Intel claims to sell $2B in IOT . How ?

[autobot]

Intel claims to sell $2B in IOT , while on the other hand their mcu's aren't that competitive , relatively. How do they achieve that ? Is it based on software and such ?

[ataradov]

Intel claims to sell $2B in IOT , while on the other hand their mcu's aren't that competitive , relatively. How do they achieve that ? Is it based on software and such ?

They include all sorts of junk into IoT. Like Atmos for some embedded applications are IoT.

[autobot]

Ah that makes sense, who need engineering when you can do some financial engineering

[ataradov]

Ah that makes sense, who need engineering when you can do some financial engineering

That's all IoT is anyway. Marketing hype and noting more. Engineering keeps on doing what they were doing before the IoT arrival anyway.

[Rasz]

if they count atoms they seem to forgot to mention that $2B is at a MINUS $1B profit :-)