Turning "smart" household electronics: Samsung, Intel and other developers established the consortium of the Internet of things

Samsung Electronics, Intel and Dell has joined efforts in developing standards for the interaction of consumer devices connected to the Internet, which, according to estimates, will be included, according to estimates, about 212 billion. The new Open Interconnect Consortium Association will also include LG Electronics, Wind River, manufacturers of Qualcomm, Broadcom, Atmel chips and other companies.

As the Allseen Alliance, previously created on the initiative of Qualcomm, the consortium aims to develop the principles of integrating electronic devices in the framework of the concept of the Internet of things: thermostats, lighting, security alarms, televisions, and so on. Indeed, at present, home devices are often incompatible with each other due to the lack of general standards, writes 3DNews .

The senior manager of the Intel Application and Services Group Dag Fisher said that a number of problems will be solved in the standards developed by the consortium, including the security in the field of security, which were left without due attention of AllSeen. The question of the probable appearance of products using two sets of incompatible standards, according to Fisher, is secondary. The industry needs to develop the correct solution to the tasks facing it, and the Open Interconnect consortium is open to participate in all coming companies, including from the Allseen alliance, the 51st member of which was Microsoft last week.

Recall that Apple and Google technological giants offer their own solutions for the interaction of home devices. So, Apple announced in June Homekit technology, which provides devices for the Smart House. The Google Android@Home initiative turned out to be a failure, but by acquiring NEST, which realized millions of “smart” thermostats and smoke sensors, the company makes a second attempt to enter the Internet market. Nest recently announced that its thermostat was called upon to become a central link in the "smart home", and released an API for interacting with devices like the WHILLPOL washing machine and LIFX LED lamp.