System-Level Design Solutions: Enabling The Iot Explosion

Analysts estimate that there will be 50 billion internet-connected devices by 2020, from 25 billion in 2015. This predicted explosion of IoT devices affects various evolving and growing markets as well as entirely new applications. Despite the variety of target applications, all such devices demand low energy/power consumption, high reliability, connectivity, inter-operability, security and privacy. Furthermore, while meeting all these demands, time-to-market is a critical metric determining whether an IoT product will capture market share and thus the greatest revenue opportunity. Thus, a design methodology that meets design goals while ensuring fast time-to-market is a critical need. In this paper, we discuss the vision and building blocks of such a design methodolgoy, which would hopefully become an enabling technology for future IoT development and growth.