CNN's John Defterios is in San Jose to talk about a new technology that could revolutionize the way we use our computers. The tech, called "thermal computing," aims to reduce power consumption by using heat instead of electricity. To achieve thermal equilibrium, devices have to be able to remove as much energy from their systems as they can and not burn themselves out.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Seshu Madhavapeddy co-founder and chief executive of Frore Systems, to talk about why our devices underperform and we don;t know it (4:20), the problem with fans (8:00), inventing a new chip (13:00), how it works (17:30), why he started the company (20:30), getting into an IIT in India (21:40), leaving Nortel at the peak of the dotcom boom (26:00), startup lessons (28:10), raising $116 million (33:00), getting Frore’s chips into computers (34:50), the recruiting challenge (41:40), and his worst day (44:00).
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