The report indicates that while the current Embedded |
and pervasive and touching virtually all aspects of daily life . |
Software market size is relatively small , there is a huge |
From mobile telephones to automobiles , and Industrial |
opportunity that remains untapped in this segment . It also |
equipment to high end medical devices , embedded |
highlights some of the challenges that the industry needs |
systems now form part of a wide range of devices . |
to overcome in order to effectively address this opportunity . |
Embedded software now sits at the intersection of |
As the industry continues to look at new areas of interest |
technology and the automotive , telecommunication , |
where there is high propensity to innovate , embedded |
aerospace , energy , high technology , and the broader |
systems has emerged as a significant growth opportunity . |
Industrial manufacturing sectors . |
Embedded Systems are now becoming more ubiquitous | |
The digital revolution now has reached to a stage where we |
already owns at least one piece of equipment , which |
cannot conduct our normal modern daily lives without this |
contains a processor ; whether it is a phone , a television , an |
technology . Indeed , it is reasonable to say that everyone |
automatic washing machine , an MP3 player , microwave |
already owns at least one piece of equipment , which |
oven or anything such . |
contains a processor or microcontroller in it . If embedded |
The colossal growth of processing and controlling power in |
systems are to become a serious discipline to contribute in |
small packages has fuelled this digital revolution by boon |
progression of the Indian economy and global demand in |
of embedded systems . |
general , it is imperative that our proven expertise in IT software should play a crucial role in developing talent with the required skills . |
Embedded systems are basically computer based control systems designed to perform specifically dedicated functions within a set of larger system . These are fixed or |
The digital revolution now has reached to a stage where we |
embedded as a part of the complete bigger system , hence |
cannot conduct our normal modern daily lives without this |
the name – Embedded Systems . |
technology . Indeed , it is reasonable to say that everyone | |
Development of embedded systems began in early 1960s |
Today these systems span across many aspects of our daily |
and since then it has grown exponentially in terms of |
life , ranging from consumer electronics devices to medical |
power as well as functionality . Due to large scale |
equipments , telecom instruments , automobiles and many |
proliferation of integrated chips and other related parts , |
others . Embedded systems have been touching and |
costs of such systems have also come down drastically . |
changing modern lives like never before . |
Embedded system development in India started around |
provide high level software designs and board level designs |
early 2000 . The market reached approximately $ 5 billion by |
in a few cases . Not much work is carried out in terms of |
2009 and now has reached triple in size by . According to |
application design engineering , hardware design and |
recently released NASSCOM report , the total addressable |
innovation towards customized product development . This |
embedded system R & D global opportunity is expected to |
lack of domain expertise in industry is basic impediment for |
reach approx . $ 89 billion by 2015 where India alone could |
future growth . Leveraging and growing in these areas can |
contribute approx . $ 15 billion in size . This means that |
help Indian industry to have significant improvement in |
Indian technology firms and engineering designers will |
embedded systems space and a few companies already |
have to drive actual product innovation and move towards |
have started working towards this goal . |
product ownership . Presently many Indian companies | |
Two core parts of any embedded systems are its hardware |
This means software or firmware is now a key differentiator ; |
and firmware or software inside the core processing unit . |
since any new feature or specification can be easily tackled |
However , many hardware platforms have reached their |
or added using software changes . |
configuration potential and are saturated in terms of |
Clearly , now the software has to play critical role of |
adding new things that cannot be added using firmware . |
differentiation , innovation and future enhancements in |
Additionally at the advent of open source hardware |
embedded systems . The ratio of contribution by firmware |
platforms and quick prototyping and building blocks of |
and hardware , which was 30-70 ( 30 % firmware & 70 % |
hardware systems not much differentiation can be made by |
hardware ) earlier has now become almost 50-50 and is |
just the hardware system . |
expected to grow further as hardware reaches its |