Europe looks to boost embedded systems reliability and efficiency

With a budget of €90million, EMC² is said to be one of the most important subsidised European projects, with 99 partners from 19 countries. The three year project is being coordinated by Infineon Technologies. Embedded systems are becoming increasingly complex and are enhancing or replacing electromechanical devices. There will be more embedded systems networks and, as a consequence, microcontrollers in these embedded systems will be have to be faster and more reliable than today. Their real time capability will also have to improve, says the project. The project partners are looking to lay the foundations for a new microcontroller architecture with the flexibility and reliability that allows it to be used in all application areas relevant to European industry. The project is also looking to reduce the cost of system design and development time by 15%, as well as to reduce system validation time and effort by even more. The project features six work packages and six so called 'living labs', addressing automotive, avionics, space, industrial automation, IoT and cross domain applications.