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Jacobs of Qualcom has stated they have in clinical trail a device for picking up a heart attack two weeks in advance. The medical market has the potential to be larger than the phone market, although they will work hand in hand. This gives the semi market the potential to double in size in the future and this is just one new relatively untapped market and I feel there are many more. The philosophy of faster, better and with lower cost mantra of the semi industry will allow it to expand into many new areas most haven't even contemplated. Mems are just in their infancy and offer real potential to open vast new markets. Inexpensive labs of all types on a chip offer a way to speed up progress and alter for the better almost every field of human endeavor. SOC MEMs of all types are the future
and area of greatest growth in my opinion. Comments, thoughts and additions welcomed.
"picking up a heart attack two weeks in advance" Can you please post a link on this? I don't see reference in the link you mentioned over Qualcomm web site. Thanks.
hist78, https://urbantimes.co/2013/02/wearable-technology-ces-mhealth/ , here it is. I'm very heavily invested in medical research and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Mems are going to transform the world as much as semis changed processing. They are also going to greatly increase the rate at which technology is advancing by dramatically lowering the cost of labs and instrumentation as part of sophisticated SOCs. They can lower the cost of a lab by factors of over a hundred and more by taking a lab occupying a room and putting it on a single chip. This also solves the problem of clean up of toxic substances and even radiation because you are only working with a few molecules. In blood tests, this has lowered the amount of blood needed from a syringe full to a small drop. Semis and MEMS in a SOC are the real game changers. If you have any other questions or thoughts, don't hesitate
hist78, https://urbantimes.co/2013/02/wearable-technology-ces-mhealth/ , here it is. I'm very heavily invested in medical research and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Mems are going to transform the world as much as semis changed processing. They are also going to greatly increase the rate at which technology is advancing by dramatically lowering the cost of labs and instrumentation as part of sophisticated SOCs. They can lower the cost of a lab by factors of over a hundred and more by taking a lab occupying a room and putting it on a single chip. This also solves the problem of clean up of toxic substances and even radiation because you are only working with a few molecules. In blood tests, this has lowered the amount of blood needed from a syringe full to a small drop. Semis and MEMS in a SOC are the real game changers. If you have any other questions or thoughts, don't hesitate
Thank you for the link. Those new medical devices are really changing the world and making life much better for many people. From the link you provided, I found another interesting article published by MIT more than two years ago.
Does the boom in MEMs imply that semis manufacturing using Silicon will slowly tone down? Also, how long do you think FinFET will help extend / maintain Moore's Law? Are we going to codify all system functions? Shall appreciate your response to my very generic questions.
Mems will just be an addition to current markets. My knowledge of what is going to happen to FinFet and where they are going is not my area of expertise. How ever I was able to ask EVP Dr. Nalamsu of AMAT at a conference what he thought of 2D technology and he stated it is five to six years out. Some 2D technologies look like they have the potential of a hundred fold increase in processor speed. You can Google it for more information, I'm sure it is constantly changing. I have heard from other experts 2D has the potential to change everything, but I feel it's to early to call it and no one can predict the future. There are many wild cards in the future that few if any can call. I do have no doubt mems will be very, very large in the market and a few years ago Morris Chang stated mems are one of the three largest opportunities in the future. TSM has gone from almost nothing in mems to the number two place last time I checked.
