Talk:Embedded system

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Use of the first picture

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The first picture displayed in this article details the internal architecture of a router. It would be more useful if that picture is inserted in the article about router. User : Anoop anooprs 14:51, 04 November 2007 (GMT)

The picture clearly is inadequate: "An embedded system is a computer system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system". May I ask what the mechanical or electrical system is in which the router is embedded? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.246.191.23 (talk) 21:02, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

The picture is clearly out of place here. An ADSL modem/router is not embedded in the sense the article explains. I took the image from the German Wikipedia so that it does not confuse readers unaware of the subject.--Sae1962 (talk) 13:35, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

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New External Link Suggestions

http://microcontrollershop.com/An%20Embedded%20Tools%20Introduction.php Article on tools used to develop code for Embedded Systems could also serve as a reference for some of the debugging/software sections of Wikipedia ES article.

http://www.ucpros.com/Newsletter.htm - Embedded System News Digest, Embedded System Industry News in a concise format.

Cwatti (talk) 01:27, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Added the first. Second has not been updated since 2008. ~Kvng (talk) 23:09, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Unsubstantiated "98 % of all microprocessors" claim?

The article states that "Ninety-eight percent of all microprocessors are manufactured as components of embedded systems.[4]", where [4] refers to http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/barr-code/4027479/Real-men-program-in-C . I was not able to find any support for the claimed fact on the referenced page. If there are no other sources to back it up, I would remove it. Fuyu5ama (talk) 13:47, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

It can be found on page 2 of said article: Around 98% of the new CPUs produced each year are embedded. And the number of new CPUs per year is on a long-term upward trend.

That being said, although this claim can easily be found in other publications by just googling the first sentence, it's really difficult to track the origin. Additionally, there are immensely contradictory claims to be found on other reputable resources, like in The McClean report by IC Insights. Section 11 states that embedded microprocessors actually only make up around 16%. Even considering cell phones and tablets, x86 processors found in desktop computers, servers and mainframes still make up 51%. --2003:71:F52:6400:D2E4:695C:FCBF:1460 (talk) 23:56, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Correction: The McClean Report figure only references the market share by revenue. Maybe the market share by units can be found in the full report, but I don't have the resources to access it. Alternatively, some original research might be necessary, but that's forbidden by Wikipedia's standards, as I understand. --2003:71:F00:5900:5930:97A2:6ACE:F0C4 (talk) 12:35, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

I agree with Fuyu5ama. The origin of this statistic is unclear. Furthermore, given all that has changed in embedded systems since the cited article was published in 2009, the true percentage may well have changed significantly since then. So far, I have not identified a credible source for a current estimate. tedburke (talk) 10:59, 21 Jan 2021 (UTC)

Until we find something new or decide to remove the statement, I have used {{As of}} to mark this as a dated statement. ~Kvng (talk) 15:49, 24 January 2021 (UTC)