On Target: Embedded Systems

AVAILABLE NOW - VDC RELEASES EMBEDDED ENGINEERING SURVEY DATA FOR 2008

With the increasing complexity of embedded software and hardware designs, the 2008 end-user data books will provide insight into the behavior, opinions, and demographics of embedded engineers, the degree to which embedded system engineering tasks are converging, and key system engineering trends likely to impact embedded systems manufacturers and solution providers over the short and long term. This end-user data is based on detailed Web survey responses collected in the February to April 2008 timeframe from almost eight hundred embedded systems engineers worldwide that will offer an understanding about the dynamics of the embedded market as they relate to current... Read more →

Can the DD(X) deliver on its mission?

Bob Novak wrote a piece on the battle between battleships and the DD(X) program. Many embedded vendors have a stake in the DD(X) so this is worth writing about. The DD(X) is also one of the platforms for evaluating embedded real time Java. There is a lot of food for thought here. A couple of items caught VDC's eye: On the modernized battleships, 18 big (16-inch) guns could fire 460 projectiles in nine minutes and take out hardened targets in North Korea. In contrast, the DD(X) will fire only 70 long-range attack projectiles at $1 million a minute. The new... Read more →