**A Conversation with Intel's Andy Bergren**

In a recent interview, we had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Bergren, an executive at Intel, to discuss the company's latest advancements and future plans for Android devices. Bergren shared his insights on how Intel is working to improve performance, power efficiency, and device capabilities.

**Keeping Pace with Google's Lollipop Release**

Bergren discussed Intel's strategy of keeping pace with the rapid release cycle of new technologies. "Now that was released in November and within two weeks of uh Google releasing Lollipop that device was upgraded to the user over over the air so that's you know us keeping pace um and partnering with google and oem uh device makers to bring that always fresh android experience to the user." This approach allows Intel to stay ahead of the competition and provide users with a seamless Android experience.

**Partnership with Dell on Venue 8**

Bergren also talked about Intel's partnership with Dell on their Venue 8 tablet. "The other end of this uh of the spectrum is what uh we did with dell in the in the venue venue eight this is the world's thinnest tablet that's at six millimeter uh beautiful bright edged edges edge screen uh and that's got the you know again great performance all day battery life android device." Intel worked closely with Dell to bring a cutting-edge Android experience to their Venue 8 tablet.

**Real Sense Camera Technology**

Bergren showcased one of the innovative technologies developed by Intel, the Real Sense camera. "This is one of the first implementations of our real sense in this case it's got a 3d snapshot camera so when you take a take a picture it captures the whole field of depth it allows you to do things like apply filters in any part of the of the the uh the image right on the tablet right and go share that immediately you're not having to go out into another um post-processing on something else." This technology enables new features and capabilities for Android devices.

**Looking Towards 2015**

Bergren discussed Intel's plans for 2015, highlighting their focus on performance, power efficiency, and new device capabilities. "Looking towards 2015 uh it seems like we almost have kind of a convergence in the sense that users are expecting the level of performance that they've had with their x86 pcs or macs for a long time and now the performance on our mobile devices is getting just better and better." Intel aims to continue this trend, pushing the boundaries of Android performance and functionality.

**64-Bit Processors and New Usages**

Bergren elaborated on Intel's plans for 64-bit processors in mobile devices. "We think people will be able to utilize our 64-bit performance um the optimizations that that we're doing working with with isvs so we continue to grow on that but then bring new usages new usages to the to the device like things like the realsense camera like our contact sensors to be able to take the hard things of hey light accelera acceleration things like that combine it and allow software vendors to take in soft context like my calendar things like that." This move will enable new applications, services, and features for Android devices.

**Competition and Openness**

Bergren addressed the question of whether Intel's approach is sufficient to remain competitive in a rapidly changing market. "I'd say that as an integrated uh device manufacturer we take that that soc and platform approach it's across hardware software our silicon designers can sit with our technology the people developing the process technology to optimize that data we think that gives us a real advantage in the market as we continue to push push with morris law." Bergren emphasized Intel's commitment to openness, working with partners across various ecosystems to deliver innovative Android experiences.

**Ecosystem Support and Developer Tools**

Bergren highlighted Intel's history of being a "port of choice" for developers. "We've got a long history of being you a port of choice and working with isvs across windows android linux and things like i said about the unity partnership things that we see in commercial android tablets people are able to target and take advantage of our developer tools our rich software developer programs and support uh to bring their applications to life on our in our partners hardware." Intel's developer tools and APIs provide a platform for developers to create innovative Android experiences.

**Convergence and the Future**

Bergren concluded by discussing the trend towards convergence between PC and mobile devices. "It's never been a better time to be a fan of technology and we know you guys are a big part of it so i want to say a huge thanks for your time you know thank you thank you for uh spending time with us and you know on behalf of you know all the engineers at intel and the factory people you know want to thank your audience for you know spending the time with us hearing hearing what we've got we've got to do and we've got a lot of a lot of neat things coming in 15." Bergren expressed his gratitude to the audience and hinted at exciting developments on the horizon.

