The American old boy Intel has been giving people a kind of anxiety about "sickness and urgency" after the perfect miss of the mobile phone era. The Americans are madly looking for the next growth engine and they are crazy. Early layout wearable, wearable can not see hope, then crazy layout smart home, until later these seemingly sexy technology names: artificial intelligence, VR, autonomous driving, drones... Intel tried it again. It wants to find the next PC and regain its glory. In the field of drones, it has been trying to approach by side knocking, or to catch up with Dajiang, the biggest opponent in this field. In the past three years of drones, the small company from Shenzhen has not been shaken, even if it is a technology giant. Up to now, DJI still firmly controls the market share of this consumer-grade drone of more than 70%, which is simply a high place. But this industry does not need to break the monopoly situation. Intel seems to have been waiting for the cheetahs ambushing on the grasslands to invest in drone start-ups, research and development of drone chips, high-profile show-realistic technology, and initiative to "provoke" Dajiang (it is said that the two have been in private communication and cooperation, But the proud Dajiang has been reluctant to compromise.) Now, Intel seems to have found confidence and presence in the sky of drones. It has been publicly on several occasions – whether it is CES or the IDF summit – to publicly show the drone formation. Create a visual impact with a number of advantages that the public loves. No, Intel just made a deformation show in California with 300 drones in California, sometimes a Christmas tree, and sometimes a pigeon (why not an eagle). Can it win this drone war? Disneyland, Santa Clara County, California, United States local time, November 16, 2016. 300 drones marked "Intel" were ready to be unloaded in the open air. The entire lineup is like this: five or six drones share a launch pad, about one inch apart. They quietly squatted there and charged, looking calm. A few hours later, the sun retired and the 300 drones left the ground under the command of the same computer. The scene was reminiscent of the American monarch butterfly who migrated collectively under the command of the leader... Subsequently, these drones began the long-awaited air ballet. A huge 3D pattern appeared in the night sky, leaving a large group of reporters in the tech media to look at the ground and look at them. Their expressions seem to tell you that it is a sin to not come. ShooTIng Star waiting for the air This time, Disney is an absolute supporting role. All the reports are almost repeating the same content: Intel's ShooTIng Stars (yes, this is the unified name of those drones). The unprecedented lineup staged a light show over Disney. Say perfect, highlighting Intel's strength and ambition in the field of drones... Disney? Uh... it might be a venue provider. Ok, the layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway. If you see an unparalleled light and shadow show, then I will tell you: What kind of technical cost is shown by Intel and Intel engineers behind this 20-minute performance? What the show means for Intel's rivals and the entire drone field. Recover more lost ground in the field of drones In the course of nearly half a century of development, Intel and Microsoft, like the old giants, have been hiding in the high walls of self-building and have not seized the opportunity before the real arrival of the mobile era. When the wall was finally dismantled, there was only one tail left in the mobile era. Later, Intel made a different choice from Microsoft. Where did Microsoft fall and climb up and dance at the tip of the tail? Intel simply abandoned the mobile chip business and turned to other areas that are still blue oceans. For example, unmanned driving (recently announced cooperation with BMW), the integration of reality (the new Alloy headset is said to have exploded the existing AR/VR), and drones. According to reports, Intel's research on drones began in 2014. In September of that year, Intel announced that it will cooperate with the US drone startup 3DRoboTIcs (3DR) to jointly develop the Edison chip. The chip is only a stamp size, but it's all-inclusive - it includes an Intel Atom processor, a QuarkMCU, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of flash memory, as well as low-power Bluetooth and Wi-Fi communication modules. Intel's unique real-world capabilities make it a "brain" for drones. In November of the same year, Intel invested $10 million in investment startup PrecisionHawk. It is reported that the company can provide services such as data collection and security monitoring for commercial drones. That is to say, since then, Intel has begun to prepare for the field of commercial drones. At the beginning of 2015, Intel signed a cooperation agreement with AscTec, one of the world's four major drone manufacturers, at CES to announce the joint development of intelligent obstacle avoidance technology for drones. In May of the same year, Intel invested in startup Airware, which began to provide a development platform for commercial drones. Three months later, Intel spent more than 60 million US dollars to invest in Chinese drone maker Yuneec. Three months later, Intel once again spared no expense to acquire Altera for $16.7 billion, completing its largest acquisition ever. The acquisition seems to have nothing to do with drones, but it is not. According to Netease Technology, Altera is the world's leading provider of FPGA (field programmable logic gate array) technology, providing solutions for many mid- to high-end six-rotor, eight-rotor drones. With the continuous improvement of technology, the technology will be more widely used