Engineers specializing in computer technology are in such high demand that numerous institutions offer a separate major for computer engineering. Please refer back to the earlier section which described computer engineering separately. Electrical engineers are responsible for the explosion in communication technologies. Satellites provide nearly instantaneous global communication. Fiber optics and lasers are rapidly improving the reliability and speed with which information can be exchanged.
Wireless communication allows people to communicate anywhere, with anyone.
Future breakthroughs in this field will have tremendous impact on how we live in tomorrow's society. Electrical engineers also design and develop electronic circuits. Circuit design has changed rapidly with the advent of microelectronics. As circuits continue to shrink, new barriers such as molecular size emerge. As the limits of current technology are approached, there will be incentives to develop new and faster ways to accomplish the same tasks.