Advanced Packaging- Enabling Next Generation Silicon Chips

Key Takeaways: Increasing Design and Manufacturing Complexity associated with silicon chip development at < 5nm nodes and skyrocketing Development Costs will accelerate the use of Advanced Packaging across all market segments. The HPC/Server, Networking and High-End Smartphone market will be the “Lead Adopters” for Advanced Packaging Solutions. Co-Packaged Optics will see a major uptick to …

IoT Asset Management Solution: Trucking & Fleet Management

A high level architectural view of an IoT Asset Management Solution built from ground up to address the needs of different market segments. The end use for Trucking and Fleet management tries to address the following key requirements: Low Cost Solution. Real-Time tracking even when faced with intermittent connectivity. Reliability to handle the most demanding …

Asset Tracking & Management: An IoT Strategic Imperative

One of the most compelling use cases in IoT is in the area of Asset Tracking and Management. Asset classes can range from living, nonliving, transitory, stationary, remote to the accessible. An Asset Tracking system designed for one asset class can rarely be redeployed for another asset class as is. Each of the use cases …

Product Management: It’s more than just MRDs and PRDs

Every successful product should have a Marketing Requirements Document (MRD)and a Product Requirements Document (PRD) that together define the overall purpose, scope and goals for the product and its stakeholders – the firm, its end customers and its shareholders. Product Management: Achilles’ heel   Very few companies, champion internal processes or a work culture where …

Vision for IoT Smart Personal Assistant

The current generation of Smart Wearables Devices (SWD) were primarily introduced as a companion device to the smartphone. As such, SWD’s offer nothing more than the added convenience of “usability of the go” and “small form factor“. Most buyers, including me, question the wisdom of owning a muted version of a smartphone on their wrist; a …

The Future of Semiconductor Business & Innovation

Abstract: The Life Cycle theory on industry evolution suggests that the rate of knowledge obsolescence tends to diminish over time. In effect it deters new entrants from entering the industry; the ensuing shakeout forces industry consolidation and concentration. The fallout; operational efficiency, product proliferation and price discipline take center stage. In the semiconductor industry the …