Produced by Intel, Compute Card is a very small device that integrates all the hardware functions of a computer, including modules for connection
It's as big as a credit card, but as powerful as a regular computer. We're talking about the Compute Card, the latest product from Intel. Announced in January at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, the event dedicated to consumer electronics, Compute Card has been officially launched.
It is a revolutionary device and very small, so much so that it could fit in a pocket. Compute Card is a hardware platform that lacks nothing: processor, RAM, storage and connectivity modules. The micro laptop was developed with the idea of enhancing the functions of many smart devices, such as smart TVs and other always-connected Internet of Things products. According to Intel on its website, Compute Card is very easy to install and update, no matter what machine it's plugged into.
Transforms any device into a smart
Intel's pocket computer - the device is just 55 millimeters wide, 95 millimeters long and 5 millimeters thick - was created using modular logic. The smart "credit card," in fact, can be used on those devices that integrate a slot for the processing board. Intel's smart card can also be inserted directly into the hardware of an object. With Compute Card, thanks to its technical features, a device acquires all the functions of a normal Internet of Things object.
Technical features
Let's now take a look at the internal specifications of Intel Compute Card. There are a total of four models: two integrate Intel Apollo Lake processors and two, instead, mount Kaby Lake, the seventh-generation chips also produced by the American company. The devices all include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, have RAM that on all Compute Cards is 4 GB and come with 64 GB and 128 GB of storage space.