Embedded Market Forecasters
Embedded Market Forecasters is your key resource for market intelligence in embedded software and tools. Our focus is to provide you with current market conditions and analysis in order for you to make the best decisions for embedded systems development. We focus on "Best Practices" in the industry for development processes, development tools, real-time operating systems and embedded processor architectures. You can download any of our whitepapers or purchase our reseach reports or subscribe to our Embedded Market Intelligence Program. Please feel free to contact us if you have any special requirements for more detailed research or analysis, and please take our EMF Quick Survey so that we can best serve your interests.New Embedded Research Briefs!

Critical Issues Confronting Medical Device Manufacturers - Price $99
EMF Guide for Medical Device Developers
The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) reported that in 2006, 21% of all medical device recalls were for software defects – it is also estimated that one-in-three software-based products is recalled. They haven’t updated this data since, but one can assume that it might have gotten worse.
Medical device developers and company CEOs should be aware that this is an unacceptable situation and that it is going to rapidly change. Those that don’t get it straight won’t be around when the dust settles.
Is there enough aspirin to relieve the headaches that our government is giving medical device manufacturers?
The purpose of this paper is to present the medical device developer, guidelines for complying with the “suggestions” of the CDRH. Technology exists today that allows a company’s current tools and processes to be retained, while presenting choices that developers can use to meet CDRH guidelines. EMF research has shown that these technologies are not only affordable, but that they can increase ROI and significantly reduce the chance of a product recall or a patient injury.
This paper is written to present alternative paths for developers to produce quality software for medical devices, minimize product recalls, and affordably provide comprehensive audit trails for CDRH inspectors. Keeping the company alive and your CEO out of jail are bonuses.
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Embedded Developers Report on Design Issues and Design Outcomes
Research report from 1600 developers on their choice of and criteria used for selecting an operating system (OS) and integrated development environment (IDE). Presented are the development processes used and perceived Best Practices and the significant issues impacting embedded software development.
Price $195
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Design Outcomes of ARM Developers
In this report, EMF documents its findings of developer usage of embedded processors enabling developers using ARM architectures to understand what similar developers are experiencing and to be able to compare ARM-based design outcomes with other processor families. This information is based upon the responses of more than four hundred eighty embedded developers to the detailed 2009 EMF survey. Price $295
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Embedded Security Report
This report examines several significant embedded systems security concerns, and where possible outlines recommended courses of remedial action. Price $295More information and to purchase >
New Research Program for 2010!
2010 Embedded Market Intelligence Program
New reports and a new Embedded Executive DashboardThe embedded industry is experiencing a re-birth and rebound from the distressing days of past years. It’s essential for embedded vendors to have insights into the emergence of new markets and the repositioning of current markets as the embedded industry recovers and responds to the emergence of a new economy. EMF offers two comprehensive studies for a special price of $12,500, a $6,700 savings over the cost of all reports and dashboard purchased separately. In addition, a new way to customize EMF's exclusive data is available in the Embedded Executive Dashboard ($9,750 if purchased separately)
Price: $12,500 including the EMF Embedded Executive Dashboard
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