What and why about architecture for embedded systems

Embedded computing systems are becoming very common and embedded computing is starting to find its way into the curriculum. In this talk, I will discuss my views of the relationships between computer architecture education and the teaching of embedded system design. Students of embedded computing need to understand computer architecture in order to understand the characteristics of these critical components of embedded systems. The viewpoint of a user of computer architectures rather than a designer of computer architectures doesn't radically change the fundamentals that one needs to know, but it does introduce new shadings of meaning into those fundamentals.