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Papermaster: Agentic workflows drive CPU-to-GPU ratios to one-to-one

Mark Papermaster · AMD, Starcloud, Coatue..10 Hot Takes From The Biggest Names in AI · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Jul 19, 2026 · at 15:32

Mark Papermaster is the CTO of AMD. He explains how emerging agentic AI architectures impact hardware infrastructure demand.

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“Now with these agentic workflows, you actually need both. In fact, the ratio of CPU to GPU is becoming like one to one.”

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Agentic AI workflows require both compute types, driving the infrastructure ratio of CPUs to GPUs close to one to one.

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