The design flow for primary-shaped microcomponents and microsystems is presented. As a characteristic of microspecific design, the approach is predominantly driven by technology. To integrate the relevant technological demands and restrictions into the design synthesis for a realizable embodiment design in accordance with the specified function, design rules are defined. These represent mandato...

To quickly satisfy the requirements of production, assembly, testing, and maintenance in manufacturing and the market requirements for higher performance, miniaturization, and cost reduction, it is necessary to have an innovative design methodology that facilitates optimization of the entire development process and enables it to proceed without repetition. Fujitsu has developed an integrated de...

without the surrounding environment of a site, architecture loses its full meaning. in the evolutionof the design process, a site's environment should be understood as the integral factor within which a designed productor artifact is expected to perform. the environment is not of secondary priority. every building is intertwined with itscontext; context being its physical, visual and ecological...

Increasing competition in cost efficiency, lead-times, product quality, quotation accuracy, and abilities to provide customization drives companies toward development and adoption of new methods. To re-use knowledge gained from previous projects in order to avoid producing the same knowledge again and to circumvent previously encountered obstacles is an approach which is more or less used by mo...