In my Oct. 18 entry I promised to report on Venture Development Corp.'s new report on embedded system design automation tools. A few days late, here's my report.
The worldwide market for these tools was worth $350 million last year, VDC says. Of this, a bit less than half came from license fees, with the rest going to consulting and other services. Growth, which VDC calls "significant," will be driven by several factors, including: continued growth in the aero/military and auto markets; renewed strength in telecom and datacom; a continued desire to manage the growing complexity of embedded systems in cost-effective ways; an interest in leveraging the code base for future products and extending products through a platform-based development approach; and growing acceptance of model-driven design.
What could stop the market? Continuing concerns over the usability of solutions, VDC says, along with too-high costs associated with tools, training, and implementation. Finally, there's the chance that design teams will resist migrating from their proprietary platforms and development methodologies to those of third parties.
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