2005 Embedded Market Study

2005 Embedded Market Study

Copyright © 2005, CMP Media, LLC
All rights reserved.
Methodology
The survey questionnaire was developed jointly by CMP Media (Embedded Systems Programming,
EE Times, Embedded Systems Conferences, and Embedded Systems Europe) and Wilson
Research Group. It was programmed for a Web-based survey deployment by Wilson Research
Group. A total of 45,000 nth-name selected subscribers to the sponsoring magazines were used as
the sample. On February 15, 2005, each member of the sample was sent an email invitation.
As of March 15, 2005, respondents returned a total of 1651 surveys. Overall statistical confidence
for 1651 records is 95% +/- 2.5%.
All aspects of the survey were conducted by Wilson Research Group, including all programming and
design, data cumulation, data cleaning, programming for cross-tabulations, and preparation of the
data tables.
Larry J. Wilson, President

Wilson Research Group
April, 2005
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CONTENTS
• PROJECT BACKGROUND
• PROJECT TEAM
• OPERATING SYSTEMS
• RTOS USAGE
• FPGA USAGE
• HARDWARE IPs
• MICROPROCESSORS / MICROCONTROLLERS
• 8-BIT CHIP FAMILIES
• DSP CHIP FAMILIES
• MEMORY
• ANALOG COMPONENTS
• WIRELESS
• DESIGN STAGES WHERE MOST TIME IS SPENT
• HARDWARE / SOFTWARE CODESIGN COVERIFICATION
• INDUSTRY, CAREER, DEVELOPMENT PREFERENCES

PROJECT
BACKGROUND
9
Background to Embedded Projects
Current project contains real-time capability
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
85.8
Total=1616 11.8
2.4
88.6
ESP=562 10.9
0.5
91.6
EET=143 7
1.4
Yes No Not sure
Does your current project include any real-time capability?

Current project contains networking capability
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
74
Total=1618 24
1.9
72.3
ESP=563 26.5
1.2
73.4
EET=143 23.8
2.8
Yes No Not sure
Does your current project include any networking capability?

Current project Includes wireless capability
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
39.5
Total=1618 56.9
3.6
32.6
ESP=562 66
1.4
44.1
EET=143 53.1
2.8
Yes No Not sure
Does your current project include any wireless capability?

Current project is battery powered
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
38.4
Total=1613 59.4
2.2
33.8
ESP=562 65.5
0.7
39.7
EET=141 60.3
Yes No Not sure
Is your current project battery powered?

Current project is designed to be rugged/environmentally resistant
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
57.3
Total=1614 36.9
5.8
60.4
ESP=561 36.5
3
67.8
EET=143 28.7
3.5
Yes No Not sure
Is your current project designed to be rugged or environmentally resistant?

Current project is affected by regulatory body
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
64.1
Total=1613 27.2
8.7
65.2
ESP=560 28.9
5.9
70.6
EET=143 23.1
6.3
Yes No Not sure
Is there a regulatory body that affects your project (FCC, TÜV, CE, FAA, etc.)?

Current project is an upgrade / new to the world
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
52.3
Total=1617
47.7
55.5
ESP=562
44.5
45.5
EET=143
54.5
My current project is: *Upgrade or improvement to an existing project

New to the world, a new project from scratch

Upgrade includes
Percent
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
4.5
Total=844
95.5
3.5
ESP=312
96.5
1.5
EET=65
98.5
Bug fixes only New features
Does this upgrade or improvement include:

Current project upgrade or improvement includes...
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
New or different software

83.3
features
New or different processor 58.6
New or different system

54.1
logic
New or different analog

45.8
components
New or different operating

35.3
system
Mandatory changes due to

29.2
discontinued hw / sw
Total=795
Does this upgrade or improvement include:

Number of months current project took
Months
0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 12.0 15.0 18.0
14.0
Total=1609
12.0
14.9
ESP=563
12.0
15.4
EET=142
12.0
Average number of months Median
How long did this project take to complete (in months)?

Current project completed ahead/on time/behind schedule
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
Ahead of schedule 3.7
On schedule 39.1
Late by 1-2 months 25.1
Late by more than 18 months 2.2

Average lateness = 2.9 months
Cancelled 1.8
Was the project completed...

PROJECT
TEAM
9
Project Development Team
Number of people on project development team
Number on team
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
TOTAL 13.1
ESP 16.1
EET 15.9
How many people are on your project development team?

Location of development team
Percent
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0
56.8
All in one location 60.7
49.3
In different buildings within the same 8.0

6.6
city 9.2
18.7
In different cities in the same country 17.9
26.1
16.5
Spread across different countries 14.7
15.5
TOTAL ESP EET
Is your design team...

Size of development team compared to previous project
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
25.6
Bigger than before 23.7
27.5
51.8
About the same as
49.5
before
44.4
22.6
Smaller than before 26.8
28.2
TOTAL ESP EET
Compared to your previous project, is your design team:

Funding of development team compared to previous project
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
23.4
Better-funded than
21.2
before
22.5
55.4
About the same as
55
before
54.9
21.2
Not as well funded
23.8
as before
22.5
TOTAL ESP EET
Compared to your previous project, is your design team...

Concerned with reverse engineering of product
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
41.1
Yes 39.3
47.5
58.9
No 60.7
52.5
TOTAL ESP EET
Are you (or is your organization) concerned with competitors reverse-engineering your
product?

Current project includes hardware designed in-house / purchased
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
41.2
All hardware is designed in-house 42.6
39.9
46.5
Some hardware designed in-house,
45.3
some hardware purchased 49.7
12.3
No hardware designed in-house; all
12.1
hardware purchased
10.5
TOTAL ESP EET
My current project includes:

Current project includes software designed in-house / purchased
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
49.6
All software is designed in-house 49.2
45.8
47.5
Some software designed in-house,
49.6
some software purchased 52.1
2.8
No software designed in-house; all
1.2
software purchased
2.1
TOTAL ESP EET
My current project includes:

Had “great” or “some” influence in choosing the
operating system for this project:
Percent
0 20 40 60 80 100
Software engineering mgr 61.9 87.5

Software engineering staff 51.8 87.6
System engineering mgr 43.5 75.4
Hardware engineering mgr 27.3 67.1
Hardware engineering staff 22.3 65.5

Outside influence 15.5 48.5
Corporate management 12.7 39.3
Marketing manager or department 10.9 34.4

Purchasing manager or department 4.8 25.8
Some influence Great influence
Rank how influential were each of those who chose the operating system for this project?

Had “great” or “some” influence in choosing the processor for this project:
Percent
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0
Lead engnr/engnrg mgr 60.2 89.0
Engineering staff 50.1 86.7
Group decision in engnrg 38.3 77.2
Upper management 12.4 40.4
Outside influence 9.4 34.1
Marketing 7.5 27.6
Purchasing mgr or dept 4.4 32.2
Some influence Great influence
Rank how influential were each of those who chose the processor(s) for this project?

