AI Technology Revolution Is Just Getting Started

That should be very good for the companies that are the arms merchants in AI technology, particularly chip companies like Micron Technology (ticker: MU) and Xilinx (XLNX). A new form of computing is emerging, and it demands new chips. The change is every bit as profound as the rise of micro-computing in the 1970s that made Intel a king of microprocessors. It makes Micron and Xilinx more important, but it will probably also lead to future chip stars that aren't public now or may not even have been founded yet. Barron's first explored the new AI in an October 2015 cover story, "Watch Out Intel, Here Comes Facebook."