Compared with consumer electronics, chips in medical devices have a higher technical threshold, and the safety specifications for voltage, current or electrostatic protection are also stricter. In addition, for traditional medical devices, volume and power consumption are not one of the design considerations, but for portable or wearable products, longer battery life and small circuit size are important keys. To add any additional functions, power consumption and circuit size must be taken into account, and sufficient computing capacity must also be provided. Even for some disposable SMD products, the cost is extremely important.

These changes have brought great challenges to traditional medical equipment manufacturers, but they have brought new business opportunities to semiconductor manufacturers. To meet these challenges, new semiconductor technology is moving towards making medical devices smaller, lower power requirements, and reducing overall costs. The development of medical device chips presents four major trends: high integration, miniaturization, high energy efficiency and standardization.