Read Below Modern embedded and distributed electronic systems increasingly possess sufficient computational capability for their intended workloads, while timing uncertainty is emerging as a critical performance constraint. Autonomous systems, AI platforms and advanced communication architectures depend on multiple subsystems sharing a consistent understanding of time. McKinsey Electronics supports advanced system development through access to timing, synchronization, sensing and embedded...

Read Below Wireless reliability in smart infrastructure is determined by system-level engineering discipline, where PCB architecture, antenna placement, grounding integrity and power-distribution noise control directly govern RF stability in dense electronic environments. Coexistence planning across RF, digital and power domains is essential as multi-radio platforms, high-speed interfaces and switching converters share compact spaces, requiring early-stage filtering, shielding and return-path...

Read Below Software-defined robotics is expanding reliability considerations beyond hardware failure and toward long-term behavioral consistency. Small changes in sensing, timing, calibration and software updates can accumulate and alter how autonomous systems perceive, navigate and respond to their environments. McKinsey Electronics supports autonomous system development through engineering-led component selection, lifecycle-aware sourcing strategies and access to sensing, embedded and...