US chipmaker Intel Corp and Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), the nation’s largest wireless carrier, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding on the development of technology related to the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and software-defined networking.
The two companies said at a press conference that they would jointly explore the software-defined infrastructure to optimize energy efficiency at cloud data centers.
“Intel is delighted to expand collaboration spanning IoT, cloud and software-defined network with Chunghwa Telecom to realize the vision of [a] ‘Connected Society’ in Taiwan,” said Gordon Graylish, Intel’s vice president of sales and marketing group and general manager of enterprise solution sales.
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“We also look forward to supporting Taiwan becoming a global developer and manufacturer of IoT, cloud computing hardware as well as services, and software-defined [networks],” Graylish said at the press conference.
The collaboration on IoT technology is set to focus on smart homes, energy management and fleet management, the companies said.
The agreement marks Intel’s first IoT collaboration in Asia with a telecom service provider and is its fifth IoT innovation project worldwide.
Intel and Chunghwa Telecom said they have made remarkable progress in cloud computing deployment since 2010, when they signed a memorandum of understanding on cloud computing collaboration.
Chunghwa Telecom became a part of the Open Data Center Alliance at this time
Hung Feng-yue (洪豐玉), president of the Telecommunication Laboratories of Chunghwa Telecom (中華電信研究院), said that collaboration has helped reduce the power consumption of Chunghwa Telecom’s cloud servers by 5 to 15 percent, allowing an extra 25 percent of operating time in the event of a blackout.
However, the latest agreement is not expected to yield concrete results until a year down the line because the two companies still need time for research and development, Hung added.
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