10 takeaways from Intel that will reshape the tech industry

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With numerous connected devices owned by each individual, brace yourself for 50 billion connected devices by 2020! It’s no wonder Intel wants to be at the heart of your home and to achieve this, they’ve launched a new network processing unit (NPU) - the AnyWAN GRX750 SoC - to tackle more than 100 connected devices per smart home.
 

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With reference designs and partnership with a dozen OEMs and ODMs, there are numerous Intel-powered gateways, smart home routers and network access points that will be coming to market and fighting for a spot in your home. Find out more about the NPU and next-gen wireless chips powering these units.
 

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Foxconn and Intel signed an MOU to drive 5G network transformation from edge to data center devices! While 4G is doing a fine job now, it’s only just about adequate for current usage needs. But to tackle the explosion of connected devices and the escalating data consumption needs, you’ll need technologies to tackle 1000x the current connection capacity, 10x latency reduction, and 50x the current peak data consumption. This is a job for 5G network infrastructure.

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As much as up to 80% of the internet content consumption is driven by videos and with increasing 4K content, 360-degree videos and more, it’s inevitable that video content delivery is a crucial focus for cloud and data centers. With that in mind, Intel launched their first server class Xeon processors with Iris Pro Graphics and eDRAM on-package that enable it to process 4K video transcoding and delivery in real-time. Find out more about the new additions in the Xeon E3-1500 v5 series.

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It’s not all about the web and cloud, and Intel went on to deliver what it does best on the client side of things like the world’s first 10-core processor for consumers using the new Broadwell-E microarchitecture. This beast of a processor is not only a technological marvel, but it also incorporates new clock boosting techniques and features pandering to extreme overclockers. Find out more over here.

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Going hand-in-hand with the new extreme processors is Intel’s commitment to immersive gaming through VR. This year is truly the year of VR gaming where the VR headsets are on the verge of trickling down to enthusiasts and powerful new graphics solutions that deliver believable and immersive VR gaming. Of course the backbone of all this is a capable platform, something like the Intel Broadwell-E that can effortlessly tackle multi-GPU setups that are needed for extreme quality gaming.
 

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New form factors are also emerging to support VR gaming needs such as these backpack based systems. Shown here is a HP Omen backpack gaming machine, while MSI was also busy showing off their version at the show floor.

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On the other end of the scale, you have Intel’s diminutive NUC desktop systems that fit within your palm. The most recent addition comes in a slightly different form factor but with Iris Pro Graphics class based processor powering it, the Skull Canyon NUC is the most powerful mini system ever and is capable of decent gaming on its own (check out what Iris Pro Graphics can handle). Not to mention, you can add on more graphics horsepower!

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Wireless docking just got real with Intel Wireless Gigabit technology! While we’ve first seen this tech in action last year, it was enabled via a docking station. This time round, an OEM has actually integrated this tech within the monitor itself! Enabled by Intel’s Wireless Gigabit technology that’s based on the high-speed 60GHz WiGig 802.11ad standard, it provides wireless docking and wireless display capabilities with other WiGig enabled products like notebooks and tablets.

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Despite all the high-end offerings for enthusiasts and data centers, Intel is still mindful of the budget and mainstream market and committed to deliver two new processor platforms in Q3 of this year – Apollo Lake, which will address budget systems with an updated Atom microarchitecture and carry the Celeron and Pentium branding. The other is Kaby Lake, Intel’s 7th Generation Core architecture for notebooks.

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Intel also promised that we could see next-gen memory and storage solution with Intel Optane technology within this year that’s based on the insanely fast 3D Xpoint Memory. This is just to reaffirm that it’s not vaporware and it is indeed coming to reality.

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Zooming out to a totally different industry, expect to find Intel at the heart of leading edge telemetry gathering and processing devices such as in smart and connected vehicles. You can check our news on Intel’s wave to power the connected transport platform solutions.

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Intel’s RealSense 3D cameras already power droids and drones of all form factors and industry verticals. But Intel isn’t just stopping there...

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Intel wants to rule the skies with their Aero Platform, designed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as drones. So not only will their vision be powered by Intel’s RealSense 3D cameras, but also have a processing backbone to make sense of the visual data and interface with other sensors and drone I/O.

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Here’s a closer look at the Intel Aero Platform.