Embedded technology


Embedded software technology can be found in a range of products, such as security systems, consumer electronics, aerospace, defence technologies and


medical imaging. Many electronics and software


research centres in Scottish universities


Taking gaming to the next level


SCOTLAND’S electronics industry has a global reputation for excellence with over 50 years of electronics manufacturing experience. The industry in Scotland in 2010 comprised


around 900 companies, which employed around 55,000 people working in research, development and production across a number of sectors. Despite changing global circumstances


reshaping the industry, Scotland has successfully maintained a reputation for excellence in electronics and is successfully adapting to industry needs. With countries such


as China expanding their manufacturing capabilities, Scotland has capitalised on its highly-developed infrastructure and long-established reputation. Recently Scottish


attention, from global financial companies looking for a base here, to niche businesses providing coding solutions to some of the world’s top organisations. Software professionals in Scotland have


a reputation for excellence


companies have reinvented themselves as high-end electronics producers as opposed to high-volume manufacturers. This shift in focus appears to be where the future lies for Scotland’s electronics industry. Scotland performs exceptionally well


academically. The country has the highest concentration of universities in Europe (15) and a long history of groundbreaking academic research. Thousands of students graduate each year in electronics-based subjects. The universities take a proactive approach


to collaboration, working with businesses to generate the ideal environment for incubating new ideas and products. The “education” factor is a large part of the


reason that Edinburgh and Glasgow have, in recent years, attracted so much international


Scotland has maintained


access to a wide range of career opportunities, from project management and analysis, to marketing and sales. Among the sectors of interest are: gaming, financial services, wireless technologies, embedded software development and installation and web development. The growing


sophistication of embedded software systems has created a strong area of growth in the ICT sector. More than 70 companies – among them Bitwise and Inside Secure – are taking advantage of Scottish skills to make their mark in the international marketplace.


In gaming software, it’s reckoned that


Scotland is home to nearly 25 per cent of the UK’s video games companies, including Denki, Codeplay and Rockstar North, and the sector employs around 19,000 people. Much of this high-profile business is centred in a creative cluster centred in the city of Dundee, whose University of Abertay became the first in the country to offer a video games qualification.


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work in collaboration with industry, in a variety of sectors, to provide companies with cutting-edge technology and resources. Scotland has a range of companies utilising embedded software technologies, including consumer electronics companies, prosthetics firms and businesses concerned with video surveillance systems. One of these is KeyPoint Technologies (KPT). KPT pursue research and development in cutting edge user interface systems and applications for PC, PDA, Smartphone, Tablet-PC and other devices. KPT is a world leader in user interface


technology. Headquartered in Glasgow, and with offices in India and the US, the firm provides solutions that revitalise mobile text entry. After more than seven years of extensive research, KPT is engaging with manufacturers and software developers worldwide. It delivers a unique range of Adaptxt


text entry solutions that use proprietary pattern recognition intelligence. Adaptxt powers an intuitive interface that accelerates text entry to a new level. The company’s mission is to establish


KeyPoint Technologies as a world leader in intelligent user interface systems and establish Adaptxt software as the “de facto standard” intelligent data input system across all computing and communications devices, in the process, making such devices much more accessible and usable.


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