Dataquest begins coverage of embedded-software tool market
Despite ASIC dip, EDA looks at $3 billion year
techweb.com
The Dataquest item is at the tail end of the above article...
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The software scene
In recognition of the need to link software and hardware design, Dataquest has begun coverage of the embedded-software tool market. Daya Nadamuni, industry analyst at Dataquest, outlined preliminary estimates for a market comprising real-time operating systems (RTOS), compilers, debuggers, embedded-software development environments and system-level tools.
Nadamuni said Dataquest values the 1998 market for software only, excluding development-system hardware and emulation systems, at $559 million, with the top five vendors being Wind River Systems, Integrated Systems, Applied Microsystems, QNX Software Systems and Green Hills Software. The first four are established RTOS vendors; Green Hills is best known as a vendor of compilers.
Dataquest said RTOS sales dominate this market, accounting for 39 percent of the sales. Debugger software is next, with 14 percent, and compilers are responsible for only 9 percent. A breakdown by application sector showed telecommunications to be the largest, at 38 percent, followed by consumer electronics, 14 percent.
Before, customer bases were distinct. But now, increasingly, they are the same engineers. As such, she said, embedded-software development represents an opportunity for EDA vendors to increase revenue.
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