the data-center market takes time to ramp with any new product.

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I have extremely high standards.

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Run toward the hardest problems. This approach has helped me to learn a tremendous amount from both success and failure.

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People are really capable if you're able to give them the confidence to get something done and paint the picture of where we need to go.

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With technological advances, there's a very natural curve between cost and complexity and adoption. When the cost and complexity are high, the adoption rate is - let's call it 'modest.'

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My dad was a mathematician and worked for New York City as a statistician. My mom was an accountant and eventually started her own business in her mid-40s. She linked manufacturers in Taiwan to companies in the United States that needed those types of products.

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One of the key things is, when you look at semiconductor companies, it's all about experience.

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It's a day-one expectation that when you buy a processor, it's not going to leak your data.

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