Intel on Tuesday launched a family of intelligent gateways for the so-called Internet of Things, providing a series of middlemen, so to speak, between embedded sensors and the data they will store and analyze in the cloud.
Specifically, Intel said that its new Atom E3800 embedded processor (codenamed "Bay Trail-I") will work with Intel's recently-announced Quark SoC X1000 embedded processor to provide ultra-low-power intelligence. The unnamed gateways themselves, due in the first quarter of 2014, will be designed as two models, one each around the Atom and Quark processors.
The E3800 includes error correction and industrial temperature tolerances. The new X1000 line was unveiled by Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich last week at the Maker Faire in Rome.
The "Internet of Things" (IoT) refers to a the galaxy of embedded sensors, some of which have been embedded in existing legacy equipment, all of which report some form of information. As an example, Kevin Facinelli, executive vice president for intelligent building systems Daikin Applied, noted that these sensors can be used to communicate what portions of an A/C system are costing the most money, which may need to be repaired, and where those components physically reside within the system.
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