Implications of intelligent, integrated microsystems for product design and development
Intelligent, integrated microsystems combine some or all of the functions of sensing, processing information, actuation, and communication within a single integrated package, and preferably upon a single silicon chip. As the elements of these highly integrated solutions interact strongly with each other, the microsystem can be neither designed nor fabricated piecemeal, in contrast to the more familiar assembled products. Driven by technological imperatives, microsystems will best be developed by multi-disciplinary teams, most likely within the flatter, less hierarchical organizations. Standardization of design and process tools around a single, dominant technology will expedite economically viable operation under a common production infrastructure. The production base for intelligent, integrated microsystems has elements in common with the mathematical theory of chaos. Similar to chaos theory, the development of microsystems technology will be strongly dependent on, and optimized to, the initial product requirements that will drive standardization--thereby further rewarding early entrants to integrated microsystem technology.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 754341
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2000-0052C; 0000034209-000; TRN: US200205%%252
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2000 IEEE EMS International Engineering Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM (US), 08/13/2000--08/15/2000; Other Information: Supercedes report DE00754341; PBD: 19 Apr 2000; PBD: 19 Apr 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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