Things to Ponder
“By 2000 the average number of microcontrollers in a typical home will exceed 200. Furthermore, the report “Software 2000: A View of the Future” (ICL, 1994) projects that by the year 2010, there will be 10 times as many software developers producing embedded software as those working on commercial desktop computers and servers. “
Information provided in Dr. Dobbs - March 1998, Page 50 picoPERC by Kevin Nilsen