Jeff Brower (@jbrower)

Jeff's engineering management and design experience includes products and systems in the areas of AI, HPC, communications, oil exploration, defense electronics, space exploration, telecom, control systems, acoustic/audio algorithms, and industrial automation. He is a system architect and designer, as well as expert at software, hardware, and logic design, and a range of programming languages and operating systems. Jeff is president & CEO of Signalogic.

Make Hardware Great Again

Jeff Brower ● June 29, 2020●5 comments

By now you're aware of the collective angst in the US about 5G. Why is the US not a leader in 5G ? Could that also happen -- indeed, is it happening -- in AI ? If we lead in other areas, why not 5G ? What makes it so hard ?

This hand-wringing has reached the highest levels in US government. Recently the Wall Street Journal reported on a DoJ promoted plan 1 to help Cisco buy Ericsson or Nokia, to give the US a leg up in 5G. This is not a new plan,...