#280 – Cristiano Amon: Qualcomm CEO Lex Fridman Podcast

Cristiano Amon is the CEO of Qualcomm, world-leader in 5G wireless communication and computation systems inside premium Android phones and other robots. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) - Introduction

(06:43) - Football/soccer

(07:38) - Smartphones

(10:09) - 5G

(26:27) - Snapdragon

(32:45) - Apple and Google

(37:19) - Future of Qualcomm

(48:20) - Autonomous vehicles

(50:05) - Robots

(52:31) - Chip shortage

(56:40) - Lawsuits

(1:00:07) - Leadership

(1:04:26) - Advice for young people

(1:08:17) - Meaning of life