in the field of small drones after reducing costs and energy consumption. Then this year, Intel completed the acquisition of AscTec and MAVinci respectively. So far, two of the world's four major UAV manufacturers have been "stained" by Intel; in this ecological field, which is still unrecognized, the territory of the country "Intel" has grown. Intimately brush the presence On the one hand, there are intensive acquisitions and investments, and on the other hand, there is no research. It seems to be holding a kind of pre-shame mentality, Intel decided to take out the products that make opponents "wow" in the shortest time, leading the field of a drone. At the 2016 CES show, Intel used the drone YuneecTyphoonH to show off its smart obstacles; a week later, Intel operated 100 drones in Linz, Austria, to perform a light show, creating a new Guinness World Record on the spot; 9 months later, Intel announced the launch of the first commercial multi-rotor drone - IntelFalcon8+System; At the beginning of November, 500 ShooTIngStars took off at the same time at the Global Intelligence Summit (what is the feeling of breaking the record created by them); Until today, Disney has seen the hero and selected Intel to become the protagonist of his "Starlight Holiday" performance. Let's take a look, from YuneecTyphoonH to Intel? The Falcon8+ system went to ShootingStar, and in less than two years, Intel has achieved some technological leap. 1) RealSense Technology: No matter how Dajiang accuses Intel of making a fake at CES, this mysterious technology is finally spread. Simply put, the technology is to let the machine maximize the human depth perception of complex environments. Specific to the unmanned body, the working principle is this: a pair of infrared-emitting cameras play the role of the human eye, they transmit the surrounding information to the brain of the drone - the chip, then the chip is based on This information generates corresponding 3D point cloud data for the surrounding things, and judges the size, thickness, distance, color, and the like of these things based on the data. At present, the 3D point cloud data of the Intel UAV is updated by 60 frames per second, and each frame has to undergo 300,000 calculations. In this way, the calculation of 18 million times per second is not a problem. 2) Enter the commercial drone market with Intel Falcon8+. This is Intel's first self-owned brand drone. The highlights are as follows: The GSD accuracy of the camera system is millimeter, which is very suitable for aerial photography and data acquisition; the maximum speed is 56.33km/h, and the amateur level drone in the supermarket. Pre-installed with the AscTecTrinity autonomous flight control system, automated airspace sensing system and triple inertial measurement unit, it can reduce the chance of bombing caused by IMU failure; and weighs only 6 pounds (about 2.72 kilograms), and so on. 3) At the Shooting Star show, the performers are 300 drones, but the command system behind them should be the biggest hero. According to Intel engineers, the command system based on the technology provided by companies such as Altera and MAVinci can control up to 10,000 drones at the same time, so this time it is a small test. It is reported that the system can decide how many drones are needed according to the input pictures. If you need to change the air shape, the controller only needs to change the pictures on the computer, the system will automatically remove the excess drones and destroy them. Lights. In this performance, the distance between the 300 drones was sometimes less than 1.5 meters, and the maximum speed was 8 meters per second. They did not crash, completely because the command system planned the appropriate advance and retreat routes for them at all times. On the small screen on the ground, the power, position and operating status of each drone are all in sight. Although they did not fall back to the original launch position after the performance, the command system has already set two warning lines for them. Once they get out of control and cross the first line of warning, the command system will immediately issue a recall command. If they are “indiscriminate†and continue to cross the border, the command system will immediately shut down their engines and let them fall. These drones designed for commercial performances are also eye-catching in various data. For example, each drone is designed with flexible foam and screwless structure, which is ultra-lightweight (only 280 grams) and easy to assemble (less than 15 minutes); in addition, the built-in LED light can also be based on RGBW (red) , green, blue, white) sub-pixel spectrum creates 4 billion color combinations, which can fully meet the needs of various commercial lighting shows. "Our entire team has swept up and down the whole body and mind, and it has been day and night... From the original 100 to the beginning of this month, and now to the official battle, we have achieved a milestone." ——Intel Engineer Natalie Cheung Since Intel, drones have a greater possibility In Intel's view, drones are the future of supercomputing platforms that provide solutions for a wide range of industries including agriculture, insurance, construction, and mining. With decades of experience in chip manufacturing and strong asset accumulation, this late-stage giant is poised in front of founders such as Dajiang and Parrot. This light show is undoubtedly announced to this opponent: Intel will become a well-deserved king in the future of drones, and want to share the world with you, you have to cheer. Touch Panel For Iphone,Touch Screen Digitizer Panel,Touch Screen Panel For Iphone,Phone Touch Screen Shenzhen Xiangying touch photoelectric co., ltd. , https://www.starstpmobile.com
