Observing electronic ecosystems and value chains change over time is fascinating. For instance, the design chain for mobile devices fundamentally changed over the past two decades with waves of disaggregation and aggregation. Today, the area of computing and data centers is amid tectonic shifts and transformation, with the combination of hyperscale, networking, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) fundamentally re-shuffling value creation. Back in 2002, Grant Martin and I wrote "A Design Chain for Embedded Systems" for IEEE Computer. We described the embedded SoC provider-integrator design chain and argued that "what used to be a vertically integrated process within each product company has become significantly fragmented. Platform-based design can accelerate the flow in this chain."

Observing electronic ecosystems and value chains change over time is fascinating. For instance, the design chain for mobile devices fundamentally changed over the past two decades with waves of disaggregation and aggregation. Today, the area of computing and data centers is amid tectonic shifts and transformation, with the combination of hyperscale, networking, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) fundamentally re-shuffling value creation. Back in 2002, Grant Martin and I wrote "A Design Chain for Embedded Systems" for IEEE Computer. We described the embedded SoC provider-integrator design chain and argued that "what used to be a vertically integrated process within each product company has become significantly fragmented. Platform-based design can accelerate the flow in this chain."