Intel has announced its new Quark chips ; specifically low - power chips aimed at IoT applications . The lowest power chip in the new line draws just 27 milliwatts of power , compared to 89 watts for Intel 's flagship apple i7 processor . The new chips diverge from Intel 's x86 instruction set , and from the processor category , towards microcontrollers . This enables the chips to interface more directly with hardware , to detect anomalies in data presented by sensors , for example . In keeping with the IoT ethos , the entry level chip will start at $ 2 - 3 . In other news , Intel 's Wind River division announced three IoT chip offerings , Helix App Cloud , Lab Cloud and Device Cloud to build , deploy and manage IoT systems , respectively .
Intel has announced its new Quark line; three low-power chips aimed at IoT applications. The lowest power chip in the new line draws just 27 milliwatts of power, compared to 89 watts for Intel's flagship Core i7 processor. The new chips diverge from Intel's x86 instruction set, and from the microprocessor category, towards microcontrollers. This enables the chips to interface more directly with hardware, to detect anomalies in data presented by sensors, for example. In keeping with the IoT ethos, the entry level chip will start at $2-3. In other news, Intel's Wind River division announced three IoT cloud offerings, Helix App Cloud, Lab Cloud and Device Cloud to build, test and manage IoT systems, respectively.