One could argue that the last few years have highlighted some of the most pressing semiconductor industry issues but there are challenges on the horizon well beyond current supply chain and silicon manufacturing bottlenecks.
If research hurdles are not addressed, the growing demands of data could put a damper on the “smart” world manufacturers, retailers, financial giants, energy, media, and other enterprises are banking on.
Those “five horsemen” that could signal a decline (or boost) in expectations include memory/storage, analog microelectronics, communication technologies, energy, and security in increasingly complex, interconnected systems.
This week, the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) has issued a decade-spanning plan to identify and with partner DARPA, fund efforts those critical areas. Those five most pressing challenge areas SRC identifies (and which DARPA plans to back with its new JUMP 2.0 funding effort) are the following:
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