Nanoelectronics can provide intelligent solutions to meet many of our most important social and economic needs. By offering exponential increases in computing power and performance, higher systems integration and functionality, and much lower power consumption, all at ever decreasing cost per function, nanoelectronics are set quite effectively to revolutionise our lives.
A key benefit of Nanoelectronics will be the feasibility of adding intelligence and interactivity to our everyday environments through so-called ‘ambient intelligence’. This builds on the concept of ‘ubiquitous computing’ – incorporating computing power into all the objects around us in our offices, our cars, our homes and elsewhere. At the same, all these everyday items would be provided with sensory and response mechanisms to allow them to interact with us and our surroundings.
ENIAC is focusing on five main application domains in the world of ambient intelligence, each driven by clearly recognisable social needs. The Strategic Research Agenda translates these domains into technical requirements, outlining the key challenges and roadblocks to be resolved to reach integrated intelligent nanoelectronics solutions.
The five key application domains
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