英特爾（Intel）10日發表一系列超迷你Quark處理器，可應用在穿戴式裝置、皮膚貼片，甚至是蒐集醫療資訊的吞入式裝置，積極擴展智慧手機以外的新市場。
被批評為未能在智慧手機晶片取得先機的英特爾表示，Quark未來幾年可應用在體感的穿戴式裝置、工業與醫療裝置等仰賴數十億個小型計算引擎的裝置。
今年5月與執行長柯森尼奇（Brian Krzanich）一起銜命受任的總裁詹姆斯（Renee James）在英特爾年度開發商大會上說：「這是英特爾歷來的最小型晶片。」Quark的大小為低階Atom晶片系列的五分之一，耗電量僅十分之一，但價格並未公布。
Quark是英特爾多項宣布中最讓人驚豔的，鎖定科技業的下一波重大機會「穿戴式運算」，包括智慧手表與日常生活的物聯網裝置等。其中受矚目的功能是應用於醫療家電用品，如監看生命跡象的智慧繃帶，與可吞入或注射用的拋棄式感應器。
英特爾基於生產製程的改良，得以縮小晶片上電晶體的尺寸與成本，因此押注於能靠Quark賺取龐大利潤。詹姆斯說，採用Quark系列的裝置數量龐大，足以維持昔日的高利潤水準。
2011年英特爾率先擊敗對手，將生產技術帶入22奈米製程。柯森尼奇10日也發表首批以14奈米製程技術生產的晶片，訂明年上市。
【特派記者謝艾莉／舊金山10日電】英特爾積極搶攻行動市場，執行長柯森尼奇指出，年底假期旺季來臨前，將有60多款二合一裝置的設計，價格帶可望低達400美元，甚至將看到售價100美元的平板電腦、搭載英特爾的處理器。
布萊恩10日在英特爾科技論壇（IDF）發表開幕演說時表示，英特爾本周將推出英特爾針對行動裝置所設計的首款22奈米系統單晶片（SoC），代號Bay Trail，採全新低功耗、高效能Silvermont微架構，可用在各種創新設計的Android與Windows產品，其中最重要的是平板以及二合一裝置。
Intel's 'Quark' lineup targets wearable
Intel announced a line of tiny chips for new markets, including wearable devices, at the company's annual conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Called Quark, it is Intel's bid to stay relevant in the era of wearable computing.The new lower-power products will address wearable gadgets, as well as industrial "Internet-of-Things" devices, new Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said during his keynote speech.
It's approximately one-fifth the size of the company's already-small Atom chip and draws one-tenth the power.
Intel will sample circuit board designs based on the first product in this family during the fourth quarter of this year. Initially, it will be aimed at the industrial, energy, and transportation markets.
Krzanich showed a bracelet as an example of a concept product and said the company is pursuing opportunities with partners in this area.
"Smartphones and tablets are not the end-state," he said. "The next wave of computing is still being defined. Wearable computers and sophisticated sensors and robotics are only some of the initial applications."Intel appears to be going after rival ARM with Quark, wrote Anand Shimpi of chip site Anandtech.
"ARM's Cortex M and Cortex R processor IP already compete in the spaces that Intel is naming for Quark," he said.Qualcomm also is moving ahead with the Internet-of-things concept, such as the recently.
The 2013 edition of the annual Internet Trends report finds a continued robust online growth. The world now has 2.4 billion Internet users, and this total figure continues to grow apace. A major factor in this increase is mobile usage and it is expanding swiftly, while the mobile advertising opportunity remains largely untapped.
KPCB’s report has reviewed the shifting online landscape, which has become more social and content rich, with expanded use of photos, video and audio. Looking into the future, the report highlights early signs of demand and growth for wearable computing devices, such as the likes of Google glasses, connected wrist bands and watches, also the features and emergence of connected cars, drones and other new platforms.
Teenagers still love Facebook, this isn’t breaking news. Piper Jaffray’s recent study shows 33 percent of the 5,200 teens surveyed choose Facebook as their most important of all social networks. Following closely behind, Twitter has 30 percent of the vote, while 17 percent of teens say that Instagram is the most important social network.
The most notable fact is that interest in Facebook seems to be declining heavily among teens. Even though teens still see Facebook as their most important social network, Piper Jaffray reports that the numbers are down regarding how many teens see Facebook as the most important social media website.
Over the past year, the number of teens who deem Facebook as the most important social media site has dropped from more than 30 percent to just over 20 percent. YouTube may usurp Facebook soon as the most important social media site. As it stands right now, YouTube also has around 22 percent of the vote.
註：穿戴式裝置的計算能力是否需要這麼高？值得懷疑？
註：穿戴式裝置的計算能力是否需要這麼高？值得懷疑？
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