**Conclusion**

Our conversation with Andy Bergren offered a glimpse into Intel's future plans for Android devices. From improved performance and power efficiency to innovative new technologies like Real Sense camera, Intel is committed to delivering cutting-edge Android experiences. With their focus on openness, developer support, and convergence between PC and mobile devices, Intel is well-positioned to remain competitive in the rapidly changing market.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone it's darcy lacave here with android authority reporting live from cs2015 now i have the pleasure of meeting with chris walker who's general manager of tablets at intel and today we're going to ask some some tough questions now just joking and just get a sense of the general that's great thanks for taking the time with us what are we looking at for from intel in 2015 we're really excited to know in 2015 we really wanna we're building on a big step up in in the market that we made in in 2014 both on volume in our in our in our partnerships so as we grow in 15 i think you're going to see us evolve the way we think the android and the tablet market is evolving to a lot more uh new usages uh new specialization of devices to meet how people are integrating tablets in in their life beyond uh the media consumption of the the past and so uh we've got some different devices here but they're all marked by an underlying thing of using our atom processor being really fast for that kind of browsing and media experience you want but it's now starting to focus on you know you see some great new innovations in form factor in usages and quality levels at some really really attractive price points very nice yeah i mean so i'm just curious to know what intel is doing from a developer standpoint because in the past there's been a couple of criticisms with regards to battery life in some cases with graphically intensive games um some of the performance hiccups like what are you doing to kind of cultivate uh following enough to achieve critical mass so that everything is optimized for all intel reference designs well as an example uh in terms of critical mass we took a very uh big big goal in 2014 in terms of growing our growing our volume a lot of that was was with with android and if you look at um like you know through q3 through third-party reporting uh we became the number one merchant supplier of processors and tablets so our our step function of volume happened in 14 and now we're growing uh with the market in the usages of bringing that quality level so i'll give you i'll give you a couple examples one is this uh this trexor device that was released in europe and this is one of the the first devices that came uh through our um intel uh reference device program with android so this was and now this was this uh is 120 euros which is a very you know about 120 us dollars once you figure that et cetera but um so really nice um really nice build quality you can feel how i solve this now that was released in november and within two weeks of uh google releasing lollipop that device was upgraded to the user over over the air so that's you know us keeping pace um and partnering with google and oem uh device makers to bring that always fresh android experience to the user the other end of this uh of the spectrum is what uh we did with dell in the in the venue venue eight this is the world's thinnest tablet that's at six millimeter uh beautiful bright edged edges edge screen uh and that's got the you know again great performance all day battery life android device but then we did um this is one of the first implementations of our real sense in this case it's got a 3d snapshot camera so when you take a take a picture it captures the whole field of depth it allows you to do things like apply filters in any part of the of the the uh the image right on the tablet right and go share that immediately you're not having to go out into another um post-processing on something else so looking towards 2015 uh it seems like we almost have kind of a convergence in the sense that users are expecting the level of performance that they've had with their x86 pcs or macs for a long time and now the performance on our mobile devices is getting just better and better so in terms of 64-bit and where we're going in can you just elaborate a little bit on what intel has in store as things grow in both screen size and usage uh we think people will be able to utilize our 64-bit performance um the optimizations that that we're doing working with with isvs so we continue to grow on that but then bring new usages new usages to the to the device like things like the realsense camera like our contact sensors to be able to take the hard things of hey light accelera acceleration things like that combine it and allow software vendors to take in soft context like my calendar things like that so now if i'm playing one of those new rich games it knows that i'm outside don't push in-app buys to me because it knows the context of which which i'm playing or don't give me my in-game alerts because i'm i'm in a meeting or you know i'm a student i'm in class i understand do you feel as though you know the current trajectory being more of a company that is completely interdependent of all the engineering manufacturing and working with your partners is it enough to be a competitive technological differentiator in the future versus a more of an open you know company like arm well well first i'd say that as an integrated uh device manufacturer we take that that soc and platform approach it's across hardware software our silicon designers can sit with our technology the people developing the process technology to optimize that data we think that gives us a real advantage in the market as we continue to push push with morris law the other thing is in terms of openness is we embrace in our platform runs both both android or if you know the oem wants they can image windows on on the same same piece of hardware to help their flexibility on how they build and deliver whichever ecosystem uh their their customers want i'd say third is you know we've got a long history of being you a port of choice and working with isvs across windows android linux and things like i said about the unity partnership things that we see in commercial android tablets people are able to target and take advantage of our developer tools our rich software developer programs and support uh to bring their applications to life on our in our partners hardware so and we take it and we have you know apis for things like our context uh contact sensors so i think you know we're in a great position to leverage the rich history we've got of openness and broad ecosystem support both hardware and software to develop better and better android usages that was a really good response everyone knows that intel makes some of the finest processors in the world and you know we're really excited to see what's coming in terms of a lot of the convertibles you know i mean it's never been a better time to be a fan of technology and we know you guys are a big part of it so i want to say a huge thanks for your time you know thank you thank you for uh spending time with us and you know on behalf of you know all the engineers at intel and the factory people you know want to thank your audience for you know spending the time with us hearing hearing what we've got we've got to do and we've got a