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Implications of Intelligent, Integrated Microsystems for Product Design and Development.

DE2002754341

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Myers, D. R.; McWhorter, P. J.; Converse, C.; Makal, L.
Page Count	8
Abstract	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 multidisciplinary teams, most likely within 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.
Keywords	Microsystems Integrated circuits Miniaturization Design Production Silicon Chips(Electronics) Standardization Infrastructure
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Change Technologies, Zephyr Cove, NV.; Leemak Inc., Milpitas, CA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Change Technologies, Zephyr Cove, NV. and Leemak Inc., Milpitas, CA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200218

Implications of Intelligent, Integrated Microsystems for Product Design and Development.

Implications of Intelligent, Integrated Microsystems for Product Design and Development.
DE2002754341

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Myers, D. R.; McWhorter, P. J.; Converse, C.; Makal, L.
Page Count	8
Abstract	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 multidisciplinary teams, most likely within 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.
Keywords	Microsystems Integrated circuits Miniaturization Design Production Silicon Chips(Electronics) Standardization Infrastructure
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Change Technologies, Zephyr Cove, NV.; Leemak Inc., Milpitas, CA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Change Technologies, Zephyr Cove, NV. and Leemak Inc., Milpitas, CA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200218