Swami Hindle's 2021 Predictions for the RF/Microwave Industry:
- 5G will be so amazing that we will not talk much about 6G anymore (for a while)
- AI and ML will dominate the conversation in high tech being implemented in marketing, data analysis, design software, financial models, manufacturing optimization and more
- Block chain technology will be used to secure most 5G and IoT wireless networks
- mmWave modules will be standard in most smartphones by year end
- The first autonomous taxis will hit the road
- The first commercial drone delivery service will start (for Pizza, I hope)
- Industry 4.0/industrial automation will be the most successful 5G service launched on private networks
- GaN will take over LDMOS in cellular infrastructure market with a larger market share
- Several new Quantum Computing records will be set as the race continues
- Innovative 3D packaging and heterogenous semiconductors will keep Moore’s Law a live
- Direct digital conversion front ends will start to impact traditional analog designs (some using AI to optimize the signals)
- COVID-19 will disappear, and people will start to forget how disruptive it was…