Electronics enters era of 'systemic risk'

Rick Merritt, EETimes
8/30/2011 7:36 PM EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The electronics industry has entered an era of "systemic complexity" where growing ecosystems of companies need to collaborate closely, according to a panel of chief executives.

"We're not just dealing with silicon scaling complexity but with a kind of systemic complexity where being best-in-class in one area is not sufficient to avoid risk and risks are going up," said Aart de Geus, chief executive of Synopsys in a panel at the annual GlobalFoundries conference here.

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