In the technology game, the song remains the same. Get smaller, deliver more power, or trim power—and get it all to market as fast and as reliably as possible.
Due to the growth in the consumer and wireless markets, low-power design is becoming a pervasive driver in IC design, verification, and implementation.
It may be stating the obvious, but the prevailing trend in instrumentation surrounds the expanding array of instruments that addresses the growth of high-speed serial interfaces and the wide range of new wireless standards and products.
At last month's Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) Awards, Gordon Campbell, recipient of the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, made an interesting observation.
While the test and measurement sector of the electronics industry doesn't experience the rapid-fire advances of other technologies, it still does a good job year-to-year.
Welcome to Electronic Design's annual forecast issue, where our editors look into the crystal balls of their particular beats and tell you what to expect in 2008 and beyond.
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