Money spent on hardware and software
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
34.7
Total 43.8
21.5
33.6
ESP 47.3
19.1
37.4
EET 42.4
20.1
Spend more on hardware than software

Spend more on software than hardware
Spend same on hardware and software
What's the ratio of spending on projects?

Time spent on hardware and software
Percent
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0
14.3
Total 66.4
19.3
12.3
ESP 69.9
17.8
14.8
EET 66.2
19.0
Spend more time on hardware than software

Spend more time on software than hardware
Spend the same amount of time on each
What's the ratio of time spent on projects?

Number of people used on hardware and software
Percent
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0
20.0
Total 53.4
26.6
20.7
ESP 56.2
23.0
27.5
EET 45.8
26.8
More manpower on hardware than software

More manpower on software than hardware
Same manpower on each
What's the ratio of manpower devoted to projects?

Primary language used in current project / next project
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
51.4
7.8 26.4
2.9
Currently use 2
2.6
0.9
6.1
47.7
30.6
5.3
Will use 4.9
1.7
3
1.1
5.7
C C++ Assembly Java BASIC UML, MatLab, etc. XML Other
My current project is programmed mostly in:

My next project will likely be programmed mostly in:

Primary language used in current project
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
57.1
7.1 25
ESP 2.5
1.2
1.2
0.4
5.5
47.9
30.7
6.4
EET 2.9
1.4
5.7
My current project is programmed mostly in:

Primary language used in next project
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
52.4
31.1
4.8
3.9
ESP
1.1
1.6
0.5
4.6
46.4
35.7
3.6
EET 2.9
1.4
5
0.7
4.3
My next project will likely be programmed mostly in:

Preference towards keeping...
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
33.4
28.7
Total 24.2
8.4
5.4
34.5
28.6
ESP 23.8
8.2
4.8
27.9
33.6
EET 25
8.6
5
Compiler/IDE Operating system/RTOS Processor

System logic Bus interfaces
If I could keep only one, I'd keep using my current:

Company uses third party software
Percent
0 20 40 60 80 100
84.5
61.7
ESP 55.9
46.4
30.2
15.5
88.6
65
EET 64.3
50
30.7
11.4
Any third party (Net) Use commercial OS

Use commercial stacks, protocols Use open-source, shareware
Use commercial applications No, we develop all code in-house
Does your company ever use outside or third-party software?

Current project uses third party software
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Any third party (Net) 67.9
Commercial code 39.1
Open-source, shareware 28.8
No, all code developed in-house 32.1
Total=1608
Does your current project include any third-party software?

Current project uses third party software
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
68
44
ESP
24
32
72.3
40.4
EET
31.9
27.7
Any third party (Net) Commercial code

Open-source, shareware No, all code developed in-house
Does your current project include any third-party software?

OPERATING
SYSTEMS
9
Operating System
Current project uses...
Percent
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0
Any OS (Net) 80.9
Commercial OS, RTOS, or kernel 44.2
Open-source OS, RTOS, or kernel 20.2
Internally developed OS, RTOS, or

16.5
kernel
No OS, RTOS, or kernel 19.1
Total
My current project uses:

Operating System
Reasons for not using a commercial OS
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Current solution works fine 56.9

Too expensive 48.4
No reliance on commercial supplier 34.9
Incompatibility w/ software, etc 20.4
Uses too much memory 19.8
Lacks feature I need 13.5
Too hard to learn to use 12.8
No need for multitasking 11.4
Other 12.9
Total
What are your reasons for not using a commercial operating system?

Operating System
Next project will likely use...
Percent
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0
Any OS (NET) 85.5
Commercial OS, RTOS, or kernel 42.7
Open-source OS, RTOS, or kernel 29.0
Internally developed OS, RTOS, or

13.7
kernel
No OS, RTOS, or kernel 14.5
Total
My next project will likely use:

Operating System
Used same OS in previous project
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
56
Total
44
57.5
ESP
42.5
53.6
EET
46.4
Yes No
Did you use the same operating system, RTOS, or kernel in your previous project?

Operating System
Reasons for using same OS
Percent
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0
Happy with current one 57.0

To maintain sw compatibility 50.4
To maintain same tools, sw 45.9
To use expertise / familiarity 45.4
Switching too expensive 30.9
Not my choice 11.2
Happy with supplier 9.7
No good alternatives available 7.7
Other 4.0
Total
Why did you use the same operating system?

Operating System
Reasons for switching OS
Percent
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0
Hardware, processor changed 39.9

Better features 31.3
Better sw / development tools 23.9
Better future growth path 23.2
New OS is cheaper 18.8
Not my choice 18.5
Previous OS no longer available 8.8
Unhappy w/ previous OS supplier 8.7
Previous OS too slow 6.6
Total
Why did you switch operating systems?

Operating System
Items affecting choice of OS
Percent
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0
Cost, royalty rate 57.5
Devlpmnt tools, third-party sw 50.9
Roadmap / growth path 37.3
Open-source availability 32.4
Supplier's reputation 25.9
Supplier's product line 9.8
Total
What affected your choice of new operating system?

Operating System
Considering Linux
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Any yes answer (Net) 73.5
Yes, using it now 24.4
Yes, likely to use it soon 16.9
Yes, but not likely to use it soon 32.2
No, not interested in using it 26.5
Total
Are you considering using Linux?

Operating System
Considering Linux
Percent
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0
70.1
22.4
ESP 14.1
33.6
29.9
67.4
23.4
EET 12.1
31.9
32.6
Any yes answer (Net) Yes, using it now

Yes, likely to use it soon Yes, but not likely to use it soon
No, not interested in using it
Are you considering using Linux?

Operating System
Primary reasons for using or considering Linux
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Low cost 68.8
Adaptability / extensibility 58.4
Control of features/migration 42.9
Avoids commercial alternatives 39.1
Performance 38.3
Memory requirements 13.8
Total
What are your primary reasons for using or considering using Linux?

Operating System
Primary reasons for not considering Linux
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Incompatibility 50.5
Performance/real-time capability 28.3
Support 27.3
Memory usage 24.1
Development tools 19.8
Legal ambiguity 13.9
Cost 8.8
Other 18.0
Total
What are your primary reasons for not considering Linux?

RTOS USAGE
9
RTOS
Real time deadlines
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Under 1 microsecond 9
In the range of 1-5 microseconds 13
Greater than 1 millisecond 25
Total
What real-time deadlines do you have?

RTOS
Mean and median real time deadlines (in microseconds)
Percent
0 100 200 300 400 500
456
ESP
112
387
EET
64
Mean (microseconds) Median (microseconds)
What real-time deadlines do you have?

RTOS
RTOS suppliers currently use (Tier 1)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Any RTOS vendor (Net) 59
Any Wind River (Net) 21
Wind River (VxWorks) 18
Wind River (pSOS) 5
Wind River (Platform neLinux) 1
Any Microsoft (Net) 19
Microsoft (Win CE) 13
Microsoft (Embedded NT) 9
Total
Which of the following RTOS suppliers do you CURRENTLY use?

