The author is explicitly talking about designing analog electronics: > Among them are IoT nodes, sensors and front-ends, actuators including motors, test and m

The author is explicitly talking about designing analog electronics: > Among them are IoT nodes, sensors and front-ends, actuators including motors, test and measurement instrumentation, boards and interconnects, line drivers/receivers, motor drivers, physical-level wired/wireless links, MEMS devices, RF functions, power sources and systems, EMI, noise, thermal extremes…and that’s just a partial list. These roles and functions are not going away as long as the laws of physics, as we know them, remain in place.