During the Intel Developer Forum 2016, Intel launched its most powerful hacker board till date. Named Intel Joule, this development kit packs an Intel Atom processor and 4GB RAM. Joule also includes Intel’s RealSense depth-scanning camera that makes it a great choice for high-end IoT and VR applications. This board supports Linux flavours and Windows 10 IoT Core.
There's no denying the fact that Intel missed the mobile revolution. The processor giant knows that it can't afford to miss IoT and VR revolution and it's making efforts to leave an impact.
Earlier this week, at annual Intel Developer Forum, CEO Brian Krzanick teased the Windows 10-powered open source VR headset Project Alloy. The same stage also became a witness of the launch of Joule, Intel's most powerful developer kit yet.
"Intel Joule is a high performance system-on-module (SOM) in a tiny, low-power package thus making it ideal for computer vision, robotics, drones, IoT, VR, AR, micro-servers and other application that require high end edge computing."
Joule is intel's brand new 4-core embedded module, With a small size of 48 x 24 x 3.5 mm, it packs an Intel Atom quad core processor clocked at 1.7 GHz with 4GB RAM. Giving a tough competition to the specs of a desktop computer, Intel Joule houses integrated HDMI GPU graphics and USB ports for your mouse and keyboard.
This mini-computer also features Intel's RealSense depth-sensing camera. It'll allow makers to create advance IoT devices that will posses ability to capture depth of field information.
Intel Joule comes in two hardware configurations. The higher end model comes with a price tag of $369.99. This price is expensive as compared to Raspberry Pi but these two shouldn’t be compared. Unlike the tiny development boards, Intel’s offering is a desktop class device in a small box.
For more information, you can visit Intel’s website.
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