Next week, Nuremberg will once again host one of the longest-running and most technically comprehensive events in the global electronics calendar. Founded in 2003, Embedded World began as a highly specialised exhibition centred on microcontrollers. Today, it is a broad industry forum welcoming silicon vendors, IP providers, toolchain companies, industrial automation specialists, robotics developers, security experts – and increasingly, edge AI players.
From automotive safety in software-defined vehicles to fault-tolerant, space-bound robotics, the embedded market has grown, too. This new breed of embedded application requires not only performance but predictability, longevity and efficiency, while mission-critical use cases demand hardware certified to meet rigorous safety and security standards. While much of the embedded market once depended on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components, differentiation today lies in tailoring compute to exact workload, power and lifecycle requirements. Customization is no longer the cherry on top, it’s a competitive advantage – something we’ll be exploring directly in two panel sessions next week (details at the end of this post).