Hi all,could someone point me to a quotable source/book on the numbers ofembedded vs. desktop CPUs out there. I'm looking for a statement alongthe lines of "90% of all processors worldwide are used in consumerelectronics and embedded control systems".I'm also looking (for my thesis) for current, academic books on softwaredesign considerations on (small) embedded systems - drivers,OS development, efficient software, etc. Any recommendations?thanks, Andreas

Which means what, exactly ?What would you call a Microcontroller embedded in a Desktop consumer system ? - each PC has many embedded microcontollers, at least oneper peripheral, so you could get 5-10 uC per Desktop CPU, even beforeyou go off the desktop, and into your Kitchen, or Car.If you want the numbers of Microcontrollers, then look at the bragging pages of a semi Mfgr, and extrapolate. eg suppose Microchip claim toship appx 1B pcs/yr of 8 bit uC, and they also claim to have 20pc by volume of that Market, that makes the market total 5B devices.Company annual reports will often break down the sales by end market,so you can extract industrial / medical / Telecom / Consumer /Automotive etc from that.Look at Intel and AMD for PC sector Microprocessor numbers.-jg

FUDRather, that's what bad software design and implementationcan do for you.-- Michael N. Moran (h) 770 516 79185009 Old Field Ct. (c) 678 521 5460Kennesaw, GA, USA 30144 "So often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key."The Eagles, "Already Gone"The Beatles were wrong: 1 & 1 & 1 is 1

Quotable source for numbers of embedded vs. desktop CPUs?

Apr 30, 2007 21 Replies

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Michael N. Moran 19 years ago

FUD

Rather, that's what bad software design and implementation can do for you.

-- Michael N. Moran (h) 770 516 7918

5009 Old Field Ct. (c) 678 521 5460 Kennesaw, GA, USA 30144

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"So often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key." The Eagles, "Already Gone"

The Beatles were wrong: 1 & 1 & 1 is 1

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Jim Granville 19 years ago

It depends on your metric. # On an installed units basis, I'd put Embedded way ahead.

# On a shipped GBytes basis, I'd put PC software way ahead. [then, where do you pigenhole cellphones ?]

# Lines of code ? - probably the PC. Well on my PC I have CAD tools, compilers, Simulators, as well as the std Editors/Browsers/Acrobat etc

# Employed Designers ? That would be an interesting comparison, but probably not easy to get data on.

-jg

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