Manufacturing — early phase

Technology is at early phase of several powerful trends Technology is now at the very early phases of several powerful trends – Artificial Intelligence (AI), 5G networks, the Internet-of-things (IoT) and autonomous transportation. Very seldom in recent history have such a large number of new technologies been ramping up at the same time. Benefits are likely to impact the pressing challenges faced by the global community, including resource conservation, pollution, aging populations that are increasing healthcare costs, reductions in working-age populations in almost all first-world countries and many developing countries, including China. The underlying technologies are largely semiconductor-based systems. 5G...