EMBEDDED SYSTEMS MARKET LEADERSHIP

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EMBEDDED SYSTEMS MARKET LEADERSHIP Embedded
Systems are designed by combining microprocessor
computer hardware and software for performing
pre-defined tasks independently or with other
systems. Embedded systems are used in the
healthcare, automotive, aerospace, industrial,
consumer electronics, and communication
verticals. The overall embedded system market is
expected to grow from USD 86.5 billion in 2020 to
USD 116.2 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 6.1
during the forecast period. The growth of the
overall embedded system market is driven by
various factors such as increasing number of
research development activities related to
embedded systems, surge in demand for ADAS in EV
and hybrid vehicles, increase in demand for
portable devices equipped with embedded systems,
and rise in demand for multicore processors in
military applications. In 2019, the embedded
system market was dominated by STMicroelectronics,
Intel, Renesas, NXP, Qualcomm, Texas
Instruments, Samsung Electronics, and Microchip.
These leading players adopted a few major
strategies in the market which created a
significant impact. The strategies comprised
product launches, strategic partnerships, and
business agreements along with mergers
acquisitions. Intel (US) manufactures various
products, such as processors, systems and
devices, chipsets, FPGAs, structured ASICs, and
servers. The company caters to applications and
industries, such as automotive, broadcast,
communications, energy, financial services,
industrial, military, and consumer electronics.
Intel adopts both, organic and inorganic
strategies to become a market leader in the
embedded system market. It focuses on various
collaborations and acquisitions along with
product launches to meet the changing needs of
its wide customer base. For example, Intel
acquired Mobileye (Israel) to strengthen its
position in the Embedded Systems market by
combining the vision systems offered by Mobileye
with its own AI capabilities. Similarly, the
company recently acquired Habana Labs (US) to
improve its competitiveness in the Best Embedded
Systems. Renesas Electronics Corporation (Japan),
is one of the leaders in the semiconductor
manufacturing industry. The company provides a
broad range of products, including
microcontrollers and microprocessors, embedded
system memory devices, system-on-chip (SoC), and
a variety of analog and power devices. The
company deals in applications related to
industrial, automotive, healthcare, building
automation (BA), office automation (OA), energy
management system, and information communication
technology. Renesas has taken a consumer-centric
approach to address the high-growth markets, and
has improved its position in the embedded system
market. It partnered with various companies in
the automotive industry, such as Nissan
(Yokohama, Japan), Volkswagen (Wolfsburg,
Germany), and Continental (Hanover, Germany).
These alliances are expected to enhance the usage
of its technologies while jointly developing
new-age auto-mobility solutions. The company also
joined the Autonomous Vehicle Computing
Consortium consisting of players such as Bosch
(Gerlingen, Germany), NXP Semiconductors
(Eindhoven, Netherlands), and ARM (Cambridge, UK)
to speed up its autonomous driving vehicle
development program. STMicroelectronics
(Switzerland) is a global semiconductor solutions
provider. STMicroelectronics offers a variety of
products such as microcontrollers and
microprocessors, power modules and devices,
memories, MEMS and sensors, and analog and
digital ICs. Some of the sectors that the company
is involved in include industrial, automotive,
IoT applications, personal electronics, and
communications.
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• STMicroelectronics focuses on product launches
  and development to grow its share in the embedded
  solutions market. The company launched various
  products and solutions for IoT- and IIoT-based
  applications. Its STM32 family of
  microcontrollers gives it the flexibility to
  provide solutions for various industries such as
  automotive, communication, healthcare, IoT. This
  allows the company to offer a broad product
  portfolio to its customers and help in
  cross-selling different products on the same
  platform. As it has a front foot in the low-power
  MCUs, STMicroelectronics can consider increasing
  its collaborations and partnerships activities
  to solidify its position in low-power consumption
  technologies and devices in the IoT network.
• NXP Semiconductors (Netherlands)specializes in
  designing, manufacturing, and marketing
  semiconductor devices. NXP Semiconductors offers
  various products such as ARM processors and MCUs,
  power architecture processors, sensors,
  interface and connectivity, security, and media
  and audio processing. The solutions provided by
  NXP Semiconductors find applications in sectors
  such as automotive, mobile, industrial, smart
  devices, and communication. NXP Semiconductors
  has been able to cater to the changing needs of
  customers and remain one of the leaders in the
  automotive semiconductor industry. This has also
  helped the company maintain a comprehensive
  outlook of the automotive industry, developing
  next-generation ADAS and related security
  solutions. The company could consider using its
  RD findings to increase its market in
  non-automotive industries such as retail
  consumer electronics, which is a significant
  opportunity for its competitors.
• 360 QUADRANT COMPANY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY
• Top companies in the Embedded Systems market will
  be rated using the following methodology -
• A highly experienced team of researchers and
  senior analysts conduct extensive research to
  generate a list of vendors (competitors).
• A patent-pending algorithm is used to collect
  inputs from key stakeholdersindustry experts,
  buyers, vendors, and 360Quadrants analystsbased
  on criteria for Product Maturity and Company
  Maturity.
• Criteria under Product Maturity include breadth
  and depth of product/service offering, product
  features and functionalities, product
  differentiation, and their impact on customer
  value.
• Criteria under Company Maturity include
  geographical footprint, partner ecosystem,
  financial stability, and client coverage or
  sector footprint.
• Approximately 20 in-depth parameters will be
  considered for research for the Embedded Systems
• market. These parameters will be updated every
  sixmonths to ensure latest developments are taken
  into consideration.
• A weight is assigned to each stakeholder based on
  information gathered pertaining to the above
  criteria as well as inputs from stakeholders.
  These inputs follow the order of priority given
  below
• Buyers
• Industry Experts
• 360Quadrants Analysts
• Vendors (Competitors)
• The inputs are analyzed, and a final rating is
  assigned to each vendor (competitor).
• After the finalization of ratings, each vendor is
  placed in the most relevant quadrant based on
  their score.

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