Competition demands that manufacturing be more connected, economical and efficient-from floor management to global sales and inventory control. Intel is powering this new "industrial revolution" with a broad range of dual- and multi-core embedded building blocks that supporting flexibility, scalability, and best-in-class options in every performance level.

Intel® Advanced Platform Technologies enable remote management, reduce system management costs, and increase flexibility and security-unleashing new, innovative capabilities throughout the connected factory. This allows your customers to precisely integrate control, manufacturing and communications functions over a protected network, driving revolutionary improvements in industrial efficiency and productivity.

Utilizing an integrated platform approach, Intel helps accelerate development of innovative devices, systems and software for numerous industrial applications. These may include:

Test and Measurement Instrumentation enables real-time performance management and monitoring to improve product testing and data gathering. Emerging technologies include industrial wireless networks and RFID technology, the increased use of sensors for real-time process monitoring, and increased application processing intelligence, enabling field devices to handle complex data sets in real time.

Human Machine Interfaces incorporating sophisticated displays, take advantage of the graphics capabilities of Intel® architecture chipsets to enhance ease of use, localization and maximize responsiveness.

Industrial PCs based on standard Intel architecture PC platforms, are ruggedized to withstand extremes of temperature, shock and vibration.