Several articles agree that the essential technologies of today that were not used 10 years ago are:
- The iPad
- GPS on cell phone
- The Cloud
- Connected objects
- 4G (and now 5G)
- Artificial intelligence
- Netflix and others
- Uber and Airbnb
- Spotify and its competitors
- All applications such as Tinder, Snapchat, Slack, Whatsapp, etc.
4 main sectors: The manufacturing of micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS), the advanced packaging and Optoelectronic assembly of semiconductors, the analytical services and the printable electronic and card assembly.