LAS VEGAS—Last year, Intel announced the Quark , an embedded processor that Intel said would fuel the wearable market. On Monday night at CES, Intel announced the "Edison," the next-generation of Quark, along with a ton of wearable prototypes—including, yes, the obligatory smartwatch.
As the main microprocessor supplier for PCs, notebooks, and servers, Intel's business is to raise its OEMs upon its shoulders, building the fundamental capabilities into its chipsets that Intel hardware partners can later sell to consumers. And, as Las Vegas learned long ago, a little sizzle always helps sell the steak.
Krzanich's Monday night keynote promised a journey from a world of transformative devices to immersive experiences. He began with wearables, a category that he said had been plagued by the fact that, to date, wearables have required a second device—a smartphone—to make them come to life.
Intel chief Brian Krzanich holds the "smart earbud" Intel developed, with the "Jarvis" digital assistant whispering in the user's ear.
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