Intel and Standards

Overview of Standards and Initiatives

Standards and Business: Standards are a critical building block for the technology industry. They enable interoperable solutions, encourage innovation and competition, facilitate trade, provide consumers with more choice and purchase confidence, and contribute to healthy ecosystems with economies of scale. Intel participates in hundreds of standards bodies and industry groups worldwide and has played a significant role in bringing about globally adopted standards such as Ethernet, USB, and Wi-Fi. Whether you look to the future of cloud computing, Internet of Things, cybersecurity technology, autonomous systems or artificial intelligence, standards are the common tool to bring new innovations to global mass-markets.
Global Standards: The technology industry develops products and services via global supply chains and delivers them to satisfy global markets, which expect worldwide interoperability and compatibility. In this environment, voluntary global standards are critical.
Standards and Patents: Intel supports a balanced approach to including patented technologies in standards that appropriately rewards innovators for their inventions and assures implementers are able to negotiate licenses for those inventions on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms.

Featured Articles

Industrial applications for the Internet of Things have enormous potential to transform the business world from increasing business efficiency and enhancing system reliability to enabling new services. This trend, known as the Industrial Internet of Things, connects devices and equipment in a wide range of industrial environments: manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, smart cities, and healthcare and retail.

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For nearly two decades, USB technology has enabled a global market of solutions that allow consumers to transfer data conveniently; connect a broad range of accessories to PCs, mobile devices and consumer electronics; and charge devices easily. The next-generation of USB specifications will drive even more innovation and user convenience for data and charging applications.

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Read about SuperSpeed USB and beyond

Interview with Brian McCarson (Intel CTO of IoT Strategy) discussing the development phases of the Internet of Things, important role of standards for ecosystem enabling, and transformational applications for consumer, business, and society.

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Historical Articles

Case studies on on-going industries or topics Intel serve.

Topics

Floating Point

Most people would never expect different answers to the same mathematical calculation performed on different processors, but before 1985, it happened all the time.

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Cloud Computing

Discusses the importance, development, and implementation of standards in cloud computing adoption, with key areas for standardizing.

The Digital Home

Intel’s innovations lead to a vision for the completely networked home.

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Industry

Ethernet

The industry networking standard that Intel helped cofound has become the network technology of choice for homes and enterprises.

IEEE 802.11

The wireless standards that specify an "over-the-air" interface between a wireless client and a base station, opening the door to the wireless Internet.