# Safe 5G for the Post-Smartphone Era

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2021-06-25
- Length: 38m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era
- Listen: https://www.eetimes.com/podcasts/eetoa-wb-ep141/

## Summary

Robert Spalding, former National Security Council senior director and CEO of Semper, and Semper CTO Marcus Owenby discuss their company's technology to secure 5G networks and protect data privacy. They explain how Semper integrates micro data centers into cell towers to reduce latency, harden infrastructure against EMPs, and prevent cyberespionage. The conversation covers the fragility of centralized telecom architecture, the shift toward edge computing for IoT and autonomous systems, and the political context of the US-China trade war and 5G security.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era#t=0) Introduction: Semper's Mission and the 5G Security Landscape
- [6:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era#t=384) Critical Infrastructure Fragility and the Nashville Bombing
- [10:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era#t=633) Semper's Tower Architecture: Combining Telecom and Data Centers
- [11:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era#t=700) EMP Hardening, Physical Security, and Distributed Resilience
- [14:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era#t=885) Rollout Strategy, Form Factors, and Latency Reduction
- [19:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era#t=1154) First Responder Use Cases and the Push to Talk Problem
- [21:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era#t=1315) Edge Computing for IoT, AI, and the Post-Smartphone Era
- [30:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-06-25-safe-5g-for-the-post-smartphone-era#t=1845) Data Privacy, Constitutional Rights, and Government Surveillance

## Topics

- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Semper (company)
- AT&T (company)
- Huawei (company)
- Ericsson (company)
- Nokia (company)
- Magna Chip (company)
- Akon Semiconductor (company)
- Imagination Technologies (company)
- Quadric (company)
- Bayer Imaging (company)
- NSA (company)
- SRC Computing (company)
- Stealth War (product)

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