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Intel Processor Could Be In Next-Gen Google Glass
An anonymous reader points out this story that Intel could be in charge of creating the chips for the new Google Glass. Intel is expected to supply the chips for a new version of Google's Glass device in 2015, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources. The Intel processor will replace one from Texas Instruments, which is used in the current version of Glass, which is a device that allows people to view the Internet or take pictures while wearing it on their heads. Intel hasn't commented yet. The Wall Street Journal said that Intel plans to promote Glass to hospital networks and manufacturers. Google watched the web-connected eyewear in 2012, but it carried a hefty price and was regarded as something that only nerds would wear.
Let me break this down. Here's Intel's apparent product planning meeting:
1. Mobile processors. What to do for the 4th gen Haswell ones...umm...let's make the Pentium 1/2 the speed of the 3rd gen one and still throw it in laptops. Yay! Let's do that! People freaking love double the battery life when it takes twice as long to do everything. I wonder why half the U-series underclocked 3rd gen chips are all on clearance right now...hmmm...
2. Let's take the atom that runs x86 and just emulate ARM and throw it in some tablets like the ASUS MeMO Pad. That'll be efficient and not glitchy at all. Yes, best meeting ever!
3. Next, let's make chips for a controversial product that nobody wants.
I guess this is what happens when AMD says they don't want to compete in mobile processors. Oh well, at least Intel is running out of feet to shoot themselves in.