# Cypress CEO Chat | 5G to 6G | Why Taiwan Companies are Leaving China | Startups in Taiwan

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2019-05-03
- Length: 20m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-03-cypress-ceo-chat-5g-to-6g-why-taiwan-companies-are-leaving-china-startups-in-tai
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/43717434/

## Summary

Danny Rabin and Dylan McGrath interview Cypress Semiconductor CEO Hassane El-Khoury about his transition from mentor TJ Rogers and his early engineering inspiration in Lebanon. Martin Rowe reports from the 5G Brooklyn Summit on the technical challenges of 6G, including terahertz signals and power consumption. Junko Yoshida and Judith Chen discuss the return of Taiwanese manufacturing to Taiwan and the government's push to foster a new startup ecosystem focused on hardware-software integration.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-03-cypress-ceo-chat-5g-to-6g-why-taiwan-companies-are-leaving-china-startups-in-tai#t=0) Introduction and Cypress CEO Profile
- [4:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-03-cypress-ceo-chat-5g-to-6g-why-taiwan-companies-are-leaving-china-startups-in-tai#t=251) 5G Brooklyn Summit and 6G Research
- [8:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-03-cypress-ceo-chat-5g-to-6g-why-taiwan-companies-are-leaving-china-startups-in-tai#t=492) Taiwanese Companies Returning from China
- [14:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-03-cypress-ceo-chat-5g-to-6g-why-taiwan-companies-are-leaving-china-startups-in-tai#t=846) Taiwan Startup Ecosystem and Challenges

## Topics

- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises, companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Cypress Semiconductor (company)
- TJ Rogers (other)
- NYU Wireless (company)
- TSMC (company)
- UMC (company)
- Disney (company)

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