Last year Intel unveiled Quark X1000, a range of small SoCs aimed at wearables. CEO Brian Krzanich has revealed that Intel would unveil innovative wearables at CES, according to his interview with Recode. Intel would introduce new SoCs in the Quark chip family and a range third-party wearable devices powered by the Quark chip at CES in Las Vegas next week, says the CEO. These new wearable devices are likely to ship only later this year.
Regarding the wearable devices, Brian Krzanich, CEO, Intel, said,
What you will see at CES is that we are actually going to bring some very innovative wearables to the show that are developed and manufactured here. We’ll show you some things that you would never have thought could become smart and communicate.
We don’t have any other details about these wearable devices yet. Intel revealed its plans to get into Web TV business recently, but it din’t take off. Intel CEO revealed that it needs a partner that could rapidly expand the media library, since they don’t have experience in this field. It is said to be talking to Verizon to release its TV product, according to the report, but it is not confirmed yet.
Popular chip maker Qualcomm introduced Toq, a proof of concept Smartwatch last year that starts at $349.99. We have to wait for a week to know what Intel has to show off.