Following its announcement of Broadwell-U and 14nm Cherry Trail chips at CES 2015, Intel has unveiled the new Curie module based on Quark SoC that is the size of a button and be aimed at wearables.

While Intel did not reveal a lot of details regarding the actual performance of the Curie module, it did note that it is based on low-power 32-bit Intel Quark SoC, packs 384kB of flash memory and 80kB of SRAM, has low-power integrated DSP sensor hub with proprietary pattern matching accelerator, low-energy Bluetooth, 6-axis combo sensor with accelerometer and gyroscope and Battery charging circuitry (PMIC).

While these specifications might not sound too impressive on paper, they are certainly impressive considering that Curie module is the size of a button. While Intel did not reveal any details regarding actual design wins, it did announce a collaboration with eye-wear brand Oakley that will result in "an intelligent product, available later this year, designed to enhance athletes' performance."

Intel also hopes that its Curie module will lead to smart wearable devices that have never been seen before, like rings, bags, bracelets, pendants as well as buttons, if possible.

While most listed specifications of the Curie module are low-power, Intel still did not talk about actual power usage of the module but since it is scheduled to ship in the 2H of 2015, we are quite sure we will hear a bit more about it soon.



Source: Intel.com.