ARTIK was Launched by Samsung, New Platform was desingned for Connected Devices

Samsung Electronics has launched a new open platform that says he will give to develop faster and easier intelligent devices. ARTIK includes three circuit boards, software support, development tools, and integrated encryption for security.

Besides ARTIK, Alex Hawkinson, CEO of SmartThings, which was acquired last August by Samsung also announced Open Cloud SmartThings to help developers create applications for their devices.

The smallest module series, ARTIK 1 is only 12mm by 12mm. Intended for use in wearable and end nodes, ARTIK 1 includes a 9 axes and low power Bluetooth connectivity motion sensor. Samsung claims it can run for a week on a single charge. The bigger tip, the ARTIK 10 has a chip than eight processors, 32 GB of storage, and can handle the video encoding and playback. ARTIK users already include Boogio, which makes sensors for shoes, and Weenat, which helps farmers to monitor their fields.

ARTIK is entering a field that already includes similar platforms of rivals Qualcomm and Intel.

If ARTIK fails to distinguish, however, it can help fuel Samsung Electronics semiconductor business, in which it had to help keep their profits will slide even more because its smartphone business is eroded by competition from other manufacturers as Xiaomi and Micromax.

In its Q1 2015 earnings report released last month, Samsung Electronics said it believes that second-quarter earnings will receive a boost from sales of its memory chips from other manufacturers of smartphones. The margins of its semiconductor unit also managed to increase to 28.5 percent from 20.8 percent a year ago.

Samsung Electronics, however, not only ARTIK sell to other companies. It also plans to use the platform to accelerate the development of their own smart phones, televisions and appliances. Young Sohn, Samsung president and chief strategy officer, told the Wall Street Journal that all divisions of Samsung products will now use the ARTIK technology instead of choosing their own chips and software.