While Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) continues to develop chips for the ever-hungry market for AI, CIO Hasmukh Ranjan remains busy refining IT’s role in this era. Chipmakers face intense pressure to deliver the components and hardware needed for the escalating demand for AI. That pressure includes a political tug-of-war on exporting AI chips to China. Appointed CIO at AMD in 2022, after serving as CIO for Xilinx, Ranjan shares his insights on a CIO-led approach to driving IT as part of the chipmaker’s efforts and how AI is part of his own team’s ecosystem.