Sramana Mitra: Of all the goods that get moved around in warehouses or containers, what percentage of those are equipped with wireless tracking devices? Rahul Patel: That depends on the industry. If you look at things being transported – containers being transported over the ocean, for example – they all have wireless falloff tracking. The
Sramana Mitra: It is not clear to me why I would want to control a washer or dryer remotely. Rahul Patel: If you put your clothes in the dryer and leave your home, normally you won’t know if your clothes are dry until you come home. Maybe you need to turn another cycle on to
Sramana Mitra: You started with wearables, and this topic is very hot right now. Let´s talk about some of the analysis around wearables. Based on your current component shipments, where in the wearables segment is the maximum action? Rahul Patel: Products are all going to get connected to the phones we all carry. That is
Rahul Patel is the vice president of product marketing for wireless connectivity combos at Broadcom, where he has been working since 2002. He has a B. Tech. in electronics & communications engineering from the National Institute of Technology Warangal, an MS in computer science & engineering from Arizona State University, and an MBA in marketing
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