The platform includes two reference architectures and a catalog of Intel products and its ecosystem to address IoT opportunities. Products include new Intel® Quark™ processors for IoT, free and easy-to-use operating systems with a complete Wind River cloud suite, and analytics capabilities—all designed to build and secure smart, connected IDE-to-cloud solutions.
Intel is working with a wide variety of companies across all market segments to scale from proof of concept to pilot programs and full-scale implementations. Levi Strauss & Co.* has partnered with Intel to implement a proof of concept for the Intel IoT Platform to address inventory management in three of its stores. This proof of concept allows Levi's stores to gain greater visibility into what's on the shelves and what's performing less well, making the inventory management process more effective so that when a customer looks for jeans in a specific color and size, they'll find them on the shelf.
Making IoT Easy:
The new Intel IoT Platform reference architecture for smart, connected objects is focused on enabling the broad Intel ecosystem to develop smart objects simply, securely, and in an integrated way. The platform provides a roadmap for innovations to reach the market faster by reducing complexity and defining how smart devices securely connect and share verified data in the cloud. The first company to announce IoT solutions based on the Intel IoT Platform is SAP*, which will develop its end-to-end enterprise IoT solutions using the Intel platform in conjunction with its SAP HANA* cloud platform.
New Silicon for Connected Smart Objects:
The introduction of Intel Quark processors for IoT delivers low-power silicon for smart objects. The Intel® Quark™ SE SoC and the Intel® Quark™ D1000 and D2000 microcontrollers offer powerful processing in an energy-efficient package. The new products are ideal for IoT packaging, enabling extended temperature ranges for demanding environments and providing high long-term reliability for added peace of mind. The Intel Quark SE SoC for IoT offers an integrated sensor hub and pattern-matching technology to deliver real-time, complex sensor data at the IoT edge. To collect data on all objects in a used space and highlight usage in an office building, smart building provider Yanzi* is using the new Intel Quark SoC to develop Yanzi Plug* and Yanzi Motion*. The first is a sensor that monitors energy and optimizes its use based on the space occupied, enabling predictive maintenance in smart buildings, as well as providing edge and on-the-ground analytics. This solution reduces operating expenses and the total cost of ownership of an IoT system in smart buildings.
Honeywell* showcased a prototype of its connected worker solution powered by Intel Quark technology. The industrial wearable helps monitor mission-critical work environments, such as first responders, industrial workers, and firefighters. It demonstrates how integrating data from multiple workers can anticipate unsafe conditions and prevent potentially hazardous scenarios or equipment failures that could threaten worker safety and cause costly absences.
The Intel Quark D1000 microcontroller is available starting today, while the Intel Quark D2000 microcontroller will be available later this year. The Intel Quark SE SoC for IoT will reach the market in the first half of 2016.
Free “From Things to Cloud” Software:
Wind River’s new offering is designed to help manufacturers and commercial developers simplify and accelerate the development of IoT applications and devices, with the ability to start developing applications in 10 minutes. A critical part of Intel’s IoT Platform is that it includes the free, multi-architecture, cloud-connected operating systems Wind River Rocket and Wind River Pulsar Linux, and a complete cloud suite of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products.
From manufacturers to commercial developers, the “From Things to Cloud” solutions open IoT device development to a wide range of individuals who want to participate in the IoT opportunity. It also offers customers a path to commercialization, from experimentation to development to commercial product. With its latest offering, Wind River is not only growing in its cloud market but also extending its presence from operating systems to MCUs.
Demonstrating the Value of IoT with Analytics:
The utility of IoT becomes clear when new insights are gleaned from the massive volumes of data generated by smart, connected objects. A key ingredient in Intel’s new IoT Platform is the Trusted Analytics Platform (TAP), which enables data to be actionable and integrated into an end-to-end IoT solution. Designed for developers and data scientists, TAP is the ideal platform for a wide range of industries, including healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. It integrates with Intel’s IoT Platform reference architecture for data management, protocol abstraction, and workload and compute distribution.
Levi Strauss & Co. can now use TAP to obtain real-time inventory data, helping it improve data collection accuracy and provide shoppers with an enhanced in-store experience. Honeywell is using TAP in its connected worker solution for industrial safety to improve real-time decision-making.
