TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Wall Street journal reported that Google is looking to replace Texas Instrument’s chip in its Google Glass with Intel’s low-power processor.
“This is all part of Intel’s plan to enter the wearable devices market early on, after learning from its shortcomings in mobile,” Mashable quoted The Wall Street Journal.
The outlet also notes Google’s partners, including Intel, will be promoting Google Glass as a workplace device — one for doctors, factory workers, and the like. After failing to reach the consumer market, the smart glass is now pushing its way to reach the enterprise.
According to the report, two main candidates include ARM-based system that promises battery endurance up to two days, and x86-based system that is specially created for wearables. Whichever chip ends up in Google's headset, the next Glass edition will have an emphasis on power conservation to compensate for the limits to battery size that come with wearables.
“Besides its high-end price tag, one of Glass's other failings has been its battery life, which typically lasted at most for a day,” ZDNET wrote.
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