5 Interesting Trends in Embedded Systems
Through the years, embedded technologies are found in our society and swiftly evolve. It makes your lives simpler and efficient. You can already see and experience the power of embedded technology as you use your mobile phone, watch television, or do laundry.
For instance, it also allows your home to become more secured through security and alarm systems. When something is wrong, such as fire, intruders, or noxious gases, the security system alerts you right away.
The embedded technologies greatly influenced our lifestyle. Although it also has downsides like any other thing. Check out below the latest trends that affect our society and may also directly affect you.
1. Rapid Growth of Wireless Connections
Nowadays, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become more and more essential. Based on the Grand View Research, by 2028, the Industrial Internet Of Things Market is anticipated to reach USD 1.11 trillion. The reason behind that data is because various companies recognized the benefits of embedded technologies as it enhances their production efficacy rate.
With this, the industries like manufacturing, retail, energy, smart cities, health care, transportation, and more, would further enhance their services. At the same time, it would be beneficial to us individuals.
The internet speed would also be enhanced from 5G to 6G with a transmission speed of 20Gbps. And as the low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), with the chips and devices, continue to be accessible, there would really be a rapid expansion of wireless connection.
2. Speed to Market through technology
Speed is definitely everything, especially in the world of business. With this, embedded systems are constantly developing to be at par with the market.
Thus, Intel and AMD keep pushing their processors from 8 to 16-core processors to 128-core processors. However, the Arm, an IP company, currently plans on developing a 5-nm-node–based 192-core processor aiming to outperform its competitors. With this, a GPU leader became interested in Arm’s core processor and offered a US$40 billion price for it.
As the IoT Industry continuously enhance their services, processors, the internet, and systems will shift from faster to ultrafast. Well, who wouldn’t want that, right?
Distinctly, the mission of quantum computing is to produce faster computations for both scientific and machine learning. With this, quantum computing makes problem-solving quickly by just seconds instead of days. It uses a quantum bit, also known as a qubit, which represents 0 and 1 at the same time.
However, measuring qubits is quite challenging. But a certain team from Aalto University in Finland was able to measures qubits with less energy, which makes technology move forward.
Also, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the City University of New York in the U.S. proclaimed the creation and incorporation of quantum emitters directly in an aluminum nitride-based photonic IC platform.
2. Speed to Market with the Help of Embedded Systems
Speed is definitely everything, especially in the world of business. Thus, Intel and AMD keep pushing their processors from 8 to 16-core processors to 128-core processors.
However, the Arm, an IP company, currently plans on developing a 5-nm-node–based 192-core processor aiming to outperform its competitors. With this, a GPU leader became interested in Arm’s core processor and offered a US$40 billion price for it.
As the IoT Industry continuously enhance their services, processors, the internet, and systems will shift from faster to ultrafast. Well, who wouldn’t want that, right?
Distinctly, the mission of quantum computing is to produce faster computations for both scientific and machine learning. With this, quantum computing makes problem-solving quickly by just seconds instead of days. It uses a quantum bit, also known as a qubit, which represents 0 and 1 at the same time.
However, measuring qubits is quite challenging. But a certain team from Aalto University in Finland was able to measures qubits with less energy, which makes technology move forward. Also, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the City University of New York in the U.S. proclaimed the creation and incorporation of quantum emitters directly in an aluminum nitride-based photonic IC platform.
3. Frequent and More Dangerous Cyberattack Cases
Nowadays, especially in this time of a pandemic, cyberattacks continue to rise and become more dangerous. Cyberattacks is a criminal act that assaults people. Cybercriminals often disable computers, steal data, installs malware, or use a breached computer in exchange for money.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the fivefold increase of cyberattacks. Ransomware attacks continue to emerge from different parts of the world. They attack businesses, the government, and even hospitals.
For instance, in Ukraine, 200,000 people got disrupted due to the attack on Ukraine’s power grid. Good thing that the control systems in Ukraine are completely secured and the power shortage lasted only for about one to six hours.
Another critical case from a cyberattack is the death of a patient in Germany. Due to the ransomware attack, the patient who is in dire need of medical care was not able to get treated with the proper equipment needed. Although the patient got transferred to a hospital 20 miles away, unfortunately, was dead on arrival.
Cyberattacks are one of the main disadvantages of having a faster internet speed. Still, governments in different places continue their mission to counterattack their scheme. Moreover, embedded security software and hardware are continuously being developed.
4. Presence of Virtual Reality
Another embedded system trend in technology is the other world some people live in, Virtual Reality (VR). It is a computer-generated environment that allows us to clearly see objects and places that appear to be real, which makes users got absorbed with it.
Throughout the development of VR, it advances into a profitable business. Now, it evolved into augmented reality (AR), mixed or merged reality (MR), and Extended Reality (XR), unceasingly expands into industrial and commercial applications.
AR is beneficial in training, especially in the medical field. Users ear goggles where they vividly see superimposed information on the screen. With MR, it allows users to see both real and superficial situations. Then XR, the best feature, projects holograms that seem real.
For instance, some hospitals use AR to make a trial run for their operations, which allows them to enhance their skills. It allows them to virtually hone their skills without critical risks and be prepared with operating an actual person.
Recently, with the current pandemic restriction, businesses and schools maximize the use of the internet to connect and meet. With this, there is a high probability for VR innovations where holographic-like meetings, just like in the Star Wars Movie, may commence.
5. Development of Embedded Designs of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology that is programmed to mimics the actions of humans. It has been constantly being developed with more embedded designs. It is a major advantage for businesses as it improved work efficiency because it reduces the work duration compared to humans.
For instance, in the banking industry, AI can make transactions more secure. Flowchain, a blockchain organization in Taiwan, proposed a project to combine IoT, AI, and blockchain (electronic ledger) to create a safer data-mining approach. All Stakeholders will be informed and give their authorization for a transaction to take place.
Moreover, there are several affordable AI hardware available on the market. With this, several companies are partnering with A, which includes collaborating with Nvidia and VMware. Most organizations investing in VR are on the top tier, which includes Microsoft, Google, and Intel, among others.
Moving Forward
The pandemic may have halted the operations of some industries, but it will never stop embedded technologies to grow. More and more innovations will rise and everything can be better.
The pandemic will not be there forever. The only constant thing in this world is change.