SAN JOSE, Calif. — In an ongoing and troubling trend, more than one half of current embedded design projects are running behind schedule, according to a new survey released at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) here on Monday (April 3).
The survey — dubbed the “2006 State of Embedded Market Survey” — indicated that some 55 percent of current embedded design projects are late or have been cancelled.
The “average tardiness” rate for current embedded design projects is 4.3 months in 2006, down from 4.7 months in 2005, according to the survey. The results were jointly released by Embedded Systems Design and EE Times.
Only 3 percent of embedded design projects are ahead of schedule and 42 percent are on schedule in 2006, according to the survey. Only 4 percent of embedded projects were ahead of schedule in 2005 and 39 percent were on schedule last year.
Some 25 percent of current design projects are late by 1-to-2 months in 2006, which is the same level as 2005. Some 18 percent of current design projects are late by 3-to-6 months in 2006, compared to 16 percent in 2005, according to the results.
Some 6 percent of current design projects are late by 6-to-12 months in 2006, compared to 9 percent in 2005, according to the results. Some 2 percent of current design projects are late by 12-to-18 months in 2006, compared to 3 percent in 2005, according to the results.
Some 1 percent of current design projects are late by more than 18 months in 2006, compared to 2 percent in 2005, according to the results. Some 3 percent of current design projects have been cancelled in 2006, compared to 2 percent in 2005, according to the results.
