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A peep into the history can tell us that every time a particular technology could make forays into numerous fields a revolution took place. This is what happened with copper or steel in ancient history and telephone and PC in modern history. Today we are on the verge of another revolution, a revolution driven by Embedded Technology. It is already impacting every facet of modern life: Cell phones, pagers, answering machines, microwave ovens, televisions, DVD players all contain embedded processors. Even PCs, which are designed around powerful CPUs contain embedded systems. All drives, 3D accelerator cards, and external peripherals such as printers, scanners, and other SCSI or USB devices contain embedded processors.

This tremendous growth in embedded computing has given rise to demand for professionals with experience in designing and implementing embedded systems. After all, someone has to create hardware and write software for the Embedded Devices. According to a NASSCOM-Mckinsey study, Embedded Systems would have a domestic market of U.S. $ 9.5 billion and exports of U.S. $ 10 billion by the year 2008. The International market on a whole expects a product development in Embedded Systems to the tune of U.S. $75 billion and a requirement of around 150000 trained professionals by 2005.

However, it is hard to learn Embedded Technologies since neither are there any Embedded Systems courses available in Universities nor are there any decent books. What is needed to address this huge void is a team of dedicated professionals with proven skills who can create and nurture talent that can serve the Embedded Systems market. This is the need that Kanetkar School of Embedded Technologies (KSET) is trying to address