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Let's consider integrated circuits: Well known for
being highly complex devices that require many
engineering hours to develop, these circuits require
a tremendous amount of design effort in a virtual
domain using electronic design automation (EDA)
tools in order to get them right. Similarly, optical
devices are another component classification
where the level of complexity demands highly
efficient systems design and accurate automated
manufacturing. The demand for optical devices
integrated with electronics is growing due to the
very high bandwidths and very low transmission
losses they deliver. Achieving this level of
performance takes extreme accuracy as well as
physical alignment coupled with great durability.
Building Platforms to the Future
Automating the design process, such as using EDA
tools to develop integrated circuits, leans heavily
on design reuse. This typically takes the shape of
proven functions that are packaged to become
building blocks that can be slotted together to
create a complete solution.
The metaphor can be extended to describe how the
building blocks enable each layer of integration in the
product design process, and even further to define how
the final product may be manufactured using those
components and sub-systems, which, themselves,
become building blocks.
This is where having the ability to design product and
manufacturing platforms that are building blocks for
multiple generations of product can deliver substantial
gains in the design and manufacturing process and
maximize the efficient use of scarce resources. Molex
follows this ethos when working with customers and
their design experts to develop new building blocks that
meet the end product's requirements exactly.
