Issues and challenges in developing embedded software for information appliances and telecommunication terminals

ABSTRACT

Information appliances are emerging in the consumer electronics market with the convergence of disparate technologies including internet access, wireless connectivity, digital audio/video support, and platform independent middleware services. This presents a great deal of new challenges to developers in the consumer electronics industry due to extremely diverse hardware components and increased software complexity.This presentation will raise a variety of technical issues we have encountered during the development of various commercial products such as digital TVs, web video phones, wireless handsets, and CDMA terminals. We will discuss in detail about proliferation of the types of consumer devices, diversity in hardware and component software technologies, and newly emerging data storage technologies for embedded systems. We will also touch upon other essential issues for embedded systems development such as quality assurance, fault isolation, power management, and optimal system design based on functional partitioning.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS

General Terms:
Documentation, Management