Lex Fridman Podcast: #280 – Cristiano Amon: Qualcomm CEO

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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:

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(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