Money for data and your MEMS for free
Published on 11-09-2014 11:00 PM
An ongoing IoT debate centers on the notion that just because we can do something does not mean we should. From discussions at the recent MEMS Executive Congress, looking at what TSMC and some others see as the endgame for a trillion sensors signals possible trouble ahead.
The TSMC story starts out OK, as told by George Liu, director of business development. “The next big thing” is the IoT, bigger than the sum of all opportunities that came before it. Liu made the excellent point that for the first time, semiconductor growth will no longer be limited to growth of electronic devices. Instead, the IoT cuts across all industries, with sensors, processing, and communications seamlessly embedded in applications.
Liu put sensors into six general categories, shaped around smartphone needs: touch, vision, audio, motion, environmental, and biometric. He did a decent job of explaining existing gaps in IoT chip design: physical size, ultra low power consumption, always-on and power management, mixed signal and RF integration, packaging, capacity, and price. That would be the list of the usual suspects.
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