According to Intel, the Edison chip will help simplify the design of many new devices connected to the IoT. With some 85 percent of today's devices with embedded computing not currently connected to the Internet, the IoT is a large -- as much as $19 trillion -- opportunity, Doug Davis, vice president and general manager of Intel's Internet of Things group, told IDF attendees Tuesday. By 2020, Davis said, analysts are predicting that 50 billion devices will be connected to the IoT and generating 35 zetabytes' worth of data.

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