# Infineon’s $10B Gambit |Wally Rhines at DAC | IEEE ‘Reviewgate’

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2019-06-07
- Length: 18m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-06-07-infineons-10b-gambit-wally-rhines-at-dac-ieee-reviewgate
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/44535840/

## Summary

Junko Yoshida and Dylan McGrath report on Infineon's $10 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor, noting it makes Infineon the world's largest automotive chip supplier by combining connectivity, microcontrollers, and memory. At the Design Automation Conference (DAC), attendees discussed the shadow of the US-China trade war and Huawei's entity list, while Wally Rhines, CEO Emeritus of Mentor, explained how hyperscalers like Google and Amazon are driving demand for EDA tools by designing custom silicon for IoT and autonomous vehicles.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-06-07-infineons-10b-gambit-wally-rhines-at-dac-ieee-reviewgate#t=1) Introduction: EE Times Briefing and Infineon-Cypress Deal
- [1:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-06-07-infineons-10b-gambit-wally-rhines-at-dac-ieee-reviewgate#t=60) Infineon's Motivation and Strategic Fit with Cypress
- [6:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-06-07-infineons-10b-gambit-wally-rhines-at-dac-ieee-reviewgate#t=379) DAC 2019: US-China Trade War and Huawei Entity List Fallout
- [11:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-06-07-infineons-10b-gambit-wally-rhines-at-dac-ieee-reviewgate#t=707) Wally Rhines on Export Controls and Historical Precedents
- [13:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-06-07-infineons-10b-gambit-wally-rhines-at-dac-ieee-reviewgate#t=827) Hyperscalers and Custom Silicon Design at DAC

## Topics

- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Infineon (company)
- Cypress Semiconductor (company)
- Mentor (company)
- Google (company)
- Amazon (company)
- Huawei (company)
- IEEE (company)
- DAC (other)

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