The future of SoCs: software as differentiator and demon

Speakers at Semico's Outlook 2010 briefing in San Jose yesterday painted a detailed image of a world in which ubiquitous microelectronics took on a host of troubles—from a warming, energy-starved globe to an aging population—and triumphed over them, in the process finding a path to continued growth in an uncertain world economy. But lurking in the corner during much of the discussion was an issue not widely discussed in chip-design circles, yet increasingly critical to this happy scenario. That issue was software.

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