An emerging trend in the embedded market is the decoupling of software from hardware. This trend has allowed vendors to optimize revenues by pricing and selling software and the features it enables separately from the device on which the software runs. Software is often a critical component of embedded systems, but many embedded vendors have difficulty establishing the value of the software. The value of the hardware alone may be limited, and customers may expect hardware prices to decrease over time.
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Breaking the Software-Hardware Connection
Posted by: Kenneth Chow November 17, 2006 08:30 AMAn emerging trend in the embedded market is the decoupling of software from hardware. This trend has allowed vendors to optimize revenues by pricing and selling software and the features it enables separately from the device on which the software runs. Software is often a critical component of embedded systems, but many embedded vendors have difficulty establishing the value of the software. The value of the hardware alone may be limited, and customers may expect hardware prices to decrease over time.