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The AI economy could crash on mounting chip costs — and those token costs won’t help
Rakesh Kumar is a Professor and John Bardeen Faculty Scholar in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with research and teaching interests in chips and computer systems. Several of his research ideas have been recognized as among the most influential in computer systems or have been commercialized in widely used systems. He has advised or consulted for chip and computer companies, startups, governments, and intelligence and advisory firms. An award-winning researcher and educator, he often writes about issues at the intersection of technology, policy, and society and is often asked to comment on the biggest semiconductor issues of the day. His book Reluctant Technophiles was one of “GQ’s Best Indian Non-fiction Books of 2021”. His new book The Chip Age comes out in summer of 2026.
