An embedded system is a small computer that forms part of a larger system, device or machine. Its purpose is to control the device and to allow a user to interact with it. Embedded systems tend to ...

At the 2004 ESC Wind River's Jerry Fiddler claimed that there is no real embedded systems market. He felt that it was all about “the device,” and in fact the company about that time adopted the ...

I have always noticed a discontinuity in how people use the term embedded system. I commented on how the lack of distinction between application and embedded software might be driving us towards a ...

Hardware-firmware integration has therefore become a fundamental part of embedded system design. It is not simply a software ...

An operating system installed in myriad handheld devices, appliances, equipment and vehicles. The criterion that makes an OS an embedded OS is that it is installed into the firmware of the device ...

IDC defines an embedded microprocessor very generally—a host or central logic processing semiconductor that furnishes intelligence to an electronic system that serves applications outside of ...