At the Intel Industrial Summit 2020, Intel announced new enhanced Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities.
The company showcased the 11th Gen Intel Core processors, Intel Atom x6000E series, and Intel Pentium and Celeron N and J series that it claimed, added new artificial intelligence (AI), security, functional safety and real-time capabilities to Edge customers.
Building on the recently announced client processors, 11th Gen Core is enhanced specifically for essential IoT applications that require high-speed processing, computer vision and low-latency deterministic computing, said the chipmaker.
Intel claimed it delivered up to a 23 percent performance gain in single-thread performance, a 19 percent gain in multithread performance and up to a 2.95x performance gain in graphics gen on gen. New dual-video decode boxes allow the processor to ingest up to 40 simultaneous video streams at 1080p 30 frames per second and output up to four channels of 4K or two channels of 8K video. AI-inferencing algorithms can run on up to 96 graphic execution units (INT8) or run on the CPU with vector neural network instructions (VNNI) built in. 11th Gen processors enable real-time computing demands while delivering deterministic performance across a variety of use cases:
- Industrial sector: Mission-critical control systems (PLC, robotics, etc.), industrial PCs and human-machine interfaces.
- Retail, banking and hospitality: Intelligent, immersive digital signage, interactive kiosks and automated checkout.
- Healthcare: Next-generation medical imaging devices with high-resolution displays and AI-powered diagnostics.
- Smart city: Smart network video recorders with onboard AI inferencing and analytics.
Intel said for the 11th Gen Core processors, it already had over 90 partners “committed to delivering solutions to meet customers’ demands.”