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0 pointsrdtsc10y ago0 comments

I apply that term more liberally, it not much as about size of CPU or RAM but more about how it is indented to be used.

Is the user expected to know about OS packages on it. Are they installing/updating software components by hand, so they know the OS version which runs in the box even, are they calling it a "server"? If the answer is yes, it not "embedded".

If they interact with the device as with an appliance (a dvd player, microwave, car infotainment center, some radio base station and so on), then it is embedded. It can still be an 8 core Xeon monster, but because of how it is serviced and used it, I think of it as embedded.

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davidw10y ago

Once again, exactly: the device in question was not severely CPU or memory constrained or anything, but the user treated it more like an appliance than like a computer. Also had some real-time-ish stuff that was mostly handled in C++.

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