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Intel CPU |5G Fixed Wireless | AI Silicon Race | SMIC Rift

EE Times Current · 29 Mar 2019 · 15m

What this episode covers

Phil Williams hosts an EE Times briefing covering four major industry developments. Dylan McGrath analyzes how Intel's CPU shortage is allowing AMD to capture market share in the PC sector. Editor-in-Chief Brian Santo critiques AT&T and Verizon's premature 5G fixed wireless rollout, citing poor business cases and technical shortcomings. The episode also features Junko Yoshida and Rick Merritt discussing the competitive AI silicon landscape, highlighting NVIDIA's dominance and emerging players, before concluding with a report on management turmoil at SMIC and its implications for China's domestic DRAM strategy.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Intel, AMD, AT&T, Verizon, NVIDIA, Google, SMIC, Xingwa Unigroup
Products
TPU, Zion

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