Hardware Podcasts

US-China Train Wreck

EE Times Current · 24 May 2019 · 17m

What this episode covers

EE Times editor-in-chief Brian Santo hosts a special briefing on the escalating U.S.-China trade war, featuring correspondents Junko Yoshida, George Leopold, and Nitin Dahad. The episode details the immediate impact of the Trump administration's executive order and the Entity List designation on Huawei, Google, and Infineon. It analyzes the forced 'decoupling' of the global electronics supply chain, the compliance pressures on European firms like Arm, and the long-term risks of technological bifurcation.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Huawei, Google, Infineon, Arm, STMicroelectronics
Products
Android, Kunpeng 920

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