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| Electronics design trends have revolutionized society. The start was with centralized computing led by firms like IBM and DEC. These technologies enhanced productivity for global business operations, significantly impacting finance, HR, and administrative functions, eliminating the need for extensive paperwork. The next wave in economy shaping technologies consisted of edge computing devices (red in Figure below) such as personal computers, cell phones, and tablets. With this capability, companies such as Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and others could add enormous productivity to the advertising and distribution functions for global business. Suddenly, one could directly reach any customer anywhere in the world. This mega-trend has fundamentally disrupted markets such as education (online), retail (ecommerce), | Electronics design trends have revolutionized society. The start was with centralized computing led by firms like IBM and DEC. These technologies enhanced productivity for global business operations, significantly impacting finance, HR, and administrative functions, eliminating the need for extensive paperwork. The next wave in economy shaping technologies consisted of edge computing devices (red in Figure below) such as personal computers, cell phones, and tablets. With this capability, companies such as Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and others could add enormous productivity to the advertising and distribution functions for global business. Suddenly, one could directly reach any customer anywhere in the world. This mega-trend has fundamentally disrupted markets such as education (online), retail (ecommerce), | ||
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| The remainder of this book is organized as follows. Chapter 2 provides a high-level introduction to autonomous systems, including the underlying technologies and their interaction with regulatory, safety, and standards environments. Chapter 3 examines hardware architectures, | The remainder of this book is organized as follows. Chapter 2 provides a high-level introduction to autonomous systems, including the underlying technologies and their interaction with regulatory, safety, and standards environments. Chapter 3 examines hardware architectures, | ||
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| - | The book comprises a comprehensive guide for a variety of education levels. A brief classification of the contents regarding target groups may help in a selective reading of the book and ease finding the correct chapters for the desired education level. To inform a reader about the proposed target group, icons are assigned to the top headers of the chapters. The list of icons and their reflection on the target groups is presented in the table {{ref> | ||
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