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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts
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To: Sam who wrote (5485)9/7/2019 1:38:59 PM
From: Kirk ©  Read Replies (1) of 26590
 
I'd love to get a discussion on this topic... obviously, it will be a big user of chips and good for our favorite companies like AMAT, LRCX, Intel, Google/Waymo etc....

I've been thinking about 5G, chips and limitations as in
  1. "what would I gain by buying a phone with 5G capability?"
  2. "what other applications besides fast phones that could perhaps do real time translations while traveling so I could communicate with anyone will come down the pipeline?"

Many say 5G allows for autonomous autos... but I wonder what happens in California where they are being designed and tested when PG&E turns off the power to protect us from wildfires? Do all the people evacuating wild fires have to abandon their self driving cars with no steering wheels and RUN to escape the fire?

I ask because I have friends who were in the fire and stuck in traffic trying to escape. Fortunately they all lived but one lost his church/business and attached school as he stayed to get all the kids out before leaving. He called my friend, his father, on the phone while both were stuck in traffic and then abandoned the car and ran to escape the fire.

Would I trust my escape vehicle to operate on any network? Hell no! In fact, growing up here in Earthquake country, I try to fill my cars with gasoline when they are half full so I always have enough gas to get away... plus I have a 5 gallon tank to put in whatever vehicle I select for extra margin.

So.... 5G may bring us great new things like holographic travel so save the planet from global warming with fewer plane trips.... but I can't see anything I'd want to risk my life on the network staying up be it heart surgery from a robot to a self driving auto moving me from danger.
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