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SANTA CLARA, Calif.— Given the continuing constraints in the battery-life improvement and pressures to add new features and functions, engineers must change the way they design electronics systems to keep pace with future demands, the CEO of ARM Ltd. said.

Simon Segars brought his company’s message of design efficiency and power optimization to his keynote address at CDNLive Silicon Valley 2015, saying, “Battery technology is pretty poor and doesn't advance anywhere near what we're able to achieve in semiconductors.”

Given not only the continued robust growth of mobile and IoT devices in the coming years but their impact on networking, “We need to evolve the way we design products and deliver silicon chips,” Segars told a packed auditorium at the Santa Clara Convention Center (March 10).

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