Intel is going for the next four to five years, a total of $ 100 million to invest in connected cartechnology. It has the Intel Capital Connected Car Fund has been established. Intel wants to be on this site also university research facilitation.
With the wealthy investment fund, financed by the financial branch Intel Capital, wants Intel to invest in companies that develop technologies for new, compelling in-car applications, and in which the connection between the car and mobile devices and sensors central.
Think, for instance, to include new forms of infotainment in the car, advanced systems for driving assistance, and the use of mobile networks. Also would Intel invest in speech – and gesture recognition, and eye-tracking technology focused on the so-called connected car. These techniques would be to use, without compromising security.
Will eventually see Intel a future where such cars have the intelligence to have the right information at the right time efficiently to present to the driver and occupants. By connecting to mobile networks, communication with external networks. Motorists should traffic information be able to retrieve and share, and even connect to them with other cars to increase road safety. This should be possible with the so-called v2v technology, which, among others, General Motors is busy with his-AND-V-voertuigconcept.
In addition, Intel, a new Global Automotive Innovation and Product Development Center to open in Karlsruhe. This location is chosen because of its proximity to universities, and hardware and software companies in the field of cartech. The research center has a closed area where Intel’s new technologies can test and show. Through a antennenetwerk can satellite, tv, digital video – and gps-signals are sent to the test equipment.
The establishment of the investment fund are not Intel’s first steps in this field. This is how it works under more of a security system that the user is using a smartphone can alert if someone is in his car trying to break in.
Through the development of new technologies for automobile applications, it hopes to Intel a new, lucrative market for the company to tap. The newcomer gets in that market, with strong competition from current players, Renesas Electronics, Freescale Semiconductor and Texas Instruments.
