Henry Samueli
Henry Samueli
Henry Samueliis an American businessman, engineer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Broadcom, owner of the Anaheim Ducks, and a prominent philanthropist in the Orange County, California community. He is a named inventor in 70 U.S. patents. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciencesand a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2015, Forbes placed Samueli's net worth at $2.4 billion. He currently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth20 September 1954
CountryUnited States of America
LTE has accelerated faster than most people had anticipated. It really took off very quickly from the time it was introduced. We did have our internal development road map, but we just needed to accelerate it.
You have to want to put a competitive, Stanley Cup-caliber team on the ice in contrast to wanting to hopefully someday financially break even. So you have to really balance expenses with revenue.
For me, it's almost a 24/7 process. It's not like I only think when I'm in the office sitting at my desk.
The big advancement in our BCM7445 home gateway chip is that it uses the next-generation compression technology called HEVC - High-Efficiency Video Coding.
We're seeing a lot of major companies as well as startups coming up with smartwatches that replicate a lot of the functionality you might have in your smartphone. Will it be as big a market as smartphones? Probably not, but it still can be a very substantial market.
In the 2015 time frame, you'll probably see more mainstream adoption of set-top box technology using UltraHD. We'll start shipping it in 2014, but the volume will take off in probably 2015.
I'm a perfectionist. And that's served me very well in my career. It allows me to handle these large, complex problems without letting things fall through the cracks... That is the mentality you have to have to attack these complex problems of chip design, for example, when you're overwhelmed with complexity.
Chips will continue to shrink, of course. We, along with other semiconductor companies, are continuing to push toward the next goal of 10 nm, but going beyond 10 nm will require the development of new technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes that are still being perfected.
Analog components don't 'scale' as well as digital components, but integrating them into relatively mature 28 nm platforms will accelerate the connection of everything from watches, personal healthcare, and home appliances to automotive, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and industrial controls.
You can't create a mass market if you don't have a common standard.
When we started out, you could design a chip with a few guys in a basement.
We need to get smarter about hardware and software innovation in order to get the most value from the emerging Internet of Things.
We covered every major segment of this broadband communications world.
We are happy to get great technology from anywhere, and we have eyes and ears that are checking out companies all over.