Intel is moving to empower makers of all types with its tools, and with funding for things like the America's Greatest Makers TV show. There is a realization that Intel was created by some of the greatest makers who ever lived, and that there's a revolution pushing innovation into homes and garages all over the world. At its heart, IDF this year was all about that. Makers rule!!
Computers from laptops to supercomputers could get a major speed boost next year, thanks to a new kind of hard drive developed by Intel. Intel Optane drives, as they will be called, are based on a new way to store digital data that can operate as much as 1,000 times as fast as the flash memory technology inside hard drives, memory sticks, and mobile devices today.
Intel raised the curtain on a number of new products — and dished out plenty of gimmicks, too (like these robot spiders) — during day one of its 2015 Developer Forum. Here’s a rundown of everything that went down so far at the annual developer event.
Venafi has raised a huge $39 million round of funding from Intel Capital, QuestMark Partners, and Silver Lake Waterman.
The encryption key and security certificate manager says it’s using the money to expand its client base and to create new products for the burgeoning Internet of Things market.
Intel has acquired Recon Instruments, a Vancouver, Canada-based maker of heads-up displays for athletes.
Recon makes two products: the Recon Snow2, which is a ski mask with an integrated display, and the Recon Jet, a pair of sunglasses for cyclists and runners, also with an integrated display.
Intel did not reveal the terms of the acquisition, but a spokesperson stated that it was “small and not financially material to Intel.”
Techvibes reported that Intel paid $175 million, but a source tells us that the actual number was lower.
Wearables have until now been mainly thought of as consumer health and fitness devices, but Intel believes that they will increasingly find useful roles in the enterprise.
“I think our imagination has been captured by consumer wearables, but there are huge opportunities for wearables in the enterprise,” said Steve Holmes, vice president of Intel’s new devices group, at VentureBeat’s Mobile Summit today.
INTEL ntel today announced that it’s throwing support behind hot big-data startup Databricks, which provides support for the trendy Apache Spark open-source project for processing and analyzing large data sets.
Intel will also work with AMPLab at University of California, Berkeley, from which Spark and Databricks emerged.
Of course, Intel has an interest in making sure Spark, which quickly performs computations in memory, works well with Intel chips.
Moving deeper into the Internet of Things, Intel has acquired smart home startup Lantiq for $280 million.
The move will accelerate Lantiq’s smart home gateway and intelligent access networks business. It will also help the world’s biggest chip maker advance its position in the Internet of Things, or making everyday objects smart and connected.
Intel’s got a massive display area here at CES 2015 but we wanted to know what the company was doing in the car — and what we found did not disappoint.
Rather than focus on infotainment like most of the other big technology leaders (Apple, Google, etc.), Intel’s concept shows how the auto can use today’s sensors to track the eyes of the driver — even when the top is down and the driver is wearing sunglasses. Intel partnered with developer Seeing Machines on a new driver-warning system to utilize those eye movement-tracking sensors to prevent accidents while on the road.
Intel showed off its plans to jump-start the wearable gadget industry with a new button-sized module called Curie during a keynote event at CES 2015 today.
The low-powered module can make things like jewelry, clothing, and other accessories into smart, wearable devices, Intel explained. Basically, anything that’s larger than a dime can now become connected when the Curie module is integrated. The module also includes Intel’s Quark SE SoC chipset, Bluetooth low-energy radio, sensors and battery charging, the company said.
