SAN FRANCISCO -- Discounting critics who contend it is mired in
the slowing personal-computer market, microchip giant Intel
(INTC) assured a gathering of industry experts Tuesday that it
is well positioned to profit from the fast-changing demands of
consumers and businesses.  To highlight that point, the
company's new CEO, Brian Krzanich, announced that the company is
developing a new family of tiny, highly power-efficient chips
dubbed Quark for the so-called "Internet of Things," a growing
proliferation of smart devices ranging from wearable computing
gadgets to municipal traffic sensors.  Brian Krzanich, CEO of
Intel. Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel. (Photo courtesy of Intel)
"I can't think of a more exciting time in our industry than
right now," he said at the Santa Clara company's annual
gathering in San Francisco for its software developers. "Our
plan is to lead in every segment of computing."   "It gets Intel
into the huge Internet-of-Things space where everything, no
matter how big or small, is connected