Tantra's Mantra with Prakash Sangam

Dec 02 2024 49 ep. 31 mins 13

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The podcast that goes behind and beyond the technology news headlines to explore the unheard and unseen. The topics include 5G, AI, IoT, Smartphones, Networking, Intellectual Property and others.

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Cadence on EDA Tools, Super Computing 24 announcement, Collaboration with Nvidia and beyond

Dec 02 2024 32 mins

Electronic Data Automation (EDA) Tools and their providers, like Cadence, are not widely known but play a critical role in the semiconductor industry. In the episode, I talk to Rob Knoth, Group Director of Strategy and New Ventures at Cadence, about the EDA Tools ecosystem, the company's announcements at the Supercomputing 2024 event, its symbiotic relationship with AI powerhouse

Ericsson Analyst Conference - Recap & Analysis

Nov 22 2024 38 mins

Ericsson held its Analyst Conference on Nov. 7, 2024, at its D-15 Labs Innovation Center in Santa Clara, CA. It was a packed event with many interesting sessions with speakers from Ericsson and scores of its partners, including Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Meta, AWS, Google Cloud, Dell, Intel, and others. The theme of the event was "Programable High Performance Networks." As expected,

Lenovo Tech World and Global Analyst Conference - Recap & Analysis

Oct 28 2024 40 mins

The Lenovo Tech World and Global Industry Analyst Conference were held in Bellevue (Seattle) from October 15th to 17th, 2024. During these events, the company showcased its vision for the industry through its "Hybrid AI" approach, technology, products, and services, as well as its broad industry partnerships. In this episode, Leonard Lee of Next Curve and I discuss how Lenovo, with

Lenovo Innovation World 2024 - Recap and Analysis

Sep 28 2024 35 mins

Lenovo Innovation World 2024 was held in Berlin on September 4th—5th. During this event, the company announced a slew of Copilot+ PCs powered by the new Intel Core Ultra 400v, AMD Ryzen AI 300, and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (8-core) SoCs. In this episode, I talk to Olivier Blanchard, Research Director, Futurum Research, about the various SoCs, their strengths and weaknesses, the

AMD SVP and GM on Edge, FPGA market, and Adaptive SoCs

Aug 31 2024 30 mins

For the first time, an AMD executive joins our podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Salil Raje, SVP and GM of Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group at AMD. As a pioneer in the FPGA market, Salil provides unique insights into the industry's current landscape and AMD's strategic direction. We delve into the status of Xilinx's integration into AMD after two years of acquisition,

Samsung's Smartphone Product Lead on Galaxy Foldables, Watch, Ring, Buds & AI

Aug 06 2024 36 mins

Galaxy Unpacked, held in July 2024, unveiled a robust lineup of devices, including two groundbreaking foldable smartphones, a trio of advanced wearables, and innovative earbuds. In this episode, I talk to Blake Gaiser, Samsung's Director of Smartphone Product Management, about the journey and evolution of the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6, how Watch 7, Ultra, and Galaxy Ring are comin

Lenovo's Commercial AIPC Head on CoPilot+ PCs & Windows on Arm

Jul 25 2024 33 mins

This is the fourth episode in our series, focused on analyzing the introduction of CoPilot+ PCs. In this, I discuss with Pooja Sathe, Director and category leader of Worldwide Commercial AI PCs at market leader Lenovo, about their “Windows on Arm” journey with Qualcomm from the early beginnings until Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus SoCs, the design principles behind CoPilot+ PCs,

Intel's GM on Edge AI and Tiber Edge Platform

Jul 05 2024 38 mins

The ever-expanding edge computing landscape is a tangled web of diverse hardware, software, and ecosystems. In this episode, I talk to Muneyb Minhazuddin, VP and GM of Network and Edge at Intel, about the challenges of Edge and how Intel's Tiber Edge AI platform helps its customers manage it. We delve into the need for Tiber, how it can simplify the complexities of Edge AI, go-to

Computex 2024 and Apple WWDC - Recap and Analysis

Jun 24 2024 45 mins

In this episode, Leonard Lee of Next Curve joins me in discussing and analyzing the key takeaways from Computex and Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference. Computex Buzz: CoPilot+ PCs Take Center Stage: We explore how CoPilot+ PCs overshadowed everything at Computex, show and tell of Qualcomm, the announcement of Lunarlake by Intel, Ryzen Gen3 of AMD, both powering X86-based CoPi

CoPilot+ PCs - Samsung PC Product Head's Perspective

Jun 16 2024 37 mins

This is the third in the series of Tantra's mantra episodes analyzing the CoPilot+ PCs from the market, SoC, and OEM perspectives. In this episode, I talk to Hassan Anjum, Head of Product Management for Samsung New Computing Business, which covers the Galaxy Book series of premium laptops. We discuss the needs of premium PC customers, why Windows on Arm is different this time, ap