Prospects for the Semiconductor Industry in the Post-COVID Era

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The impact COVID-19 had in 2020 will have lasting effects on the global economy and the technology that increasingly enables it. Daniel Cooley, CSO at Silicon Labs, shares three key areas that will drive the semiconductor industry in a post-COVID environment...

www.eetasia.com, Dec. 30, 2020 – 

The impact COVID-19 had in 2020 will have lasting effects on the global economy and the technology that increasingly enables it. I will share three key areas that will drive the semiconductor industry in a post-COVID environment.

Healthcare Technology

First and foremost, healthcare technology will continue to take big steps forward beyond the current crisis. Two of the biggest trends that will continue into the future are increasing reliance on remote care for patients and healthcare professionals, and the impact of high-performance computing, coupled with artificial intelligence, on medical research.

With large swaths of the population forced or encouraged to stay home, the healthcare industry ramped efforts to shift medical care away from clinical settings and into the home. During this time, once rarely used remote treatments options like telemedicine have gone mainstream. Patients now routinely use video conferencing on smartphones and tablets to minimize in-person visits to doctors' offices, clinics, or hospitals by interacting directly with healthcare workers through their connected screens. In addition, physicians are prescribing smart medical monitoring equipment to patients on a more frequent basis. The number of patients purchasing medical devices such as blood pressure monitors, blood glucose meters and insulin pumps, for home use is on the rise.

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