# EE Times Weekly Briefing: Friday, February 1, 2019

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2019-02-02
- Length: 4m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-02-02-ee-times-weekly-briefing-friday-february-1-2019
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/41467718/

## Summary

Rick Merritt, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief for EE Times, outlines key industry developments including Intel's appointment of Bob Swan as CEO and the company's turnaround challenges. He details the FTC's antitrust case against Qualcomm, focusing on allegations of monopoly abuse in CDMA and LTE chip markets and the potential for lower patent royalties. The briefing also covers Uber's hardware engineering stance on deep learning accelerators and Japan's government plan to hack 200 million IoT devices for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-02-02-ee-times-weekly-briefing-friday-february-1-2019#t=3) Intel Leadership Change: Bob Swan as CEO
- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-02-02-ee-times-weekly-briefing-friday-february-1-2019#t=3) Uber's Hardware Engineering Keynote at Design Con
- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-02-02-ee-times-weekly-briefing-friday-february-1-2019#t=3) Japan's IoT Device Hacking Plan for Tokyo Olympics
- [1:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-02-02-ee-times-weekly-briefing-friday-february-1-2019#t=80) FTC vs. Qualcomm Antitrust Case Details
- [1:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-02-02-ee-times-weekly-briefing-friday-february-1-2019#t=80) Potential Impact on Qualcomm's Royalties and R&D

## Topics

- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Intel (company)
- Bob Swan (other)
- Qualcomm (company)
- Uber (company)
- FTC (other)
- Apple (company)
- CDMA (other)
- LTE (other)
- 5G (other)
- 3GPP (other)

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