Internet of Things: Trends, challenges and applications

This paper gives an overview of the trends, challenges and applications of the Internet of Things (IoT). It is paving the way towards a smart, interconnected world with infinite opportunities. The multidisciplinary scenario of internet, wireless sensor networks and data fusion which computational intelligence is distributed throughout the physical environment will enable new breeds of services, applications and systems. IoT is the next driver for electronics, in particular IC design in the IoT era will change and shape semiconductor innovation and manufacturing. An “IC design in cloud” is proposed as a turnkey infrastructure for IoT development.