嵌入式技术的发展以及对未来工业革命将产生的巨大影响已经引起世界各国的高度关注。欧洲目前在航空、汽车电子、工业、通信和消费电子方面的嵌入式技术占有领导位置，为了继续保持对美国和日本的竞争对手的领先优势，欧盟在2004年成立了ARTEMIS（Advanced Research and Development on Embedded Intelligent Systems）组织，在欧洲范围内整合资金和技术优势，把嵌入式技术上升到一个重要的战略高度进行发展。

以下是嵌入式系统的具体应用产品名单：
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

随着时间的推移和技术进步，上述名单将不断加长。