@inbook{33814,
  abstract     = {{Rapidly rising system complexity has created a growing productivity gap in the
design of electronic systems. One critical component is Hardware-dependent
Software (HdS), the importance of which is often underestimated. In this chap-
ter, we introduce HdS and illustrate its role in the overall system design context.
We also provide a brief overview and define a basic HdS terminology and con-
clude with a brief outlook over the following chapters in this book.}},
  author       = {{Ecker, Wolfgang and Müller, Wolfgang and Dömer, Rainer}},
  booktitle    = {{Hardware Dependent Software - Principles and Practice}},
  editor       = {{Ecker, Wolfgang and Müller, Wolfgang and Dömer, Rainer}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4020-9435-4}},
  keywords     = {{Hardware-dependent Software, Systems Complexity, Productivity Gap}},
  pages        = {{1--14}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Verlag}},
  title        = {{{Hardware-dependent Software - Introduction and Overview}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-1-4020-9436-1_1}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}