Embedded Systems Design, November 2008
VOL. 21 NO. 11
November 2008
Table of Contents
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2028: Twenty more years of achievement in embedded systems
In 1888, the book Looking Backward: 2000-1887 told a tall tale of time travel that described the world in the year 2000 complete with credit cards and instant communication (but no mention of a Y2K “bug”). Here's our version of a look back at the embedded systems industry from 2028-2008, as told by industry members. It's a time warp, time capsule, and wishful thinking all rolled into one.
Looking back from 2028–these appeared in print in the following order:
- Bernard Cole, Site Editor, Embedded.com
2028: Embedded is (still) as embedded does- Ganesh Moorthy, Executive Vice President, Microchip
2028: The end user is always right- David Kleidermacher, CTO, Green Hills Software
A trip to the coffee shop, 2028- David May, CTO and Cofounder of XMOS
2028: Concurrent processing–from revolution to legacy- Jean J. Labrosse, President of Micrium
2028: Open source is out, app-centric chips are in (Article was printed under the title: “The Extinction of Open Source.”)- Neil Henderson, General Manager, Embedded Systems Division, Mentor Graphics Corporation
2028: Wireless is the new wired- Vin Ratford, Vice President and General Manager of Xilinx's Solutions Development Group
2028: FPGA platforms made designing faster and cheaper- James Truchard, Cofounder and CEO of National Instruments
In 2028, sensors are everywhere- Ray Alderman, Executive Director, VITA
2028: It's all about VME- Gene Frantz, TI Principal Fellow and DSP Business Development Manager
2028: Little green robots to the rescue- Michael Paczan, Chief Technology Officer, VaST
2028: Electronics virtualization restored innovation and profit to electronics- John Derrick, Chief Operating Officer, MIPS Technologies
Waiting for asteroid 35396- David Katz, Blackfin Applications Manager for New Product Development, Analog Devices, Inc. and Rick Gentile, Blackfin DSP Applications Group, Analog Devices, Inc.
2028: Cores' law, swarm computing, and people power- Doug Davis, Vice President of the Digital Enterprise Group and General Manager of the Embedded and Communications Group, Intel
Fifteen billion devices, one embedded network- Rick Zarr, Chief Technologist, PowerWise Products, National Semiconductor
2028: Clean energy rules, but customization is king- John East, President and CEO, Actel
Eyes are still on power in 2028- Paul Anderson, Vice President of engineering, GrammaTech
Software quality: economically important and standardized- T. J. Rodgers, Founder, President, CEO, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
Back to the future 2028Looking forward from 2008 to 2028 (online only):
- Dan Dodge, QNX Software
Embedded Systems in 2028: Focus on the big picture- Inder M. Singh, Chairman of LynuxWorks
Embedded systems: The marketplace in 2028- Mike Christofferson, Director of Product Management, Enea
On the road to 2028: Embedded needs standard IPC- Joel K. Young, CTO and Senior VP of R&D, Digi International
2028–A glimpse into embedded devices' connected futureUsing object-oriented MATLAB for DSP
by James Metzger
This hands-on how-to demonstrates how to use object-oriented programming features of Matlab 2008a to model C++ digital signal processing solutions.
Break Points
2008-2028: twenty years in embedded systems
by Jack Ganssle
In 2008, embedded systems engineers still struggled with development issues. Welcome to the year 2028–life isn't perfect, but it’s better.
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Destination: 2028
by Richard Nass
This is our “time machine” issue, whereby we zip you 20 years into the future, to the year 2028.