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Intel Joule Discontinued

michaelwylie

I've attached the PDF of the product change notification. I didn't even have a chance to try this one one!

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  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    I just had  a quick look and it (information) seems much better now (too late of course)  than when it first appeared - I bought one as soon as they came out, couldn't find basic engineering data at the time so it just sat in its box until I gave it away.

     

    The same happened with the TinyTile which was discussed a bit on E14 - there was some information but nothing like enough, especially about the novel parts of the thing.

     

    Part of my problem could just be the way Intel arrange their information - but I don't have the same problems with other suppliers.

     

    MK

  • in reply to michaelkellett

    Part of my problem could just be the way Intel arrange their information

    I found that depending how you search gives different results.

    I agree that there is some 'tidying up' that could be done ... but they are being discontinued so ....

  • I am curious how long will Intel Curie be supported.

     

    Personally, I thought that low-power x86 platform could be a game changer. However, the spread of ARM devices shows the exact opposite.

  • Having seen dozens, and I do mean dozens, of processors come and go, I am not surprised.

     

    To be honest, I thought that Intel stepped into the maker space with unrealistic expectations.  They clearly had limited understanding of what makers need and wanted.

     

    The processors themselves were very well made and documented.  They were just targeting a market where there were already established products with a large user base.

     

    It takes a lot of time to get people familiar with your product, verify its reliability and exploit its capabilities.

     

    My own experience with the Edison was positive.  My failure to use it more was my limited knowledge of Linux.  I watched in amazement as others quickly adapted the chip for great projects.

     

    But for me, it was a device wanting a home and my house was fine without it.

     

    DAB

  • in reply to DAB

    Hey DAB,

     

    "To be honest, I thought that Intel stepped into the maker space with unrealistic expectations.  They clearly had limited understanding of what makers need and wanted."

     

    Absolutely true. This is the center of the problem, and this is a reason that is a great delusion see just this class of processors ending

  • Intel made a very solid attempt to develop and launch these products and turn them into popular platforms.

    It looks like they are re-evaluating their chances of achieving profit margins that would justify further investment.

    Maybe they feel this market segment is not lucrative enough (even though there has to be money in IoT) or maybe they have new products coming that will better address this market.

    The missing factor in the current equation is a killer app that ARM chips cannot address. Nobody, including Intel has been able to come up with a killer app yet that would attract large volumes of consumers and developers to the platforms.

    I'm positive there is a true killer app for one of Intel's platforms, at least one that would get me on-board, but solutions like these never made it to Intel's attention.