# Chris Auth

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Real Alpha has cut 2 moments of Chris Auth (Vice president & general manager, Manufacturing Development and Customer Engineering, Intel) talking, from an interview on Dwarkesh Podcast published Oct 22, 2026.

- Role: Vice president & general manager, Manufacturing Development and Customer Engineering, Intel
- About: Leads development of Intel's manufacturing processes, including RibbonFET transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery.

## What Chris Auth said

- [Backside power makes high-NA EUV more useful for Intel](https://realalpha.app/s/backside-power-makes-high-na-euv-more-useful-for-intel/)
  Dwarkesh Podcast · Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min
  > “We use backside power. That means that you actually alleviate some of the pitch requirements you have on the front side.” — Chris Auth · [14:51](https://realalpha.app/v/frYSOKvNiiE/?t=891)
- [Intel learned to limit how much innovation goes into each node](https://realalpha.app/s/intel-learned-to-limit-how-much-innovation-goes-into-each/)
  Dwarkesh Podcast · Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min
  > “you don't want to do too much innovation in one node. Because the more innovation that you did, the more complex it becomes.” — Chris Auth · [2:55](https://realalpha.app/v/frYSOKvNiiE/?t=175)

## The episode

- [What will computer chips look like in 2045?](https://realalpha.app/v/frYSOKvNiiE/) · Dwarkesh Podcast · Oct 22, 2026