RTOS
Percent
0 2 4 6 8 10
Red Hat (IX Linux) 9
Texas Instruments (DSP/BIOS) 7
QNX (QNX) 6
Any Green Hills (Net) 5
Green Hills (ThreadX) 3
Green Hills (Integrity) 3
MontaVista (MV Linux) 5
Any ThreadX (Net) 5

RTOS
Percent
0 1 2 3 4 5
Any LynuxWorks (Net) 5

LynuxWorks (LynxOS) 4
LynuxWorks (BlueCat) 1
eCos 4
Mentor (Accelerated Technology) 4
Keil (RTX) 3
Express Logic (ThreadX) 2
Symbian (EPOC) 2
TimeSys (Linux/RT) 2

RTOS
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
FSMLabs (RT Linux) 2
OSE systems (OSE) 1
Quadros (RTXC) 1
Metrowerks (OSEKturbo) 1
Radisys (OS-9) 1
Kadak (AMX) 1
None of these 41

RTOS
Highly or somewhat likely to use in the next 12 months (Tier 1)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Wind River (pSOS) 6
How likely are you to use any of the following suppliers in the next 12 months?

RTOS
Percent
0 5 10 15 20


RTOS
Percent
0 5 10 15 20
Any ThreadX (Net) 9

QNX (QNX) 9
eCos 8
Keil (RTX) 6
Symbian (EPOC) 6

RTOS
Percent
0 5 10 15 20
Metrowerks
4
(OSEKturbo)
OSE systems
4
(OSE)
Quadros (RTXC) 3
Radisys (OS-9) 3
Kadak (AMX) 2

RTOS
Likelihood of using in the next 12 months is uncertain (Tier 1)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Wind River (pSOS) 17

RTOS
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
Any ThreadX (Net) 22

RTOS
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
QNX (QNX) 21
eCos 19
OSE systems (OSE) 19
Keil (RTX) 18

RTOS
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
Symbian (EPOC) 17
Quadros (RTXC) 17
Metrowerks (OSEKturbo) 17
Kadak (AMX) 17
Radisys (OS-9) 17

FPGA USAGE
9
CUSTOM CHIPS
Includes custom chips
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Any customizable chip (Net) 65
FPGA 41
PLD/CPLD 30
Full-custom ASIC 15
Configurable or customizable processor 14
Other custom or customizable chips 6
Cell-based ASIC 5
Structured ASIC 4
Does your CURRENT project include any of these custom (or customizable) chips?

FPGA
Use a processor inside the FPGA
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Any yes answer (Net) 32
Yes, a "soft core" processor (Nios II,

14
MicroBlaze, PicoBlaze, etc.)
Yes, a "hard core" processor (PowerPC,

18
ARM7, 8051, etc.)
No processor in my FPGA 68
Do you use a processor inside the FPGA?

FPGA
Use a processor inside the FPGA
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
23
10
ESP
13
77
44
15
EET
29
57
Any yes answer (Net)

Yes, a "soft core" processor (Nios II, MicroBlaze, PicoBlaze, etc.)
Yes, a "hard core" processor (PowerPC, ARM7, 8051, etc.)
No processor in my FPGA
Do you use a processor inside the FPGA?

FPGA
FPGA includes other kinds of soft IP
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
UART / low-speed serial interface 47.9
PCI, PCI-X, or PCI Express interface 34.1
Ethernet MAC or PHY interface 31.8
USB interface 29.8
Encryption / decryption / security logic 18.5
VGA, S-video, DVI 14.4
Serial ATA (SATA) 10.7
Total
Does your FPGA include these other kinds of "soft IP?"

FPGA
FPGA includes other kinds of soft IP (continued)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Firewire / IEEE-1394 interface 9.9
RapidIO interface 7.5
VME, Futurebus, PC/104, backplane 7.3
S/PDIF or other audio interface 5.2
HyperTransport interface 3.2
Other 12.9
Total
Does your FPGA include these other kinds of "soft IP?"

FPGA
FPGA used for signal-processing (DSP) work
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Yes 39
No 61
Total
Do you use your FPGA for signal-processing (DSP) work?

FPGA
FPGA used for signal-processing (DSP) work
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
36
Yes
48
64
No
52
ESP EET
Do you use your FPGA for signal-processing (DSP) work?

FPGA
FPGA, PLD, or CPLD vendor's parts used
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Any vendor (Net) 63.4

67.6
Xilinx 42.2
43.9
Altera 24.3
35.3
Atmel 12.1
7.9
Lattice 6.8
9.4
Cypress 5.1
7.2
Actel 6.2
5
QuickLogic 2.7
5
ESP EET
Which FPGA, PLD, or CPLD vendor's parts do you use?

FPGA
NEXT project will likely contain FPGAs or programmable logic
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
60.2
Yes 57.2
61.3
39.8
No 42.8
38.7
Total ESP EET
Will your NEXT project likely contain FPGAs or programmable logic?

FPGA
Will likely use a processor inside the FPGA
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
36.2
Any yes (Net)
45.3
Yes, a "soft core" processor (NiosII, 15.6

MicroBlaze, PicoBlaze, etc.) 19.8
Yes, a "hard core" processor (PowerPC, 20.6

ARM7, 8051, etc.) 25.6
63.8
No plans to use a processor in my FPGA
54.7
ESP EET
Will you likely use a processor inside the FPGA?

FPGA
Ways FPGAs are used
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Use FPGAs in any way (Net) 60.5
Use in production 43.4
Use in development, not production 20.3
Don't use / don't meet our technical needs 14.1
Don't use / they're too expensive 6.6
Total
In what ways do you use FPGAs?

HARDWARE IP
9
Hardware IP
Current project reuses hardware or hardware IP from a previous project
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
No, all new hardware, no hardware or IP

27.2
reuse
72.8
Yes, reused some hardware or IP that

59.5
was developed in-house
10.4
Yes, reused some public domain

3
hardware IP
Total
Does your current project reuse hardware or hardware IP from a previous project?