lot of a lot of neat things coming in 15. should we go to idf this year do you think you should absolutely be at idf this year well it's dark silky from android authority at cs 2015 with intel thank you very much guys stay tuned for more great coveragehey everyone it's darcy lacave here with android authority reporting live from cs2015 now i have the pleasure of meeting with chris walker who's general manager of tablets at intel and today we're going to ask some some tough questions now just joking and just get a sense of the general that's great thanks for taking the time with us what are we looking at for from intel in 2015 we're really excited to know in 2015 we really wanna we're building on a big step up in in the market that we made in in 2014 both on volume in our in our in our partnerships so as we grow in 15 i think you're going to see us evolve the way we think the android and the tablet market is evolving to a lot more uh new usages uh new specialization of devices to meet how people are integrating tablets in in their life beyond uh the media consumption of the the past and so uh we've got some different devices here but they're all marked by an underlying thing of using our atom processor being really fast for that kind of browsing and media experience you want but it's now starting to focus on you know you see some great new innovations in form factor in usages and quality levels at some really really attractive price points very nice yeah i mean so i'm just curious to know what intel is doing from a developer standpoint because in the past there's been a couple of criticisms with regards to battery life in some cases with graphically intensive games um some of the performance hiccups like what are you doing to kind of cultivate uh following enough to achieve critical mass so that everything is optimized for all intel reference designs well as an example uh in terms of critical mass we took a very uh big big goal in 2014 in terms of growing our growing our volume a lot of that was was with with android and if you look at um like you know through q3 through third-party reporting uh we became the number one merchant supplier of processors and tablets so our our step function of volume happened in 14 and now we're growing uh with the market in the usages of bringing that quality level so i'll give you i'll give you a couple examples one is this uh this trexor device that was released in europe and this is one of the the first devices that came uh through our um intel uh reference device program with android so this was and now this was this uh is 120 euros which is a very you know about 120 us dollars once you figure that et cetera but um so really nice um really nice build quality you can feel how i solve this now that was released in november and within two weeks of uh google releasing lollipop that device was upgraded to the user over over the air so that's you know us keeping pace um and partnering with google and oem uh device makers to bring that always fresh android experience to the user the other end of this uh of the spectrum is what uh we did with dell in the in the venue venue eight this is the world's thinnest tablet that's at six millimeter uh beautiful bright edged edges edge screen uh and that's got the you know again great performance all day battery life android device but then we did um this is one of the first implementations of our real sense in this case it's got a 3d snapshot camera so when you take a take a picture it captures the whole field of depth it allows you to do things like apply filters in any part of the of the the uh the image right on the tablet right and go share that immediately you're not having to go out into another um post-processing on something else so looking towards 2015 uh it seems like we almost have kind of a convergence in the sense that users are expecting the level of performance that they've had with their x86 pcs or macs for a long time and now the performance on our mobile devices is getting just better and better so in terms of 64-bit and where we're going in can you just elaborate a little bit on what intel has in store as things grow in both screen size and usage uh we think people will be able to utilize our 64-bit performance um the optimizations that that we're doing working with with isvs so we continue to grow on that but then bring new usages new usages to the to the device like things like the realsense camera like our contact sensors to be able to take the hard things of hey light accelera acceleration things like that combine it and allow software vendors to take in soft context like my calendar things like that so now if i'm playing one of those new rich games it knows that i'm outside don't push in-app buys to me because it knows the context of which which i'm playing or don't give me my in-game alerts because i'm i'm in a meeting or you know i'm a student i'm in class i understand do you feel as though you know the current trajectory being more of a company that is completely interdependent of all the engineering manufacturing and working with your partners is it enough to be a competitive technological differentiator in the future versus a more of an open you know company like arm well well first i'd say that as an integrated uh device manufacturer we take that that soc and platform approach it's across hardware software our silicon designers can sit with our technology the people developing the process technology to optimize that data we think that gives us a real advantage in the market as we continue to push push with morris law the other thing is in terms of openness is we embrace in our platform runs both both android or if you know the oem wants they can image windows on on the same same piece of hardware to help their flexibility on how they build and deliver whichever ecosystem uh their their customers want i'd say third is you know we've got a long history of being you a port of choice and working with isvs across windows android linux and things like i said about the unity partnership things that we see in commercial android tablets people are able to target and take advantage of our developer tools our rich software developer programs and support uh to bring their applications to life on our in our partners hardware so and we take it and we have you know apis for things like our context uh contact sensors so i think you know we're in a great position to leverage the rich history we've got of openness and broad ecosystem support both hardware and software to develop better and better android usages that was a really good response everyone knows that intel makes some of the finest processors in the world and you know we're really excited to see what's coming in terms of a lot of the convertibles you know i mean it's never been a better time to be a fan of technology and we know you guys are a big part of it so i want to say a huge thanks for your time you know thank you thank you for uh spending time with us and you know on behalf of you know all the engineers at intel and the factory people you know want to thank your audience for you know spending the time with us hearing hearing what we've got we've got to do and we've got a lot of a lot of neat things coming in 15. should we go to idf this year do you think you should absolutely be at idf this year well it's dark silky from android authority at cs 2015 with intel thank you very much guys stay tuned for more great coverage\n"