Embedded Technology is nothing new its allwhat's there around us using in our day-to-day routinew from years in the form of engine control unit in car, coffee maker, woven, washing machine etc........

So if this technology has been around all this time, why should I care now?
Earlier embedded technologies served onlystand-alone devices, but today with the growth of technology's potential, has learned to connect devices(mobile phones, PDAs and so on)to the Internet and and to each other it is not only about what devices do ontheir own, but about what they're connected to and what actions those connections let them perform. Cell phone companies recognized that a long time ago, which is why cell phones are cheap and the service plans are expencive. It's not the phone iteslf that matters, but the connectivity to a vast network of other phones, other people and the Internet. Similarly, your PDA is just a PDA, until you download software that lets you find a local restaurant or manage your finances.

Betting high on embeddded software

The key sectors that are driving the growth of the overall embedded space(both software development and hardware design) are automotive and industrial electronics, digital consumer electronics, enterprise and carrier class communications, wireless, broadband, aerospace and even defence. Of these application sectors, telecom at 34 percent enjoys the largest chunk of market share, followed by consumer electronics at 20 percent and automation and instrumentation at 19 percent. automotive electronics and telematics are the hottest areas in the embedded space. In the automotive sector, for example, major new product and advances such as Automatic Braking Systems, Telematics, Engine Control are all powered by embedded software systems. The amount of electronics deployed in a car has risen steadily over the years. Now, about 15 percent of a car's value lies in the electronics, and this figure is expected to grow up to 20 percent soon. The offerings include complete design and development services from concept to product design through development, and testing on a wide variety of processors encompassing all the major archtectures, ranging from 4-bit micro-controllers to 64-bit microprocessors, as well as many popular Dips.

Present Scenario of Embedded Technology.

Already today, 90% of computing devices are in ES and not in PC's. The growth rate is more than 10% per annum and there are forecast to be over 16 billion by 2010 (nearly 3 embedded devices per person on earth) and over 40billion devices worldwide by 2020. While embedded systems are the enabling components of invisible intelligence that provide comfort, saftey and productivity growth, they are undergoing a revolution in becoming moreintelligent and globally interconnected through a variety of communication links, including the Internet. This revolution will lead to omnipresence of embedded intelligence. It is creating a new opportunities but also new challenges, for example in terms of increased coplexity and vulnerability to attacks.

The worldwide R&D in the field Embedded Systems is expected to double over the next 10 years, in order to support the growth of this expanding market.

Future of Embedded Technology.
HIGH GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE WORLDWIDE EMBEDDED SYSTEM MARKET IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS....

The future world will be driven by three key technologies: mobile communications, broadband,and 'always-on' appliances. This, in turn would fuel the growth of embedded systems a combination of computer hardware and software, either fixed in capability or programmable, that is specifically designed for a particular kind of application device. According to a report in the Economic Times, "The global embedded and telecom market is worth one trillion dollars and will continue to grow at an exponential pace. Industry analysts estimate that over 54 per cent of future software development will be in the embedded technology space.