The embedded software industry is developing rapidly and has become an important part of the software system. Embedded system products are constantly penetrating various industries, embedded software as contained in these hardware products in the form of special software, its industrial growth continues to increase, and the proportion of the software industry as a whole is increasingly improving. 2003 global embedded software market size reached 34.6 billion U.S. dollars,

2003 China's market size of 18.8 billion yuan is expected to 2006, the embedded software market size will exceed 40 billion yuan mark. It is expected that by 2006, the market size of embedded software will exceed 40 billion yuan mark, and the average compound growth rate from 2003 to 2006 will reach 30%.

A new round of automotive, communications, information appliances, medical, military and other industries, the huge demand for intelligent equipment to pull the development of embedded software and systems. Different from the traditional general-purpose computer systems, embedded systems are oriented to specific application areas, customized development according to the application requirements, and with the general demand for intelligent products to penetrate into all walks of life. With the continuous innovation of hardware technology, hardware platform processing power is increasing, hardware costs are decreasing, embedded software has become the digital transformation of products, intelligent value-added key, driving technology.

SOC technology is a new milestone in the development of microelectronics technology, and has become the development trend of today's ultra-large-scale ICs, providing the IC industry with an unprecedentedly broad market and rare development opportunities. The rapid development of the SOC industry once again to promote embedded software and hardware systems to further integrate embedded, embedded software is its soul and core.