MICROPROCESSORS /
MICROCONTROLLERS
9
Microprocessors / Microcontrollers
Current project contains:
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
A single microprocessor or
52.3
microcontroller
2 processors or microcontrollers 22.6
3-5 processors or microcontrollers 14.3
6-10 processors or microcontrollers 4.4
More than 10 processors or Mean = 2.7 processors

6.4
microcontrollers
Total=1601
My current project contains:

Current project contains:
Number of processors / controllers

0 1 2 3 4
3.0
Mean
2.9
2.0
Median
2.0
ESP=562 EET=140
My current project contains:

Project also contains
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Multiple identical processor chips 33.6
Multiple different processor chips 55.3
Single chip with multiple identical

6.0
processor cores
Single chip with multiple different

5.2
processor cores
Total=733
Does your project also contain:

Project also contains
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
37.4
Multiple identical processor chips
26.8
51.9
Multiple different processor chips
60.6
Single chip with multiple identical 5.6

processor cores 7.0
Single chip with multiple different 5.2

processor cores 5.6
ESP=270 EET=71
Does your project also contain:

Current project's main processor
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
8-bit processor 16.4
10/12/14-bit
1.5
processor
Total=1600
My current project's main processor is a:

Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
16.9
8-bit processor
16.4
10/12/14-bit 1.1
processor 1.4
18.0
16-bit processor
15.0
56.6
32-bit processor
57.9
6.2
64-bit processor
5.7
ESP=562 EET=140

Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
44.7
RISC processor
43.6
35.1
CISC processor
30.0
9.3
DSP processor
10.0
3.9
Network/ communications processor
5.0
1.6
Custom or in-house processor
3.6
0.7
Media processor
0.7
ESP EET

Current project's main processor clock rate
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Under 10MHz 9.2
10 - 99MHz 34.7
100 - 249MHz 16.7
250 - 499MHz 13.1
500 - 749MHz 7.1
750 - 999MHz 2.7 Mean = 337 MHz
1GHz or more 11.4
Total
My current project's main processor clock rate is:

Current project's main processor clock rate
MHz
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
354
Mean
341
149
Median
126
ESP EET
My current project's main processor clock rate is:

Did you use the same processor in your previous project?
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
47
Yes 48
36
53
No 52
64
Total=1602 ESP EET
Did you use the same processor in your previous project?

Reason for using the same processor
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Maintain software compatibility 60
Maintain same devlpmnt tools 58
Happy w/ processor/supplier 55
To use expertise / familiarity 55
Too expensive to switch 29
No other suitable processors 5

Total=747
Not my choice 10
Why did you use the same processor?

Reason for using the same processor
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
64
Maintain software compatibility
66
60
Maintain same devlpmnt tools 68
53
Happy w/ processor/supplier
62
60
To use expertise / familiarity 56
33
Too expensive to switch 38
6
No other suitable processors 6 ESP=266 EET=50
9
Not my choice 10
Why did you use the same processor?

Reasons for switching processors
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Had better features 49

Previous processor too slow 36
Better growth path / roadmap 31
Better sw / dvlpmnt tools 24
Prev. processor unavailable 17
Prev. processor too expensive 9
Prev. processor didn't meet reqrmts 7
Unhappy with previous supplier 2
Not my choice 18
Total=836
What were your reasons for switching processors?

Reasons for switching processors
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Had better features 50

51
Previous processor too slow 36
37
Better growth path / roadmap 32
41
Better sw / dvlpmnt tools 24
22
Prev. processor unavailable 14
24
Prev. processor too expensive 9
8
Prev. processor didn't meet reqrmts 9
14
Unhappy with previous supplier 2
5
Not my choice 20
10
ESP=291 EET=87
What were your reasons for switching processors?

When switched processors
Percent
40 45 50 55 60
Choose a different
processor from the
SAME family, 47.2
architecture, or
instruction set
Choose a
processor from a
DIFFERENT family, 52.8
architecture, or
instruction set
Total=825
When you switched processors did you:

When switching processors
Percent
40 45 50 55 60
Choose a different
processor from the 46.2
SAME family,
architecture, or 51.7
instruction set
Choose a
processor from a 53.8
DIFFERENT family,
architecture, or 48.3
instruction set
ESP=286 EET=89
When you switched processors did you:

Items affecting choice of new processor
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Selection of software / tools 57
Future roadmap / growth path 50
Software compatibility 49
Supplier's reputation 37
Supplier's product line 18
Architectural "newness" 17
Total=794
What affected your choice of new processor?

Items affecting choice of new processor
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
61
Selection of software / tools
53
56
Future roadmap / growth path
58
49
Software compatibility
46
41
Supplier's reputation
40
18
Supplier's product line
24
12
Architectural "newness"
17
ESP=276 EET=85
What affected your choice of new processor?

What's more important when choosing a microprocessor?
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
37.8
The chip itself
33.8
The "ecosystem" 62.2

surrounding the
chip (software,
tools, support, etc.) 66.2
ESP=555 EET=139
What's more important when choosing a microprocessor?

Prefer to get other hardware components from processor supplier
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Strongly agree 9.5
Agree 24.5
Neutral 60.6
Disagree 3.9
Strongly disagree 1.5
Total=1587
Do you prefer to get other hardware components from your processor supplier?

Prefer to get other hardware components from processor supplier
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
7.5
Strongly agree
12.9
20.8
Agree
25.7
66
Neutral
57.1
4.7
Disagree
3.6
1.1
Strongly disagree
0.7
ESP=559 EET=140
Do you prefer to get other hardware components from your processor supplier?

Prefer to get software tools from processor supplier
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
Strongly agree 13.4
Agree 31.5
Neutral 42.5
Disagree 8.9
Strongly disagree 3.7
Total=1585
Do you prefer to get software tools from your processor supplier?

Prefer to get software tools from processor supplier
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
10.4
Strongly agree
14.3
28.7
Agree
25.7
45.8
Neutral
49.3
10.4
Disagree
9.3
4.7
Strongly disagree
1.4
ESP=557 EET=140
Do you prefer to get software tools from your processor supplier?

Most important factors in choosing a processor
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
SW dev. tools available 73

The chip's performance 47
The chip's cost 42
Operating systems it supports 36
HW dev. tools available 35
SW available for it 32
On-chip I/O or peripherals 26
Chip power consumption 20
Supplier's reputation 12
Total=1583
What are the most important factors in choosing a processor?

Have used instruction-set architectures in the past 12 months?
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
x86 (386, Pentium, 41.3

Athlon, etc.) 41.0
32.5
8051, 8051XA
31.1
34.7
PowerPC
38.5
ARM ARM7, ARM9, 27.5

Cortex, etc. 25.4
26.3
68K, ColdFire ESP=501 EET=122
27.9
6805, 68_11, 68_12, 25.5

68_16 27.9
Have you used any of these instruction-set architectures in the past/next 12 months?

Have used instruction-set architectures in the past 12 months?
Percent
0 10 20 30 40
7.8
DSP Group/Parthus/Ceva Oak, Pine, Cedar
16.4
8.2
H8, M16C, M32C, M32R
11.5
10.0
MIPS 4K, 5K, 20K
4.9
8.8
SPARC
10.7
ESP=501 EET=122
3.2
SuperH SH2, SH4
2.5
Have you used any of these instruction-set architectures in the past/next 12 months?

Microprocessors / Microcontrollers (Tier 1)
Would consider these instruction-set architectures in the next 12 months?
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
47.6
ARM ARM7, ARM9, Cortex 45.1
PowerPC
48.0
50.0
36.1
x86 (386, Pentium, Athlon) 36.9
68K, ColdFire
27.0
28.7
21.7
8051, 8051XA 23.0
14.6
DSP Group/Parthus/Ceva Oak, Pine, Cedar 20.5
6805, 68_11, 68_12, 68_16
21.4
26.2
16.6 ESP=471 EET=122
MIPS 4K, 5K, 20K 14.8
Would you consider any of these instruction-set architectures in the next 12 months?

