Semiconductor Engineering
The Internet of Things (IoT) means many things to a large number of people, but one thing is clear—every discussion involving the IoT invariably includes some rather dramatic growth predictions for how many connected devices will be sold and who will be the primary beneficiaries.
While that data helps spice up speeches, and typically gets people to read and quote analyst and financial reports, some of the underlying assumptions are wrong. And as the IoT begins to take shape across a number of markets, more companies are beginning to figure out what’s real and what isn’t.
Joe Costello, CEO at Enlighted, talked about the early days of the IoT in a speech at the recent Design Automation Conference. “There has been a tremendous amount of hype about the Internet of Things, and most of it was BS,” he said. Read more…
