Evolution of low power electronics and its future applications

Low power technology is impacting our society by creating the newly emerging digital consumer market, which leads to the nomadic life-style. In this paper, historical review of the technologies will be provided with some examples. It is suggested that robotics will provide the major challenge for low power electronics in the coming decades. Categories and Subject Descriptors B.37.0 [Integrated Circuits]: General General Terms: Design Keywords Low power technologies, Nomadic Age, Applications, Robotics.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ISLPED
• Authors: Tsugio Makimoto, Yoshio Sakai
• Keywords: ISLPED 2003, Low Power, Low Power Electronics, Low Power Technology