LCTES'99 Invited Talk

Issues and Challenges in Developing Embedded Software for Information Appliances and Telecommunication Terminals

Dr. In Ryu
Samsung Electronics

Abstract

Information appliances are emerging in the consumer electronics market with the convergence of disparate technologies including internet access, wireless connectivity, digital audio/video support, and platform independent middleware services. This presents a great deal of new challenges to developers in the consumer electronics industry due to extremely diverse hardware components and increased software complexity.

This presentation will raise a variety of technical issues we have encountered during the development of various commercial products such as digital TVs, web video phones, wireless handsets, and CDMA terminals. We will discuss in detail about proliferation of the types of consumer devices, diversity in hardware and component software technologies, and newly emerging data storage technologies for embedded systems. We will also touch upon other essential issues for embedded systems development such as quality assurance, fault isolation, power management, and optimal system design based on functional partitioning.

Biography

In Ryu is currently a senior vice president and the director of the Software R&D Center of Samsung Electronics Co. in Korea. The center works closely with the corporate business units to develop a wide variety of embedded systems ranging from small handheld devices such as wireless handsets and internet terminals to medium to large scale embedded systems such as digital TVs and set-top boxes. Prior to joining Samsung Electronics, he spent twenty years in computer industry developing various software products at Xerox, DEC, Unisys, and LG Electronics. He received a B.S. degree from Seoul National University and an M.S. degree from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science in 1970 and 1974, respectively. Dr. Ryu received a Ph.D. from University of Southern California in electrical engineering in 1981.
Last updated April 29, 1999.
liu@cs.indiana.edu