Microprocessors / Microcontrollers (Tier 2)
Would consider these instruction-set architectures in the next 12 months?
Percent
0 10 20 30 40
14.0
H8, M16C, M32C, M32R
17.2
10.0
SPARC
11.5
8.7
SuperH SH2, SH4, etc.
11.5
6.4
StarCore DSP
4.1
4.2
Tensilica Xtensa, LX
4.1
ESP=471 EET=122
3.6
ARC A4, A600, A700, etc.
5.7
Would you consider any of these instruction-set architectures in the next 12 months?

Embedded processors currently used
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
Freescale / Motorola (Net) 46.2

44.1
37.1
Motorola 32.4
27.6
Intel 21.3
Texas Instruments 20.4
29.4
Microchip 18.4
20.6
16.0
Atmel 14.0
Freescale 15.3
18.4
AMD 9.6
7.4
7.1
Renesas / Hitachi / Mitsubishi (Net) 6.6
Analog Devices 7.5
11.0
ESP=550 EET=136
Which of the following embedded processors do you currently use?

Embedded processors currently used (continued)
Percent
0 10 20 30
5.1
Philips 6.6
IBM 8.0
5.1
Xilinx 4.0
8.8
4.9
Altera 5.1
Hitachi 4.4
3.7
Zilog 4.7
5.1
Infineon 2.9
2.2
STMicro 2.9
1.5
2.2
Renesas 2.2
Cypress 4.4
2.9
ESP=550 EET=136

Percent
0 5 10 15 20
Rabbit Semiconductor 3.6

5.1
2.4
NEC 2.2
2.0
Dallas/Maxim 2.2
Cygnal 1.8
2.2
National Semiconductor 1.3
2.2
1.3
Samsung 2.9
Silicon Labs 1.8
0.7
Toshiba 1.3
0.5
Fujitsu 1.5
Sharp 1.5
0.7
ESP=550 EET=136

Percent
0 5 10 15 20
0.5
AMCC 1.5
Mitsubishi 0.9
1.5
LSI Logic 1.1
0.5
PMC-Sierra
Agere 1.1
2.9
Oki Semiconductor 0.9
Transmeta
0.7
IDT 0.7
0.2
Holtek
Other 6.4
2.9
ESP=550 EET=136

Likely to use embedded processors in the next 12 months
Average Rating: 5=Very likely, 4=somewhat likely, 3=Neutral,
2=Somewhat unlikely, 1=Highly unlikely
0 1 2 3 4 5
Motorola 2.8
Intel 2.7
Freescale 2.5
Microchip 2.5
Atmel 2.4
Analog Devices 2.1
AMD 2.1
Xilinx 2.1
Philips 2
Total=1513
How likely you are to use any of the following embedded processors in the next 12 months? -

Likely to use embedded processors in the next 12 months (continued)
0 1 2 3 4 5
IBM 1.9
Altera 1.9
Dallas/Maxim 1.9
Cypress 1.8
Hitachi 1.8
STMicro 1.8
Renesas 1.8
Zilog 1.8
Total=1513
How likely you are to use any of the following embedded processors in the next 12 months?

0 1 2 3 4 5
Infineon 1.7
NEC 1.7
Cygnal 1.7
Fujitsu 1.6
Toshiba 1.6
Silicon Labs 1.6
Sharp 1.6
Samsung 1.6
Mitsubishi 1.6
Total=1513

0 1 2 3 4 5
LSI Logic 1.6
AMCC 1.6
IDT 1.5
Transmeta 1.5
PMC-Sierra 1.5
Agere 1.5
Holtek 1.5
Total=1513

Highly/somewhat likely to use embedded processors in the next 12 months?
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Freescale/Motorola (Net)
Motorola 36.6
43.8
Intel 34.2
32.1
44.5
26.2
Microchip 36.1
30.9
Freescale 33.6
Atmel 22.2
25.5
Analog Devices 14.7
22.9
Xilinx 12.3
17.1
14.7
AMD 18.8
ESP=541 EET=130
Highly likely, somewhat likely

(Continued)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Renesas / Hitachi / Mitsubishi (Net) 12.2

16.8
12.7
Philips 17.6
11.5
IBM 11.9
Altera 7.7
11.9
Dallas/Maxim 8.4
8.3
7.8
Cypress 10.3
Renesas 6.6
8.6
Hitachi 8.6
10.5
8.2
Zilog 9.5
9.4
ESP=541 EET=130

(Continued)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Infineon 5.0
7.5
6.1
STMicro 7.5
5.9
NEC 4.5
8.7
Cygnal 4.9
6.6
2.5
Samsung 7.5
Silicon Labs 2.5
4.8
Fujitsu 2.5
4.8
3.0
Toshiba 5.6
Mitsubishi 2.8
4.8
ESP=541 EET=130

(Continued)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
3.6
Sharp 5.7
LSI Logic 3.4
4.8
2.1
AMCC 3.7
Agere 2.3
3.7
2.4
1.9
Transmeta 1.9
1.9
PMC-Sierra 2.9
1.5
IDT 1.0
0.2
Holtek 1.9
ESP=541 EET=130

8-BIT CHIP FAMILIES
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8-Bit Chip Families
Have used 8-bit chip families in the past 12 months (1 of 3)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Any Microchip PIC (Net) 44.4

43.4
31.2
Microchip PIC 14/16 31.6
18.0
Microchip PIC 18 19.7
15.8
14.5
30.5
Any Atmel (Net) 27.6
Atmel AVR 24.4
14.5
Atmel 80xx 11.3
14.5
23.2
Intel 80xx, 251 21.1
Freescale HC05, HC08, HC11 26.0
23.7
ESP=311 EET=76
Have you used any of these 8-bit chip families in the past 12 months? - Have used

8-Bit Chip Families
Have used 8-bit chip families in the past 12 months? (2 of 3)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
16.4
Zilog Z8, Z80, Z180, eZ80
14.5
9.3
Dallas/Maxim 80xx 6.6
Rabbit 2000, 3000 10.0
10.5
6.4
Philips P80x, P87x, P89x
6.6
5.5
Cypress PSoC 7.9
4.5
Renesas H8/300, 3800, 7200, 7600, R8C/Tiny,etc.
3.9
6.4
Cygnal/SiLabs 80xx
5.3
TI TMS370, 7000 5.1
7.9
ESP=311 EET=76

8-Bit Chip Families
Have used 8-bit chip families in the past 12 months? (3 of 3)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
4.8
STMicro ST6, ST7, ST8
3.2
Xilinx PicoBlaze
1.3
1.9
Infineon C500
3.9
2.3
NEC K0
2.6
1.9
Ubicom SX
1.3
1.3
National COP8
6.6
3.2
Other
5.3
ESP=311 EET=76

8-Bit Chip Families
Would consider any of these 8-bit chip families (1 of 3)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Any Atmel(Net) 50.2

46.3
Atmel AVR 34.3
37.8
Atmel 80xx 17.5
19.5
53.7
41.5
39.0
25.6
26.8
35.4
Intel 80xx, 251 21.8
22.0
ESP=303 EET=82
Would you consider any of these 8-bit chip families?

