Intel’s new CEO Brian Krzanich laid out Intel’s vision and described how Intel is addressing each dynamic market segment and accelerating Intel’s progress in ultra-mobile devices – with new products over the next year and beyond, including a new, lower-power product family. This year’s Intel Developer Forum marked the first keynote addresses by Krzanich and Intel President Renee James since assuming their new roles in May. In her presentation, James envisioned a new era in which every device and every object computes, meaning that integrated computing solutions must be smaller, faster, more versatile and produced in higher volume. “Intel has played a pivotal role in every previous technology transition and will continue to enable breakthroughs in the future,” said James. Krzanich said that Intel this week will introduce “Bay Trail,” Intel’s first 22nm system-on-a-chip (SoC) for mobile devices. “Bay Trail” is based on the company’s new low-power, high-performance Silvermont micro architecture, which will power a range of innovative Android* and Windows* designs, most notably tablets and 2 in 1 devices. As an example of how Intel will continue to use its manufacturing and architectural leadership to push further into lower power regimes, Krzanich announced the Intel Quark processor family. The new lower-power products will extend Intel’s reach to growing segments from the industrial Internet-of-Things to wearable computing. It is designed for applications where lower power and size take priority over higher performance. Intel will sample form-factor reference boards based on the first product in this family during the fourth quarter of this year to help partners accelerate development of tailored, optimized solutions initially aimed at the industrial, energy and transportation segments.
