{"id":8565,"date":"2015-08-19T19:02:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T23:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=8565"},"modified":"2015-08-19T19:02:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T23:02:38","slug":"intels-five-not-very-big-announcements-from-idf-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/08\/19\/intels-five-not-very-big-announcements-from-idf-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel’s five (not very) big announcements from IDF this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve paid any attention to Intel\u2019s developer event in San Francisco this week, you\u2019ve probably gathered already that there\u2019s almost no chip news at the show. Intel has moved up the food chain, so to speak, and is showing developers what they can build with its technologies rather than focusing on new components.<\/p>\n

It makes sense, since with PCs on the wane Intel needs developers to get creative with its products. It can no longer flash a faster Core i7 chip and expect them to go do something interesting with it, because PCs nowadays just aren\u2019t that interesting. Instead, it needs to show them what else they can do with its latest chips.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019ve been hearing a lot about robots, depth-sensing cameras, smart vending machines and bracelets that log you into your PC. It\u2019s important stuff for Intel, and entertaining to watch a sensor-equipped BMX bike jump over the head of CEO Brian Krzanich. But there\u2019s not a ton of big news we hadn\u2019t heard about before.<\/p>\n

Still, here are 5 of the most interesting things announced so far, and since we\u2019re already halfway through IDF there probably won\u2019t be much else.<\/p>\n

SmartSound and Wake on Voice<\/p>\n

Intel didn\u2019t talk much about its upcoming Skylake desktop CPUs this week, but it did reveal that the chip has an integrated DSP used for a feature called Intel Smart Sound, which will allow computers to listen out for audio signals without using up too much power.<\/p>\n

It worked with Microsoft to build an upcoming technology for Windows 10 called Wake on Voice, which will let you walk up to a Windows 10 in sleep mode and bring it to life by saying \u201cHey Cortana.\u201d Some smartphones already have this always-listening feature, but it\u2019s not available yet on a PC.<\/p>\n

The catch is, we\u2019re told Wake on Voice won\u2019t arrive with the first Skylake chips, which means it won\u2019t be supported in the first wave of Windows 10 PCs.<\/p>\n

Button-sized Curie chip coming in Q4<\/p>\n

OK, there was a little bit of chip news. Curie is Intel\u2019s tiny system-on-chip for wearables. Unveiled at CES earlier this year, it’s as big as a fingernail and includes a Quark microprocessor, Bluetooth radio, accelerometer and gyroscope.<\/p>\n

Intel announced this week that “select\u201d hardware makers will get their hands on Curie to build products in the fourth quarter. Regular developers will get it too at the Maker Faire in Rome, Krzanich said, which takes place in October.<\/p>\n

As well as rings, bracelets and fitness trackers, Curie can be embedded in just about anything. Intel showed how you can track the speed and position of a BMX bike that apparently had Curie chips on its handlebars and saddle. It also released some new SDKs, including one called Identity IQ, which can authenticate a wearer’s identity. That could eventually let you unlock your PC using a smart bracelet, as Krzanich demonstrated in his keynote.<\/p>\n

RealSense goes everywhere<\/p>\n

RealSense is Intel\u2019s 3D depth-sensing camera. It uses three lenses — a standard 2D camera, an infrared laser and an infrared camera. It basically allows a computer to \u201csee,\u201d and Intel has already shown a drone navigating through trees in the woods using RealSense.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s already in some PCs, and at CES Intel showed the first prototype smartphone with RealSense. This could allow several handy uses. RealSense can be used to measure distances, so you can go furniture shopping and use your smartphone as a tape measure. It can also take photos that allow you to adjust the focus later, a bit like a Lytro camera, and it can be used to scan objects for sending to a 3D printer.<\/p>\n

RealSense is the most pervasive technology at IDF. It\u2019s also being shown in a vending machines that can tell the sex and age of the person standing in front of it, and in a robot bellhop that will deliver drinks to your hotel room. it\u2019s also in gaming systems, including a new camera from Razer to use on the Twitch game streaming service.<\/p>\n

High-speed 3D XPoint memory and storage coming next year<\/p>\n

Intel will launch the first products next year based on 3D XPoint, a new memory type it developed with Micron. Intel claims it will be 10x as dense as DRAM and 1,000 as fast as NAND Flash – although speed tests on stage revealed the initial performance gain to be closer to just 7x.<\/p>\n

Under a new brand called Intel Optane, Intel will launch SSDs for servers and PCs next year, and also memory DIMMs for servers. Intel says 3D XPoint will supercharge everything from PC gaming to in-memory databases.<\/p>\n

Intel is sponsoring a reality show?<\/p>\n

Strange but true, Intel has partnered with United Artists to produce a reality TV show called “America’s Greatest Makers.” It will follow the trials and travails of inventors cometing to build the greatest wearable or gadget using Intel’s Curie chip, and the winner will get a $1 million prize.<\/p>\n

via Intel’s five (not very) big announcements from IDF this week | PCWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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