The author is not talking about using an "analog computer"; they are talking about designing analog circuitry: > Among them are IoT nodes, sensors and front-en

The author is not talking about using an "analog computer"; they are talking about designing analog circuitry: > 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. (I also think it's misleading to use the term "computer" for things like differential analyzers, just as it's misleading to call a person who adds up numbers a "computer", even though both usages were well established before the invention of the inherently digital devices we call "computers" today. But that's a different discussion.)