#CES | Intel introduced the Edison dual-core computer the size of an SD card

During Intel's presentation at CES-2014, Brian Krzanic introduced the tiny Edison device to the public, which he said was a “full-fledged Pentium-class computer,” while being comparable in size to a regular SD memory card.

At the heart of the Edison microcomputer is a 32-bit x86 Intel Quark processor, which is “a system on a chip” (SOC), which was introduced by the company back in 2013. A distinctive feature of this processor is its power consumption is much lower than in the line of Atom processors, while Intel Quark is much more powerful than all its mobile predecessors. The processor includes 512 KB of ultrafast eSRAM memory, DDR3 controller and support for interfaces PCIe, SPI, I2C, Fast Ethernet, USB 2.0, SDIO, PMC, and also GPIO. The first modifications of the processors will operate at a frequency of up to 400 MHz, but the clock frequency will be constantly increased with the release of new modifications.

The Edison computer runs on the Linux operating system, and an individual application store like the Apple App Store and Google Play will be launched specifically for it. In Edison built-in modules Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

First of all, Intel is positioning its development as the basis of various wearable devices. During the presentation, the use of Edison was demonstrated along with the Nursery 2.0 application as a kind of nurse for infants. The device remotely turned on the heating of a bottle of milk, when the child began to cry and demand to feed him, it also measured its temperature and monitored the general emotional state. And this, apparently, is only the tip of the iceberg, since Intel announced a contest “Make it Wearable” for the best use of Edison in everyday life with a prize fund of 1,300,000 dollars (500,000 dollars for first place).

Based on theverge.com

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