嵌入式技術(shù)的發(fā)展以及對(duì)未來工業(yè)革命將產(chǎn)生的巨大影響已經(jīng)引起世界各國的高度關(guān)注。歐洲目前在航空、汽車電子、工業(yè)、通信和消費(fèi)電子方面的嵌入式技術(shù)占有領(lǐng)導(dǎo)位置，為了繼續(xù)保持對(duì)美國和日本的競爭對(duì)手的領(lǐng)先優(yōu)勢，歐盟在2004年成立了ARTEMIS（Advanced Research and Development on Embedded Intelligent Systems）組織，在歐洲范圍內(nèi)整合資金和技術(shù)優(yōu)勢，把嵌入式技術(shù)上升到一個(gè)重要的戰(zhàn)略高度進(jìn)行發(fā)展。

以下是嵌入式系統(tǒng)的具體應(yīng)用產(chǎn)品名單：
Anti-lock brakes
Auto-focus cameras
Automatic teller machines
Automatic toll systems
Automatic transmission
Avionic systems
Battery chargers
Camcorders
Cell phones
Cell-phone base stations
Cordless phones
Cruise control
Curbside check-in systems
Digital cameras
Disk drives
Electronic card readers
Electronic instruments
Electronic toys/games
Factory control
Fax machines
Fingerprint identifiers
Home security systems
Life-support systems
Medical testing systems
Modems
MPEG decoders
Network cards
Network switches/routers
On-board navigation
Pagers
Photocopiers
Point-of-sale systems
Portable video games
Printers
Satellite phones
Scanners
Smart ovens/dishwashers
Speech recognizers
Stereo systems
Teleconferencing systems
Televisions
Temperature controllers
Theft tracking systems
TV set-top boxes
VCR’s, DVD players
Video game consoles
Video phones
Washers and dryers

隨著時(shí)間的推移和技術(shù)進(jìn)步，上述名單將不斷加長。