Intel launches new family of IoT platforms

Intel announced at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Shenzhen, China the availability of the Intel Gateway Solutions for Internet of Things (IoT), a family of integrated solutions based on the Intel Quark SoC X1000 and Intel Atom processors.
 
Designed to connect edge devices to the cloud, the gateway family is ideal for manufacturing, transportation and energy applications. The new platforms will enable businesses to offer new services by unlocking valuable data from legacy systems that were not previously connected to each other or the cloud, the company said. By securely capturing and analysing data from systems not previously connected, businesses can unlock new opportunities for understanding the behaviour and uses of their existing products, as well as create a foundation for designing new products. 

While new connected devices are deployed every day, significant investments have already been made and deployed in existing industrial environments. In fact, Intel said it’s estimated that more than 85% of connected devices that could benefit most from the Internet of Things already exist within installed infrastructure.
 
By integrating a combination of Intel technology with the Wind River Intelligent Device Platform XT development environment and McAfee Embedded Control, Intel Gateway Solutions for IoT provide an application-ready solution that accelerates time to market and enables businesses to focus on value-add capabilities instead of reinventing foundational building blocks. Qualified solutions will come this quarter from ADI, Advantech, ADLink, Eurotech, Portwell and Vantron, the company said.

ADI has announced availability of its “White Oak Canyon” IoT gateway based on the new Intel Quark processor X1000.
 
Intel Gateway Solutions for IoT is another example of collaboration between ADLINK and Intel on new and emerging technologies to better serve ADLINK customers and partners. The gateway solution helps bridge ADLINK's embedded building blocks for intelligent edge devices to its Smart Embedded Management Agent (SEMA) cloud services, providing the M2M communications for an end-to-end IoT solution.

Advantech announced the UTX-3115 fanless and wide temperature range embedded box integrated with the Intel Gateway Solutions for IoT, an ultra-thin, industrial-grade system built for outdoor IoT applications.

Eurotech announced the Everyware Software Framework (ESF) that resides on the Intel-based ReliaGATE family of products, providing a cost-effective, flexible and IT-oriented device application framework to simplify the next generation of connected, smart devices.

Portwell brings many years of embedded computing expertise in the industrial automation, network security and medical equipment markets with its version of the Quark-based Intel Gateway Solutions for IoT.

Vantron Technology offers IoT gateway solutions based on the Intel Atom processor E6xx series and the latest E3800 series and Intel Quark SoC X1000, to provide powerful tools for the front-end sensor data acquisition, back-end cloud platform data processing and terminal control unit data feedback in the IoT system. The first platforms integrate Wind River and McAfee software to help accelerate time to market and will be available from the ecosystem this quarter.  

An Intel Gateway Solution for the Internet of Things platform with integrated manageability and security technology allowed Zebra to introduce a scalable platform to market quicker while focusing on its value-add capabilities.

About the Intel Quark SoC X1000 Series 
Available today, the low power, small-core Intel Quark processor is designed for emerging applications in rapidly growing IoT markets such as industrial, energy and transportation. The processor core at the heart of the system-on-a-chip (SoC) is a 32-bit, single-core, single-thread Intel Pentium instruction set architecture (ISA) compatible CPU operating at speeds up to 400 MHz.

The SoC also includes support for DDR3, PCIe, Ethernet, USB device, USB host, SD, UART, 12C, PIO, SPI, JTAG, Arduino IDE and open source Linux. Intel Quark features error-correcting code (ECC) for a high level of data integrity, reliability and system uptime for equipment required to run at all times such as on industrial factory floors. Additionally, support for industrial temperature ranges helps meet the requirements for industrial control and automations applications in factories, the smart grid and transportation infrastructure.