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Microsoft has announced a new innovator, Intel Joule chip module, with support for the upcoming September release of the Windows 10 IoT Core preview made for Windows Insiders.
During the forum, Intel's CEO noted that the Windows 10 Anniversary Update comes with a huge improvements to performance, app support, the installation experience and more. Bamboo marks Microsoft first Windows 10 IoT Core and Intel Joule powered robot.
Bamboo is a companion robotic panda that intergrates with cloud-based Microsoft Azure and Cognitive Services, which provide sentiment analysis and translation, so users can speak to Bamboo in any language and she will be able to translate into her native English and understand the mood via Twitter. Bamboo can also move about and build a know how of her environment with the compute platform and an Intel RealSense camera. In addition, she is animated via the EZ-Robot EZ-B control system.
According to Venture Beat, Intel introduced Joule last month. Joule is a system-on-module (SoM) based on Intel's Atom system-on-chip (SoC) that can support Intel's Real Sense depth-sensing camera technology. Each Joule unit includes an Atom SOC, eMMC memory, RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB, with other components. They can be used for a wide variety of devices, including augmented-reality glasses and even robots.
The support for Windows 10 IoT Core (as well as Linux) was reported for the units when Joule was presented at the Intel Developer Forum, it was not clear when that would become available but Microsoft has clarified that now.
Steve Teixeira, general manager of Microsoft's Windows partner application experience team wrote in a blog post and pointed that once the pre-release has been installed, Microsoft will enable the OS to automatically upgrade so that users will be able to try out the latest features in the next pre-release of Windows 10 IoT Core as they make each release. "There will be no more looking for updates on web pages or developer centers," the post read.
Windows 10 IoT Core is one of many flavors of Windows 10 and it is geared toward Internet-connected devices. The maker-friendly MinnowBoard Max, Qualcomm DragonBoard 410c and Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 boards are all already supported.
The announcements were made in San Francisco during the Intel Developer Forum 2016, an event that also had a number of partners showing off what Windows 10 IoT Core can do.
Here is a video of Intel Developer Forum 2016 Keynote:
