The article / page states that the Edison CPU/SOC will use 1/10th the power of the current Atom SOC. The current batch of Atom SOCs use 5-10 watts so the Edison should use 0.5-1.0 watts, quite a significant savings. Yes, the current wearables are much faster but also much more power hungry.
Disclaimer: Power ratings are CLAIMED by Intel, no real world numbers yet. Andy On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Steven S. Critchfield <[email protected]>wrote: > While a cool idea, I think Intel crippled it's offering out of the gate. > > Edison is only 400mhz. The current crop of wearable arm systems are all > multicore Ghz plus beasts in comparison. Intel hasn't proven they are > willing to price appropriate for the speed these devices actually run. They > are still playing catchup. But it is nice they are still playing in this > market. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Meet Edison, Intel’s Tiny Plan To Power The Next Generation Of > > Wearables > > < > http://readwrite.com/2014/01/07/meet-edison-intel-tiny-plan-to-power-the-next-generation-of-wearables#awesm=%7EospPV8odjJtksE > > > > > > Intel is thinking big by going small: The Edison, a full Linux > > computer built for wearables, is no bigger than an SD card. > > > > > > > http://readwrite.com/2014/01/07/meet-edison-intel-tiny-plan-to-power-the-next-generation-of-wearables#awesm=~ospPV8odjJtksE > > < > http://readwrite.com/2014/01/07/meet-edison-intel-tiny-plan-to-power-the-next-generation-of-wearables#awesm=%7EospPV8odjJtksE > > > > > > -- Jerry Perkins > > Home page http://jperkins.us <html://jperkins.us> > > > > Tux_Christmas_by_D3struct0.png > > > > -- > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this > > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > Steven Critchfield [email protected] > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
