Global market for embedded technologies to reach $198.5 billion in 2019

WELLESLEY, USA: BCC Research reveals in its new report, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, the global embedded technology  market is expected to grow to $198.5 billion by 2019, with a five-year CAGR of 5.4 percent. The Asia-Pacific region, the largest and fastest growing market, is set to reach $79 billion in 2019.

Embedded technologies are application-specific systems or devices that are designed to meet the requirements of the target system in which they are embedded. With applications across a wide range of industries - automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, healthcare, communications, and industrial utilities - today's technology usage is dominated by embedded systems.

The embedded technology market is segmented into two categories: hardware and software. Embedded hardware represents the largest segment of the overall market and is expected to reach $191 billion in 2019 and register a CAGR of 5.4 percent.

Meanwhile, the embedded software category is the fastest moving segment, with 6.8 percent CAGR. Valued at just $4.9 billion in 2013, it is forecast to bump up to $7.5 billion by 2019.

In terms of applications, the consumer and communications markets represent the vast majority of the market, accounting for more than 60% of the overall market. Geographically speaking, the Asia-Pacific market will continue to be the largest market for embedded technology, driven by a steadily growing middle class within the region's emerging economies.

"Embedded technology makes up the bulk of the semiconductor market and will continue to evolve. The emergence of open standards will continue to drive growth," said BCC Research information technology analyst Anand Joshi.

"Continued adoption and development of the so-called Internet of Things (IOT), a network that promises to connect every device on the planet to the Internet, is expected to be the dominant force in this market for the foreseeable future."