Although Microsoft founder Bill Gates sat down for an interview with The Associated Press to discuss his new memoir, “Source Code: My Beginnings,” he also shared his views on a variety of other topics,

Shares of Intel have plunged 55% in the past year, badly lagging the 21% advance for the Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ). Meanwhile, shares of rival chip player Nvidia have surged 78% over the past year as the company takes a wide lead on artificial intelligence chip innovation compared to Intel and AMD.