Four years ago, when Intel began to look for new markets, the company created a simplified, unbelievably x86-compatible architecture and called it "Quark". Intel's idea fix is that everything should be compatible with the x86 code. So, they say, it's easier for programmers and continuity is preserved.
Quark kernels were developed on the basis of 32-bit cores of the first Pentium class. The company introduced the latest innovations in this field exactly one year ago. For all time, three Quark solutions were created: SE, D2000 and D1000. Controllers D1000, for example, carried one computational core class 80486 with the execution of one computational flow and supported a number of instructions Pentium. The clock speed of the solutions reached 400 MHz with a TDP of 2.2 watts. The
volume of the first level cache is 16 KB, the capacity of the built-in SRAM is 512 KB. Built-in interfaces PCI-Express 2.0, USB 2.0, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and UART. The company's recommended Quark cost is about $ 10. For Intel, this was a new area with a small profit. Over time, the obvious was revealed - it was impossible to compete with the developers of controllers on ARM.
The company's refusal to work in the direction of the controllers is well illustrated by the recent news about the curtailment of activities in the direction of smart watches and bracelets, as well as the termination of the supply of boards for constructors such as Arduino. In justification of the company's efforts, we can say that it was ahead of time. The market requires more simple solutions than it can imagine. Time of productive controllers for portable electronics has not yet come.
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