I have extremely high standards.
One of the most important things for a CEO is not to get insulated.
I'm a big believer in using the best IP for a given application.
I did a lot of engineering things, like taking apart my brother's model car when I was 10. I also played the piano for about 10 years. I auditioned for Juilliard but didn't get in.
It's a day-one expectation that when you buy a processor, it's not going to leak your data.
Market share is key.
My parents were typical Asian parents, and they do, like all parents, want their children to be successful. They really encouraged my brother and I to study math and science, and that's what we did as kids.
Make sure there are lots of Harvard M.B.A.s working for MIT Ph.D.s in the future.
I went to school at MIT with a whole bunch of engineers. And then I started work one day and asked myself, 'Why do all of these MIT Ph.D.s work for Harvard M.B.A.s?' Why should it be like that? I was one of those engineers who thought, 'Why are these people making those dumb decisions?' So it's fun to be the person making them.
Like many Asian parents, mine were very focused on education. My dad would quiz me with multiplication tables when I was about 5.
There are positives and negatives to publicly traded and private companies.
What's important for all of us as chip companies is to keep the innovation going: putting out new products, figuring out how we connect these complex systems.
As we looked at the server market, we know very well that the data-center market takes time to ramp with any new product.
I'll say it this way: AMD is a company that generates very strong opinions. There are some people who really like us and are really rooting for us. And then there are some people who say we'll never be able to compete against some of our bigger competitors.
I spent 15 years at IBM, then five years at Freescale Semiconductor.
Everyone in the semiconductor industry, everyone in the technology industry, would benefit from more diversity in the business.
One of the key things is, when you look at semiconductor companies, it's all about experience.
We really want to be the leading designer and integrator of tailored solutions.
I was born in Taiwan and came to the United States when I was 2.
Run toward the hardest problems. This approach has helped me to learn a tremendous amount from both success and failure.
