Intel Introduces New Irish-Designed Galileo Development Board

Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich announced a collaboration agreement with Arduino LLC, the leading open-source hardware platform in the maker and education community.

Krzanich also unveiled the Intel Galileo board, the first product in a new family of Arduino-compatible development boards featuring Intel architecture.

Arduino development kits and software programming interface make it easier for artists, designers, and other do-it-yourself enthusiasts – who often don’t have technical backgrounds – to create interactive objects or environments.

The new Galileo board and the Intel Quark SoC X1000, by which it is powered, were designed in Ireland at the Intel campus in Leixlip, Co Kildare, by a team of 70 people.

The design team is led by Philip Moynagh and Noel Murphy, who has guided the project over the last three years from a mere idea to the very innovative piece of technology available today. The project has been supported since its inception by IDA Ireland.

Building on the Galileo development board, Intel and the Arduino community will work closely together on future products that bring Intel technology’s performance, scalability, and possibilities to this growing community of makers.

Also, as part of this effort, Krzanich announced a large-scale donation of 50,000 Intel Galileo boards to 1,000 universities worldwide over the next 18 months.

Intel is working with 17 universities across six continents to develop a curriculum based on the new Intel Galileo board. Among these first 17 universities are Trinity College and University College Cork.

“The unveiling today of the Intel Galileo development board that features the Quark SoC X1000 represents a great day for Intel Ireland as both of these new technologies were designed right here in Kildare,” said Eamonn Sinnott, Intel Ireland general manager.