Realizing this potential will require partnerships between industry and government to develop a framework and best practices for cyber-physical-systems platform technologies that include integrated architectures, standards and protocols, advanced analytics, evaluation testbeds, and reference implementations to ensure such systems perform reliably, correctly, safely and securely.

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The reference platform will support leading operating systems, such as Windows 8 and Android, with a broadband interface with carrier selection.

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As it often does, Intel has created a number of reference designs, which hardware OEMs may use to specify systems for their manufacturing partners.

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"We want to manage the cost of desktop operations and increase stability, " says Gene Dickamore, business systems manager for Arup Labs, a medical reference laboratory.

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Our Gobi fifth generation reference platform helps ensure that OEMs can develop products across their choice of operating systems and hardware platforms to meet the growing demand for mobile connectivity.

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