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Embedded systems generally use microcontrollers that contain many functions of a computer on a single device. Motorola and Intel make some of the most popular microcontrollers. Software engineers will often program directly to the microcontroller hardware without using a host operating system. As embedded systems have become more sophisticated and have started to include more general computer functions such as networking, using a host operating system has become more popular. Linux and Windows Embedded are two popular operating systems for writing embedded controllers.