The view of the future

[SolarSunrise]

I just want to know your opinions of the future of electronics. Will Through hole components disappear completely? Will SMD components get smaller like 0000800004's? Or will electronics be completely replaced? Like neutrinos for example?

This is going to be interesting... (Inspired by the thread 008004 - smaller than 01005)

[G7PSK]

A lot of stuff will end up as one complete chip solution with no extra components required, halfway there today.

[Whales]

A lot of stuff will end up as one complete chip solution with no extra components required, halfway there today.

Indeed.  Freescale i.mx3 series ARM chips (for example) have everything in them to be a stand-alone computer bar decent storage, and they cost about $8 each in sample-size lots.  Absolutely insane.

There is quite a lot of R&D into "digital electronics" via methods other than silicon and electrons, eg quantum-computing and optical-computing.  On the other end of the power scale I'm not sure, but I like the idea of having kilawatt optic-fibres running through the walls instead of wires: imagine accidentally scratching them

[Bored@Work]

As we all know, just ask Dave  , in the future electronic will just be printed 

[Rigby]

through-hole will never go away as a package technology, though DIP ICs will become harder and harder to find.

SMD will not get a lot smaller as individual packages, but more and more parts will fit into packages of the current sizes.

As previously stated, high-end ICs will get a lot more complex and will have more and more stuff packed in.  this is not new and will continue as time goes on.

HOPEFULLY, newer materials and processes will allow a few more leaps of advancement.

I seem to recall that HP Labs actually produced memristors, which was the final of the four basic, core components in electronics to be realized, the other three being the inductor, the capacitor, and the resistor.  So, once those get to production, if it's possible, then we'll likely see some neat new things.

[Tinkerer]

through-hole will never go away as a package technology, though DIP ICs will become harder and harder to find.

SMD will not get a lot smaller as individual packages, but more and more parts will fit into packages of the current sizes.

As previously stated, high-end ICs will get a lot more complex and will have more and more stuff packed in.  this is not new and will continue as time goes on.

HOPEFULLY, newer materials and processes will allow a few more leaps of advancement.

I seem to recall that HP Labs actually produced memristors, which was the final of the four basic, core components in electronics to be realized, the other three being the inductor, the capacitor, and the resistor.  So, once those get to production, if it's possible, then we'll likely see some neat new things.

Yep definitely agree with this. On memristors, they theoretically are suppose to 'remember' all their previous states. So whatever people manage to come up with that will likely be very interesting.

[GEuser]

Everything will be gone , not one thing will survive except maybe the spaceship , that is if someone lets it survive in which I very very much doubt .

imo