CNN's John Defterios sits down with San Jose-based tech entrepreneur Ravi Agrawal to talk about his new company, Qualcomm. He was born in Hyderabad, India and went to one of the IITs there. His co-founder Suria is also a former executive at mobile phone giant Qualcomm. The pair are now working together on an entirely new type of chip that could revolutionize how we use technology.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Seshu Madhavapeddy co-founder and chief executive of Frore Systems, to talk about why our devices underperform and we don;t know it (4:20), the problem with fans (8:00), inventing a new chip (13:00), how it works (17:30), why he started the company (20:30), getting into an IIT in India (21:40), leaving Nortel at the peak of the dotcom boom (26:00), startup lessons (28:10), raising $116 million (33:00), getting Frore’s chips into computers (34:50), the recruiting challenge (41:40), and his worst day (44:00).
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