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After a bit more searching I find this as the most informative article so far. (I did spot a misprint: "500 times faster than DRAM" should be "500 times faster than NAND" - confirmed by following the link in that paragraph.)

I was a little curious about that as well and one of the linked articles from TFA says that this kid was at MIT at 13. I'll go ahead guess that he's really into and good at microprocessor design. The article I've linked also talks about some of the design decisions for the chip he's making, on which I'd be interested in hearing from someone with a background in the field.