The Embedded Linux Market

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The Embedded Linux Market


Patanjali SomayajiCEO, Codito Technologies


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Embedded Market

Why Embedded Linux

Understanding the Embedded Linux Market Real-time Linux options

Forums and Standards

Resources

Questions


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Embedded Market

What overall market are we operating in ?

Semiconductors: $165 Billion in 2004, projected $206 Billion in2006

Embedded OS, related products and services. $250 Million in 2003,projected $1.1 Billion in 2006

Embedded Linux OS, related products and services: $140 Million in2003, projected $300 million in 2006

Device example 5 million DVD recorders in 2003, 19 million

projected in 2005 Embedded developer seats will overtake desktop/server seats by

2005 (IDC)


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Embedded Market Trends

Would you considerpaying per unit royalty ?

LinuxDevices.com Embedded Linux

Market Survey 2004

Would you pay for embeddedLinux development and

support services ? LinuxDevices.com Embedded Linux Market

Survey 2004


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?Why Embedded Linux

Embedded designs upgrading to 32 bit

Customers want royalty free licensing

Better understanding of open sourceadvantages

2.6 kernel worked towards meeting needs

Tools offerings more mature Standards being established


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Embedded Linux

Asia is the fastest growing embedded market

Linux is #1 embedded OS in Asia

Gartner/EETimes Asia 2004 study finds Embedded Linux the #1choice for current and new projects in China, Taiwan, South Koreaand rest of Asia

Embedded Linux gains

Embedded Linux is the top choice among developers (EDC 2004)

VDC report shows average developers per Embedded Linux projectdown from 6.3 in 2002 to 4.8 in 2003

2004 VDC report finds Linux OS most used


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...Still wary about

Licensing issues in embedded systems

Maturity of tools and development

environment Power management

Quality of support

Real-time in base Linux


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Embedded Linux Ecosystem

development

suite

chip

reference

platform

development

platform

board

compiler

chain

embedded

OS

device

drivers

tools, IDEs,

debuggers

board

ports

boot

loaders

stacks

and

libraries

development

suite

chip

development

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reference

platform

development

platform

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reference

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development

platform

board

compiler

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embedded

OS

device

drivers

tools, IDEs,

debuggers

board

ports

boot

loaders

stacks

and

libraries

Companies in theecosystem

Cadenux

Codesourcery

Codito

LynuxWorks

Metrowerks

Montavista

GreenHills TimeSys

Windriver

...


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Devices based on Embedded Linux

TiVo

Motorola A760, A768, A780, E680, ...

Ericsson cordless webpad E28 E2800, E2800+ mobile phones

ECCLE5000 MPEG 4 set top box

HP Digital Entertainment centre I-River PMP-120, PMP-140

Nokia Media Terminal


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.Linux vs WinCE by devices

LinuxDevices 2004 survey

Device Windows based Linux based

PDAs/Hand-helds 74 38

Mobiles/VoIP phones 24 17Robots ? 9

Audio/video devices 8 36

Thin clients andterminals 19

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Tablets/Web pads 28 9

Gateways, servers, Aps ? 31

Others 22 38

TOTAL 175 178


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Embedded Linux

Homegrown stillmost popular market moving

fromhomegrownOS to

homegrown

Linux LinuxDevices.com

Embedded LinuxMarket Survey 2004


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Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux sourcing trends

LinuxDevices.com Embedded Linux Market Survey 2004


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Embedded Linux

Factors that affect choice of Linux

LinuxDevices.com 2004 Embedded Linux survey


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-Real time options

Hard real-time

RtLinux

Commercial RTOS + Linux API layer

Soft real-time

Patches to the 2.4 kernel (e.g. Kernel pre-emption)

Using the 2.6 kernel


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Forums and Standards

LSB

POSIX

Embedded Linux Consortium and the ELCSpecifications

Carrier grade Linux

Consumer Electronics Linux forum


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The Embedded Linux Market

Documents