As per the roadmap outlined for the business in 2014, Intel expects areas like Internet of Things (IoT), High Performance Computing (HPC), Big Data to be major growth drivers for the business with a continued focus on expanding the footprint on the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM).
The company claims its Quark technology will help extend its reach to rapidly growing areas, from the Internet of Things to wearable computing in the future. With Intel Quark technologies, Intel is extending the flexibility and scalability of the x 86 ecosystems which encompasses more than 40 years of compute innovation and standards into new markets. This trend is being driven by increasingly connected devices, seamless connectivity from sensors to the datacentre, cloud economics for compute and data and the acceleration of big data analytics to extract value from data. The IoT offers businesses the opportunity to develop new services, enhance productivity and efficiency, improve real-time decision making, solve critical problems, and develop new consumer experiences.
With ongoing technology innovations in the area of High Performance Computing (HPC), Intel expects India to have more supercomputers listed in Top500 in the year 2014. Additionally, increased collaboration with leading experts in CSIR, DST and industry is expected to further propel the application of HPC in India with more scientists and researchers getting access to parallel computing clusters. As the leading HPC solutions provider in the market, Intel will continue engaging with researchers to increase the efficiency, scalability of their code.
Intel believes that Cloud services will be critical for delivering services to billions of connected devices. According to Intel, having 15 billion connected devices in the next few years is achievable. The biggest question is around where the data will go when these devices connect and the best way to make use of that information. This will prompt a whole industry to grow around predictive analysis and raw data. Big Data will help make companies smarter, more progressive and give them a business advantage. Governments will soon follow.
“This will be an opportunity for Intel as the changes in computing will lead to a requirement of 16x storage and 20x compute capacity by 2015,” said Srinivas Tadigadapa, Director-Enterprise Solution, Intel South Asia.