Asustek Computer has launched its Android Wear-based smartwatch, the ZenWatch in Taiwan, priced at NT$5,990 (US$188). The ZenWatch features Corning's Gorilla 3 glass and an AMOLED display. The smartwatch is able to connect to Android 4.3 or above smartphones to receive information such as social network messages, e-mails and weather forecast. The smartwatch can show the connected smartphone's screen via the Remote Camera function for the user to remotely control the smartphone. The smartwatch can also monitor the user's health status and upload related data to Asustek's cloud computing storage.

Intel has introduced the Xeon E5-2600/1600 v3 processor product families to address the requirements of diverse workloads and the rapidly evolving needs of data centers. The new processor families include enhancements that provide performance increases of up to three times over the previous generation. To facilitate the demand for software defined infrastructure (SDI), the processors expose key metrics, through telemetry. The processors will be used in servers, workstations, storage and networking infrastructure to power a set of workloads such as data analytics, high-performance computing, telecommunications and cloud-based services, as well as back-end processing for the Internet of Things. Software defined infrastructure (SDI) is the foundation for cloud computing. The digital services economy requires agility and scale that demands all infrastructure resources be programmable and highly configurable. These abilities, coupled with telemetry, analytics, and automated actions, allow the data center to become highly optimized. Intel said it continues to invest in delivering this vision of an automated data center, and with the new Xeon E5-2600 v3 product family, the company has introduced key sensors and telemetry that further enhance SDI.

Intel has disclosed details of its newest microarchitecture that is optimized with its 14nm manufacturing process. Together these technologies will provide high-performance and low-power capabilities to serve computing needs and products from the infrastructure of cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) to personal and mobile computing. The Intel Core M processor is the first product to be manufactured using 14nm. Intel claimed its architects and chip designers have achieved greater than two times reduction in the thermal design point when compared to a previous generation of processor while providing similar performance and improved battery life.