IDG Contributor Network: The wires behind wireless
Everybody loves wireless: It's the main impetus driving technology innovation and social and business communications today, and it will continue to drive innovation for years to come. Yet an under-appreciated reality is that wireless is very dependent on wired connections. In fact, wireless is only as good as the wires that support it.
In a device like a smartphone, for example, a full ecosystem of internal wiring standards interconnects a couple dozen components, from the modem and application processor to the microphone, speaker, sensors and other peripherals. In this article I'll describe these wired connections and the interfaces and architectures that are used to build mobile and mobile-influenced devices. I'll also point out some key challenges engineers face when doing this work.
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