Why Intel expects dumb IoT devices to get smarter and smarter

The internet of things (IoT) will probably generate the mother of all data tsunamis. Softbank anticipates we'll see a trillion connected devices that will create $11 trillion in value by 2025. Intel is pretty happy about that, as it will create a huge demand for a data-centric world with lots of processors at both the center and the edge of the network. Jonathan Ballon, general manager of Intel's IoT group, spoke about IoT demand at this week's Intel "data-centric" news event in San Francisco, where the company introduced more than 50 new products, such as its second-generation Xeon Scalable flagship processor. Those products will help Intel attack a larger addressable market, and they will be used in the pipeline for processing data from IoT devices as they head to the datacenter and back.