# CEO Interview: Mike Henry of Mythic | The Biggest Chip Deal Ever | Do Androids Dream of Electric Smartphones?

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2020-09-18
- Length: 45m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream
- Listen: https://www.eetimes.com/podcasts/eetoa-091820/

## Summary

Mythic co-founder and CEO Mike Henry explains how the company's analog AI accelerator chips use onboard flash memory to achieve best-in-class performance-per-watt for inference tasks like security video analytics and drone depth estimation, avoiding the high power and cost of digital GPUs. Nvidia analyst Kevin Krewell discusses the $40 billion acquisition of Arm by Nvidia, analyzing Jensen Huang's strategic move to control the CPU/GPU ecosystem and the significant regulatory hurdles regarding Arm's monopoly in the smartphone market.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream#t=0) Introduction: Mythic and the Nvidia-Arm Deal
- [6:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream#t=379) Mike Henry on AI Inference Challenges and Mythic's Analog Approach
- [15:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream#t=932) Analog Computing Benefits: Flash Memory Density and Power Management
- [20:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream#t=1215) Mythic's Use of RISC-V and Business Model Flexibility
- [25:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream#t=1554) Kevin Krewell on Nvidia's $40 Billion Acquisition of Arm
- [33:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream#t=2023) Regulatory Hurdles and Conflict of Interest in the Nvidia-Arm Deal
- [38:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream#t=2281) Strategic Implications for China and the Semiconductor Ecosystem
- [39:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-09-18-ceo-interview-mike-henry-of-mythic-the-biggest-chip-deal-ever-do-androids-dream#t=2362) History of Android: From Digital Cameras to Smartphone Dominance

## Topics

- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Mythic (company)
- Nvidia (company)
- Arm (company)
- Soft Bank (company)
- Qualcomm (company)
- Apple (company)
- RISC-V (chip)
- YOLO V3 (product)
- ResNet 50 (product)
- GPT 3 (product)
- HTC Dream (product)
- Android (product)

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