Smicros
Smicros refers to an emerging class of ultra-small integrated computational devices designed to bring computing resources directly to the edge. In practice, a Smicro combines a processing core, memory, sensor interfaces, and power management within a compact package, enabling autonomous operation in wearable, medical, environmental, and industrial applications.
The concept developed in the late 2010s as advances in semiconductor miniaturization and ultra-low-power design allowed
Typical Smicros feature a sub-square-millimeter footprint, low-frequency microcontroller cores (often RISC-V or ARM-M), and wake-sleep power
Applications span wearables, medical devices, environmental monitoring, logistics, and smart infrastructure. Adoption is constrained by manufacturing
As the field matures, Smicros are expected to enable finer-grained sensing and computation at the device level,