Intel is using Alexa for its connected home vision (CNET News)
Intel is using Alexa for its connected home vision (CNET News)
2017-10-19
until they have missed out on the
transition to mobile but it's not
planning to let the same thing happen in
the smart home company has a vision for
the connect at home and a technology
plan to back it up
Intel already has a few design wins with
Amazon's echo product line Intel's atom
CPUs power the echo show video chat
device and the echo look fashion rising
camera the look also has intel's
realsense camera technology built in
beyond those products Intel sees a
future for the smart home where our
homes have voice control everywhere
visual and audio sensors and fast
connectivity both inside and outside the
home and a robust artificial
intelligence network working in the
background to gather up all that sensor
data and use it to make our homes hit
their full smartness potential to push
that effort forward
intel has announced a new speech
enabling development kit the kit is
designed specifically to speed along the
development of smart home devices that
have Alexa built in included in the kit
are two circuit boards one with Intel's
audio processing chips another with a
set of eight microphones for maximizing
voice reception in industry high Intel
says the kit could technically work with
other voices systems like Syria the
glueless system but for now it's
exclusive to Alexa in addition to
helping developers Intel also has a
marketing effort underway to get its
name out to consumers in relation to the
smart home the Intel smart life roadshow
is bringing an Intel and Amazon device
outfitted Airstream trailer around 220
cities across the u.s. keep an eye out
and you might be able to try out the
latest in smart home tech in person
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