Rakesh Kumar

Rakesh Kumar is a Professor and John Bardeen Faculty Scholar in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a renowned expert on chips who has received multiple awards in recognition of his influence on chip research and the chip industry. Some of the technologies he’s developed now power the chips in your phones, tablets, and computers. He has written extensively about chips for a general audience, most recently for Fortune. He has also commented on chip issues for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the BBC, and Fortune, among others. He has co-founded two chip companies and serves as an advisor for multiple other chip companies.