Boston, MA 10/07/2013 (wallstreetpr) – Having established itself as the processor of choice for desktop computers and larger devices, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has now set its sights on making a place for itself in the low-power device market by partnering with Arduino for an ambitious new project. On Thursday they announced that they will be building electronics board called Galileo for Arduino hardware which will contain their 32-bit Pentium-class Quark processor; Arduino is currently using the significantly lower powered Atmel –bit microcontroller.
Intel did not capitalize fully on the mobile device revolution that has swept the technological landscape but sees this project as an important first step in making up some valuable ground. The Arduino project is very popular among students and hobbyists and when the Galileo boards become available in November, universities and colleges will be targeted to have them incorporated into classroom projects in order to raise their profile. Electronics students in particular, will benefit from the new processor since Arduino systems have been embraced as an excellent hands-on learning tool that can be used in a wide variety of hardware projects.
Massimo Banzi, founder of the Arduino project, stated that he is very thrilled by the prospects of what can be achieved with the renowned performance of Intel technology now available on their development boards. New chief executive at Intel, Brian Krzanich also emphasized that the project offers new opportunity for educational applications and will help to boost interest in areas such as math, engineering and technology.
The new Galileo boards have been designed so that they will be compatible with existing Arduino hardware so that any programs that were designed before will still run properly when used with the new processor. This is particularly important since the strength of Arduino’s popularity is the freedom it gives to the everyday user to write their own programs on a regular computer for use on the Arduino device.