8-Bit Chip Families
Would consider any of these 8-bit chip families? (2 of 3)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
25.4
Zilog Z8, Z80, Z180, eZ80
22.0
21.1
Rabbit 2000, 3000
14.6
16.2
Dallas/Maxim 80xx
17.1
13.2
Xilinx PicoBlaze
17.1
15.2
TI TMS370, 7000
25.6
12.2
Renesas H8/300, 3800, 7200, 7600, R8C/Tiny, etc
12.2
13.2
Cypress PSoC
12.2
13.9
Cygnal/SiLabs 80xx
12.2
ESP=303 EET=82

8-Bit Chip Families
Would consider any of these 8-bit chip families? (3 of 3)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
13.2
STMicro ST6, ST7, ST8
11.0
9.2
Philips P80x, P87x, P89x
14.6
4.0
Infineon C500
12.2
4.0
NEC K0
9.8
5.0
Ubicom SX
7.3
3.3
National COP8
12.2
2.3
Other
3.7
ESP=303 EET=82

8-Bit Chip Families
Have used / would consider any of these 8-bit chip families (1 of 3)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60


Any Atmel (Net) 42.4
Atmel AVR 36.1
Atmel 80xx 20.2

Intel 80xx, 251 30.4
Total=1059
Have you used or would you consider using any of these 8-bit chip families?

8-Bit Chip Families
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Zilog Z8, Z80, Z180, eZ80 22.2
Dallas/Maxim 80xx 17.2
Rabbit 2000, 3000 16.3
TI TMS370, 7000 13.6
Xilinx PicoBlaze 12.7
Philips P80x, P87x, P89x 12.7
STMicro ST6, ST7, ST8 12.5
Cypress PSoC 12.5
Total=1059

8-Bit Chip Families
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Renesas H8/300, 3800, 7200, 7600, R8C/Tiny, etc. 11.8
Cygnal/SiLabs 80xx 10.5
Infineon C500 6.8
NEC K0 5.1
Ubicom SX 4.7
National COP8 4.5
Other 4.5
Total=1059

16 BIT CHIP FAMILIES
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16-Bit Chip Families
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
31.3
Intel 8086, 186, 286
25.9
29.8
Any Freescale (Net)
35.2
21.7
Freescale HC12
27.8
14.6
Freescale HC16
14.8
19.2
TI MSP430
14.8
17.7
AMD 186, 188
14.8
12.1
Philips 8051XA
7.4
ESP=198 EET=54
Have you used any of these 16-bit chip families in the past 12 months?

Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Renesas H8/300H, H8S, 11.1

H8S/2000, M16C 14.8
7.1
Microchip dsPIC
5.6
8.6
Infineon C161, C167
9.3
9.1
Zilog Z180, Z380
5.6
5.1
STMicro ST9, ST10
3.7
4.0
Other
3.7
ESP=198 EET=54

Would consider 16-bit chip families (1 of 2)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
41.2
Any Freescale (Net)
41.7
31.0
Freescale HC12
31.9
30.2
Freescale HC16
33.3
31.4
TI MSP430
41.7
33.1
Microchip dsPIC
31.9
26.5
Intel 8086, 186, 286
23.6
21.2
Philips 8051XA
19.4
ESP=245 EET=72

Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Renesas H8/300H, H8S, 18.0

H8S/2000, M16C 12.5
19.2
AMD 186, 188
20.8
18.0
Zilog Z180, Z380
11.1
8.2
Infineon C161, C167
15.3
12.7
STMicro ST9, ST10
15.3
2.0
Other
2.8
ESP=245 EET=72

Have used / would consider using 16-bit chip families (1 of 2)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Any Freescale (Net) 31.5
Freescale HC12 24.3
Freescale HC16 22.2
Intel 8086, 186, 286 30.3
TI MSP430 28.1
Microchip dsPIC 27.4
Philips 8051XA 20.0
Total=855

Have used / would consider using 16-bit chip families (2 of 2)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
AMD 186, 188 19.1
Renesas H8/300H, H8S,

16.6
H8S/2000, M16C
Zilog Z180, Z380 14.3
Infineon C161, C167 13.3
STMicro ST9, ST10 12.5
Other 5.3
Total=855

32-BIT CHIP FAMILIES
9
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Any Intel (Net) 45.9

35.5
Intel 386, 486, Pentium, Celeron 39.3
32.9
Intel PXA, IXP, XScale (ARM) 10.9
6.6
Intel Itanium 3.3
3.9
43.4
Freescale 68K, ColdFire 21.5
22.4
Freescale PowerPC 7xx, 8xx 13.9
14.5
Freescale PowerQUICC 9.1
9.2
11.8
Freescale DragonBall MX (ARM) 2.7
3.9
ESP=331 EET=76

Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
16.0
Any AMD (Net)
19.7
13.9
AMD 386, 486, Athlon, Opteron, Geode
15.8
3.9
AMD Alchemy (MIPS)
5.3
19.6
IBM PowerPC 4xx, 7xx
17.1
3.6
Xilinx MicroBlaze, PowerPC 405
7.9
4.8
Altera Nios, Nios II
5.3
4.5
Any SPARC
6.6
ESP=331 EET=76

Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
2.1
AMCC PowerPC 4xx
5.3
Renesas SuperH, H8SX, 1.5
M32C, M32R 3.9
2.4
STMicro ST20
1.3
0.9
Fujitsu FR series
2.6
0.3
Transmeta (any)
1.3
6.9
Other
7.9
ESP=331 EET=76

Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60

40.0
30.0
21.1
Intel Itanium 10.2
11.1
43.3
27.8
21.1
18.9
21.1
16.7
ESP=354 EET=90

Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
25.1
Any AMD (Net)
28.9
21.8
AMD 386, 486, Athlon, Opteron, Geode
24.4
7.9
AMD Alchemy (MIPS)
16.7
30.2
IBM PowerPC 4xx, 7xx
28.9
16.9
Xilinx MicroBlaze, PowerPC 405
26.7
13.0
Altera Nios, Nios II
14.4
9.0
Renesas SuperH, H8SX, M32C, M32R
8.9
ESP=354 EET=90

Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
7.1
STMicro ST20
8.9
7.9
AMCC PowerPC 4xx
13.3
5.6
Transmeta (any)
6.7
7.3
Any SPARC
6.7
2.5
Fujitsu FR series
7.8
4.5
Other
10.0
ESP=354 EET=90

Have used / would consider 32-bit chip families (1 of 3)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Intel Itanium 9.4


Total=1072

Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Any AMD (Net) 25.5
AMD 386, 486, Athlon, Opteron, Geode 22.8
AMD Alchemy (MIPS) 8.7
IBM PowerPC 4xx, 7xx 24.7
Xilinx MicroBlaze, PowerPC 405 18.4
Altera Nios, Nios II 13.2
Renesas SuperH, H8SX, M32C, M32R 9.0
Total=1072

Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
AMCC PowerPC 4xx 7.0
STMicro ST20 6.8
Any SPARC 6.2
Transmeta (any) 5.8
Fujitsu FR series 4.1
Other 8.1
Total=1072

DSP CHIP FAMILIES
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DSP Chip Families
Have used DSP chip families in the past 12 months (1 of 2)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
59.7
Any TI (Net) 57.1
42.0
TI C2000, C5000, C6000
46.4
26.0
TI C3x, C8x 23.2
Any Analog Devices (Net) 35.9
39.3
16.0
Analog Devices ADSP-21xx
14.3
Analog Devices SHARC 14.4
14.3
11.6
Analog Devices Blackfin
17.9
Analog Devices TigerSHARC 6.6
8.9
ESP=181 EET=56
Have you used any of these DSP chip families in the past 12 months?

