Semiconductor demand will continue due to cloud, 5G: AMD CTO SECTIONS Share Synopsis There is an inflection coming in terms of demand for performance, AMD CTO Mark Papermaster says during an interaction. ETtech Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Pune: US-based semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) expects demand for chips to increase as the world heads for a mega cycle of high-performance computing, driven by a shift to the Cloud and the rollout of 5G networks. “There is an inflection coming in terms of demand for performance. People have transformed their businesses to run in the cloud, and now we see 5G starting to roll out and artificial intelligence (AI) is now making its way into every business,” said Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer and executive vice president (technology and engineering) at AMD.