Intel chief tech officer hints at move into smartwatch market

PanARMENIAN.Net - Intel has become the latest company linked with a move into the burgeoning smartwatch market following comments by chief technology officer Justin Rattner, Ditgital Spy said.

The executive told Bloomberg that his company is developing a device that can be used for reading text messages on your wrist, strongly hinting that wearable tech is in the works.

He told the news agency: "If you think of how much texting goes on today, wouldn't it be nice if you could just glance at your wrist and see the message traffic?

"[This is] as opposed to, 'You have to pull out your phone and you have to be very public about it'."

Rattner went on to say that a move into the wearable tech field would require Intel to "rethink" the way that it designs hardware components.

"[It] requires a complete rethink of how you design systems and how you programme systems," he added.

"One of the challenges we see, and something that we're giving a lot of attention to - not surprisingly - is how does the silicon change if you're going to wear technology."

Several other tech companies are believed to have smartwatches in the works, including Apple, Samsung and LG.