Pitter, C. (2011). Key technologies for future embedded systems [Master Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/159561
Every day new technologies are created with the target to achieve enhanced product quality at lower production costs. For companies it is essential to invest in future technologies to stay competitive and secure future development success. They face the problem to bring innovative products to the market. The large amount of different technologies and trends makes it difficult to sort out the important ones to adopt, postpone or ignore for future investments. Bluetechnix, an embedded system developer in Austria, faces the same problem. Bluetechnix is an embedded system solution provider. An embedded system is a device integrating a processing unit without being a general purpose computer. The company's core competences are system engineering, schematic & layout design and embedded software development. In order to win projects in the future it is essential to create product innovations for customer requirements using state of the art technology. The goal of this thesis is to identify and present the most promising sectors the key technologies and trends for future embedded system developments. These results are used to evaluate Bluetechnix' current position and give a recommendation for Bluetechnix' future orientation. The best point in time for the adoption of a technology during the hype cycle is described. Selected key technologies are categorized by their future economic relevance for Bluetechnix. These results are obtained using a Multi- Attribute Decision-Making method.