DSP Chip Families
Have used DSP chip families in the past 12 months (2 of 2)
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
13.3
Any Freescale (Net)
7.1
Freescale 563xx, 9.9

566xx, 568xx, 96xxx 3.6
Freescale StarCore 4.4

71xx, 81xx 3.6
1.1
Agere 16xxx
3.6
8.3
Other
10.7
ESP=181 EET=56
Have you used any of these DSP chip families in the past 12 months?

DSP Chip Families
Would consider DSP chip families (1 of 2)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
65.5
Any TI (Net)
59.4
51.9
TI C2000, C5000, C6000 52.2
TI C3x, C8x 33.2
34.8
49.8
Any Analog Devices (Net)
53.6
36.2
Analog Devices Blackfin 40.6
24.7
Analog Devices SHARC
24.6
23.0
Analog Devices TigerSHARC
20.3
Analog Devices ADSP-21xx 17.9
26.1
ESP=235 EET=69
Would you consider any of these DSP chip families?

DSP Chip Families
Would consider DSP chip families (2 of 2)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
28.1
Any Freescale (Net)
26.1
Freescale 563xx, 25.1

566xx, 568xx, 96xxx 21.7
Freescale StarCore 18.3

71xx, 81xx 15.9
4.3
Agere 16xxx
10.1
5.1
Other (specify)
10.1
ESP=235 EET=69
Would you consider any of these DSP chip families?

DSP Chip Families
Have used / would consider DSP chip families (1 of 2)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Any TI (Net) 64.8
TI C2000, C5000, C6000 53.8
TI C3x, C8x 32.9
Any Analog Devices (Net) 53.3
Analog Devices Blackfin 35.3
Analog Devices SHARC 24.8
Analog Devices ADSP-21xx 24.1
Analog Devices TigerSHARC 21.7
Total=733
Have you used or would you consider using any of these DSP chip families?

DSP Chip Families
Have used / would consider DSP chip families (2 of 2)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
Freescale 563xx,
21.4
566xx, 568xx, 96xxx
Freescale StarCore
14.2
71xx, 81xx
Agere 16xxx 4.4
Other 7.0
Total=733
Have you used or would you consider using any of these DSP chip families?

MEMORY
9
Memory
How much memory current project includes
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Less than 16KB 7.5
16KB to less than

17.4
128KB
128KB to less than

19.2
1MB
1MB to 16MB 24.5
More than 16MB 31.3
Total=1580
How much memory does you current project include?

Memory
How much memory current project includes
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
6.8
Less than 16KB
5.1
16KB to less than 16.6

128KB 17.4
128KB to less than 18
1MB 21.7
22.8
1MB to 16MB
25.4
35.8
More than 16MB
30.4
ESP=561 EET=138
How much memory does you current project include?

Memory
Current project uses the following types of memory devices
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Flash memory 76.4
SRAM 54.8
DRAM 47.7
EEPROM (electrically erasable) 45.3
EPROM 11.6
PROM (one-time programmable) 6.5
CAM 1.1
MRAM 1.1
Total=1490
My current project uses the following types of memory devices (not memory in the processor)

Memory
Current project uses the following types of memory devices
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
78.1
Flash memory
73.5
55.4
SRAM 53.0
DRAM 50.8
47.0
45.2
EEPROM (electrically erasable)
40.2
11.2
EPROM 17.4
5.0
PROM (one-time programmable)
9.1
1.2
CAM
0.8
MRAM 0.6
0.8
ESP=516 EET=132
My current project uses the following types of memory devices (not memory in the processor)

Memory
Next project is likely to use the following types of memory devices
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Flash memory 80.9
SRAM 54.7
DRAM 49.2
EPROM 10.8
MRAM 2.7
CAM 1.7
Total=1488
My next project is likely to use the following types of memory devices (not memory in the
processor):

Memory
Next project is likely to use the following types of memory devices
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
84.0
Flash memory
76.3
56.0
SRAM 55.7
DRAM 52.3
50.4
46.5
44.3
8.7
EPROM 14.5
4.8
4.6
1.9
MRAM
1.5
CAM 1.4
2.3
ESP=518 EET=131
My next project is likely to use the following types of memory devices (not memory in the
processor):

Memory
Current / next project uses the following types of memory devices
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Flash memory 83.1
SRAM 59.1
DRAM 51.8
EPROM 14.5
MRAM 2.9
CAM 2.0
Total=1517
My current or next project uses the following types of memory devices (not memory in the
processor)

Memory
Current / next project uses the following types of memory devices
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
85.4
Flash memory
79.7
59.8
SRAM 57.9
DRAM 54.9
53.4
50.4
48.1
12.9
EPROM 19.5
6.6
9.8
1.9
MRAM
2.3
CAM 1.3
2.3
ESP=528 EET=133
My current or next project uses the following types of memory devices (not memory in the
processor)

ANALOG
COMPONENTS
9
Analog Components
Current project uses the following types of analog components
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Voltage regulators, power mgmt 80.3
A/D converters 76.3
Passive components 74.5
Amplifiers, op amps, signal conditioners 67.4
D/A converters 56.0
Power drivers 48.0
Other 3.2
Total=1441
My current project uses the following types of analog components:

Analog Components
Current project uses the following types of analog components
Percent
0 20 40 60 80 100
80.9
Voltage regulators, power mgmt
87.2
75.8
A/D converters
82.7
73.9
Passive components
82.0
67.3
Amplifiers, op amps, signal conditioners
72.9
54.0
D/A converters
58.6
46.8
Power drivers
51.1
ESP=513 EET=133
My current project uses the following types of analog components:

Analog Components
Next project is likely to use the following types of analog components
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Voltage regulators, power management 81.1
A/D converters 79.4
D/A converters 63.0
Power drivers 51.8
Other 2.7
Total=1420
My next project is likely to use the following types of analog components:

Analog Components
Next project is likely to use the following types of analog components
Percent
0 20 40 60 80 100
81.9
Voltage regulators, power management
91.1
79.1
A/D converters
84.4
72.6
Passive components
78.5
72.0
75.6
61.6
D/A converters
60.7
49.3
Power drivers
55.6
ESP=503 EET=135
My next project is likely to use the following types of analog components:

