K-5 Challenges for consumer electronics for the 21st century

Abstract

CE products now drive the electronic industry's development. (It was previously driven by military programs after World War II, mainframes and minicomputers in the 1950s through the 1970s, and the Personal Computer in the 1980s and 1990s). CE products demand high performance, low cost, and low power consumption. These requirements stress every aspect of design from the circuit to the system level. The tallest technological hurdles lie ahead.