For all this you need new hardware, new techniqes, new sensors....Internet of things or something, Healthcare, 3rd dimension, etc.
Recently I had a million dollar idea. Suppose I could program nanobots to fix the scratches on my laptop screen. They would extract dirt and contaminants, then fill in the scratch with clear epoxy. The screen would be like new. I have no idea how to implement this. But if I could, and if I could market it, I would become rich and famous.
New concepts are emerging continually. Someone will find applications for them. It appears to be the domain of large companies with vast resources. Whatever new inventions they are developing, they are motivated to keep it a secret (for now).
Examples:
* 3D printing
* Optical computer processing
* Graphene
* Nanotubes
* Nanobots
This doesn't mean there are no opportunities for individuals to develop something new. Admittedly it has gotten to the point where we (in the US) are so bound by regulations, licensing, legal concerns, etc., that it's difficult.
Recently I had a million dollar idea. Suppose I could program nanobots to fix the scratches on my laptop screen. They would extract dirt and contaminants, then fill in the scratch with clear epoxy. The screen would be like new. I have no idea how to implement this. But if I could, and if I could market it, I would become rich and famous.
Even if they managed to reach that process node. If you get rid of all the HW engineers, who is going to design your next product? Or are you going to keep using the same base design over and over, while someone else develops some new innovative solution that sinks your product...but given that you got rid of all your HW engineers your company is basically going out of business.Imagine the technology reached 1nm (or even size of an atom) at VDD 1 uV, more than 10^12 transistors on a single die and so on ... ! So what's next ? Are HW companies (such as Intel, AMD, IBM, ARM, ...) going to dismiss their HW Eng. employees ?
Advances based on current technology seem to have reached the processing limit of the cores, both in terms of signal integrity as well the power dissipation, beyond which there is not much else to progress without sacrifice some feature.Imagine the technology reached 1nm (or even size of an atom) at VDD 1 uV, more than 10^12 transistors on a single die
My concern would be more along the lines of, will all the HW engineering jobs get exported to cheap labor markets? From my perspective that is already happening and the pace is quickening. I wish I could retire already!
Advances based on current technology seem to have reached the processing limit of the cores, both in terms of signal integrity as well the power dissipation, beyond which there is not much else to progress without sacrifice some feature.
In my opinion, something that could be explored would be to investigate other materials not so complicated to perform deposition as is currently with the Silicon. If so, could stack chips vertically inside a single package, so that would multiply the system processing capacity, but this is not possible with the current technology.
Another field that could be explored in future is some generation of processors working with some kind of optic technology. It seems much more promising if compared to carry electrons in Silicon as is now. Certainly this would mean some increase on the size of the core, but probably dissipation would reduce. However, even assuming that this could happen, we still are limited bellow the light speed, so that another limit would be quickly reached.
Just a brainstorm.
What do you mean by dated? I didn't say anything about dated technology, I'm saying it's more likely you'll have to work in a cheaper labor market country like India, China, Pakistan, and similar as there aren't any jobs in engineering available as the bean counters in charge have decided it's cheaper to use overseas engineers than hire local ones.That's what scaring ! For me as a HW student this means : "You just wasted your time ( at least 4 years ) learning something which is dated !"
What do you mean by dated? I didn't say anything about dated technology, I'm saying it's more likely you'll have to work in a cheaper labor market country like India, China, Pakistan, and similar as there aren't any jobs in engineering available as the bean counters in charge have decided it's cheaper to use overseas engineers than hire local ones.
To me it looks as if the real technology that is in application is hidden as it is covered by rights and patents.
In academia research publications do not reflect the actual growth trends.
What is in market is not fully documented in scientific literature as it use to be earlier.
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