MSc in Reliable Embedded Systems
Embedded processors form a core component of an enormous range of systems, from aircraft, passenger cars and medical equipment, to childrens’ toys, DVD players and washing machines.
The growth in the power and features of processors has helped to drive the semiconductor industry from start-up some 50 years ago to more than £150 billion in annual revenue today. The embedded market is now estimated to be worth around 100x the ‘desktop’ market, and is forecast to grow exponentially over the next decade.
As embedded processors become ever more ubiquitous, the new MSc in Reliable Embedded Systems (offered by the University of Leicester in partnership with TTE Systems Ltd) is designed to help ensure that developers of embedded systems have the skill set needed to deal with the challenges involved in the creation of flexible and robust designs which meet the needs of customers both today and in the future.
This advanced MSc programme covers both the development of software for COTS (commercial off the shelf) processors and the development of designs based on FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays), using ‘soft’ processor cores. In addition, pattern-based design techniques are included (with a clear focus on embedded systems): such techniques can help companies to capture and re-use existing design experience.
How is this programme delivered?
The course is is delivered on a part-time basis in the UK, based on conventional classroom-based teaching and a self-study project.
From 2012, you will also be able to take the course by Distance Learning, anywhere in the world.