
The Merchant Embedded Computing Market report analyzes the performance of the industry from 2018 - 2023. Although there are several hundred companies, most are fairly small in revenue and highly specialized, focusing on specific application segments with unique product requirements. The MEC report targets five specific application markets: Communications, Industrial, Medical, Military/Aerospace and All Other categories that includes transportation, security, surveillance, point-of-sale/kiosk applications, etc. The Communication wireless segment is being driven by the exploding smart phone and tablet traffic and the four billion devices connected to the internet. 3G/4G services are where the money is for carriers going forward and the wire line and optical networks are gearing up for upgrades to support the ever increasing traffic.