Analog Components
Current / next project uses the following types of analog components
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Voltage regulators, power management 83.2
A/D converters 81.2
D/A converters 64.5
Power drivers 54.1
Other 3.4
Total=1456
My current or next project uses the following types of analog components:

Analog Components
Current / next project uses the following types of analog components
Percent
0 20 40 60 80 100
84.7
Voltage regulators, power management
91.1
80.3
A/D converters
85.9
75
Passive components
82.2
73.7
78.5
62.3
D/A converters
63.7
51.8
Power drivers
58.5
ESP=517 EET=135
My current or next project uses the following types of analog components:

WIRELESS
9
Wireless
Kind of wireless interface(s)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Wi-Fi, 802.11a, 802.11g, etc. 52.5
Bluetooth 31.9
Cellular (GSM, GPRS, CDMA, etc.) 26.9
AM or FM radio frequency 23.5

Infrared (IrDA) 22.2
Zigbee 10.3
WiMax 6.1
Ultra wideband (UWB) 6.0

Unlicensed 24GHz band 5.1
Other 12.3
Total=554
What kind of wireless interface(s) do you have?

Wireless
Kind of wireless interface(s)
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Wi-Fi, 802.11a, 802.11g, etc. 50.9

54.7
29.7
Bluetooth 24.5
24.8
Cellular (GSM, GPRS, CDMA, etc.) 17.0
AM or FM radio frequency 23.0
35.8
Infrared (IrDA) 17.6
20.8
9.1
Zigbee 15.1
WiMax 3.6
9.4
Ultra wideband (UWB) 2.4
11.3
4.2
Unlicensed 24GHz band 3.8
Other 18.2
11.3
ESP=165 EET=53
What kind of wireless interface(s) do you have?

DESIGN STAGES
WHERE MOST TIME
IS SPENT
9
Design Stages Where Most Time is Spent
Where design time is spent
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Developing overall system specifications 14.4
Conceptual design stage 12.5
Detailed design stage 22.7
Simulation stage 8.2
Testing and debugging 24.5
Prototyping 11.5
Sending to production 6.2
Total=1488
Where do you spend most of your design time?

Design Stages Where Most Time is Spent
Where design time is spent
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
13.9
Developing overall system specifications
15.2
12
Conceptual design stage
11.7
23.7
Detailed design stage
24.9
6.7
Simulation stage
9.1
27.2
Testing and debugging
21.6
10.5
Prototyping
11.6
6
Sending to production
5.8
ESP=536 EET=131
Where do you spend most of your design time?

HARDWARE / SOFTWARE
CODESIGN
COVERIFICATION
9
Hardware/software codesign/coverification
Interested in using hardware/software codesign/coverification
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Any yes (Net) 61.1
Yes, and we're

18.8
actively pursuing it
Yes, but not yet 42.3
No 38.9
Total=1551
Is hardware/software codesign/coverification something you (or your organization) is

interested in using?

Hardware / Software Codesign / Coverification
Interested in using hardware/software codesign/coverification
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
57.7
Any yes (Net)
58.8
Yes, and we're 18.1

actively pursuing it 21.3
39.6
Yes, but not yet
37.5
42.3
No
41.2
ESP=551 EET=136
Is hardware/software codesign/coverification something you (or your organization) is

interested in using?

Current project uses
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Any codesign/coverification tool (net) 42.1
UML 16.8
SystemC / "hardware C" 15.5
SimuLink / modeling language 11.7
Other hw/sw codesign/coverification tool 11.4
None of the above 57.9
Total=1538
Does your current project use:

Current project uses
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
39.7
Any codesign/coverification tool (net)
33.6
21.1
UML
7.3
11.0
SystemC / "hardware C"
14.6
9.2
SimuLink / modeling language
13.9
8.8
Other hw/sw codesign/coverification tool
12.4
60.3
None of the above
66.4
ESP=546 EET=137
Does your current project use:

Is your next project likely to use:
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Any codesign/coverification tool (net) 55.8
UML 26.3
SystemC / "hardware C" language 21.1
Other hw/sw codesign/ coverification tool 16.8
SimuLink / modeling language 15.7
None of the above 44.2
Total=1531
Is your next project likely to use:

Codesign Coverification Tools
Current project uses codesign or coverification tools
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
54.2
31.5
16.1
ESP
14.3
14.1
45.8
50.0
14.0
26.5
EET
19.9
19.1
50.0
Any codesign/coverification tool (net) UML

SystemC / "hardware C" Other hw/sw codesign/ coverification
SimuLink / modeling language None of the above
Does your current project use or is you next project likely to use

INDUSTRY,
CAREER,
DEVELOPMENT
PREFERENCES
9
Primary Industry
Top eight industries
Percent
0 5 10 15 20
Industrial controls 17.4
Telecommunications 11.5
Consumer electronics 8.8
Computers / periphs 7.7
Aerospace 7.3
Medical 6.5
Data comm, netwrkg 6.5
Electronic instr 6.2
Choose the industry that best describes your company (or project).

Primary Industry (continued)
Bottom eight industries
Percent
0 2 4 6 8 10
Automotive 5.4
Military 5.1
Security 3.1
Government 2.6
Video & imaging 2.1
Power generation/ utilities 0.9
Audio 0.7
Other 8.3
Choose the industry that best describes your company (or project).

Sources of Information
How I learn about technical information
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
65
42
40
ESP 17
24
6
67
37
39
EET 16
21
12
Print mags, newspapers, newsletters Internet searches

Electronic media Conferences
Colleagues and friends Salespeople, vendors
How do you learn about engineering techniques and solutions?

Sources of Information
How I learn about products I purchase
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Internet searches 60
59
Articles in mags/ newspapers 53
46
Vendor Web sites 31
33
Ads in mags/ newspapers 30
39
Colleagues 29
26
Trade shows/ conferences 17
16
Sales presentations or visits 19
23
Online "white papers" 14
12
E-mail newsletters 8
4
ESP EET
How do you learn about the products you purchase?

Professional Career
How I think of myself professionally
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50
47
32
12
ESP 6
2
0
24
27
38
EET 7
2
1
A software person A system-level person
A hardware person All of the above
A business/ finance/ mgt person A sales/ marketing/ comm person
I think of myself as mostly...

Development Preferences
Preference to improve one thing...
Percent
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
35.0
20.5
21.0
ESP 8.8
3.6
3.1
8.1
30.4
16.7
26.1
EET 8.7
5.1
4.3
8.7
The debugging tools The programming tools The schedule
The interfaces The other hardware The microprocessor
Other
If you could improve one thing, would it be...

Professional Career
Career goals
Percent
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
55
23
ESP 10
10
2
57
21
EET 14
7
1
Do what I'm doing forever Move into technical management

Move into executive management Move to another industry entirely
Move into sales, marketing, or finance
In my career I'd eventually like to...


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