  Information and communications technology can continue to change our world.
These advances will partially depend upon designs that synergistically combine
software with specialized hardware. Today open-source software incubates rapid
software-only innovation. The government can unleash software-hardware
innovation with programs to develop open hardware components, tools, and design
flows that simplify and reduce the cost of hardware design. Such programs will
speed development for startup companies, established industry leaders,
education, scientific research, and for government intelligence and defense
platforms.
