Meeting Future Needs in Mobile Computing

The mobile consumer market continues to demand new features, increased performance and extended battery life. These demands must be balanced with cost and other practical concerns. To create a successful next-generation product, we should carefully predict the computations required and create a design without excessive performance and cost. To do this, we consider industry trends and the range of compute engines that can be leveraged on mobiles. We contrast computational capabilities of embedded devices with the evolving requirements of new and existing mobile equipment and applications. In addition to considering how to match next-generation devices with the needs, we will also consider what part of the system should be on-device versus in the cloud.