About the Challenge

Intel-Based Solutions on the Edge of Manufacturing

Technical innovation is only possible when an ecosystem works together to develop industry-changing solutions. Intel has been at the center of this innovation, accelerating a vast community of partners and enabling best-in-class solutions that are transforming edge and network infrastructures across the globe.  

As an Intel partner, you are invited to join us for the Intel® Edge Solutions Challenge, a campaign designed to support and award our ecosystem to develop and deploy optimized solutions based on Intel® architecture and ingredients.  

2 Categories

4 Target Use Cases

Control Optimization & Autonomy

Robotic Arm 

Controller 

Automated Guided Vehicle Controller

Product Inspection

AI Enhanced Defect Detection 

Optical Character Recognition

This Challenge focuses on the manufacturing sector, and in particular, the technologies that are driving applications 

for Control Optimization & Autonomy as one category of two use cases, and Product Inspection as another.

Participants can directly engage with Intel technical experts through live webinars and a series of pre-recorded training to further align their solutions to the Challenge’s technical requirements. Initial Premium Support time will be dedicated to eligible teams who are developing solutions during the campaign, and will also be a benefit awarded to winners and finalists in a post-submission acceleration phase in 2024.

Benefits & Awards

The submitted solutions that meet the most of Intel’s technical criteria for both hardware and software components will be awarded prizes and marketing support for product amplification. 

Top 3 Winners

Overall Top Picks 

Advanced Finalists 

Top Group of Teams

All Qualified 

Eligible Submissions

$15,000 USD 

$2,000 USD 

x 3 Teams or Partners

x 3 Teams or Partners

(4th to 6th)

+Benefits for Top 3

(1st to 3rd)

+Benefits for Finalists 

(4th to 10th)

✓ Intel Premium Solution Support: 50 additional hours for a total of 100 hours valued up to $30k

✓ On-Stage Event Opportunity with Intel Executives

✓ Intel Premium Solution Support: 50 hours valued up to $18K​ USD

✓ Opportunity of Inclusion to Innovator @ the Edge Tech Talk​

✓ Digital Amplification via social media​

✓ Enhanced Go-to-Market Activation Plan and Benefits

All Qualified Eligible Submissions:

✓ Opportunity for fast-tracked approval into the Intel® IOT Market Ready Solutions 

✓ Eligible for all IPA affiliated benefits based on partner tier / level

✓ Training Enablement for your participating development team

Advanced Finalist 

Benefits

Eligible Submission Benefits

Eligible Submission Benefits

Use Cases

Entry Criteria 

First 50% of score

Solution Architecture

Leverage Intel® technologies.

Contains one or more Intel® CPU, and other Intel® Software Assets and designated contents.

Edge inference operations must run on Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit and/or other Intel® software or tools.

Solution Functionality

How does the solution collect, process and analyze data close to the source at the edge?

How does the solution collect and/or summarize data from the edge devices and connect to the datacenter or cloud? 

How is the edge to cloud/datacenter connection made possible (i.e. WiFi, 4G, 5G, etc.)?

How does the solution manage, summarize and obtain insights from the many edge devices that drives business innovation and transformation?

Solution Delivery

Customers can procure all content of the offering from a single source.

Use Case Fit Criteria

Additional 40% of score

Recommended Hardware

Adoption of one or many Intel recommended Hardware products and technologies specified by each use case.

Recommended Software

Adoption of one or many recommended Intel Software assets and technologies specified by each use case.

Bonus Criteria

Max additional 10% possible

Versatility Bonus

Adoption of one or many target/bonus Intel Hardware and/or Software assets and technologies specified by each use case.

Use Cases

Product Inspection | Optical Character Recognition

Application of industrial imaging sensors. Your solution, enabled by Intel hardware and software solutions, performs character inspection, i.e., checks, recognizes, and/or determines characters printed on parts or products in the factory line with a result of allowing manufacturers better track of goods and improve yield rate. 

Minimum Required Hardware

11th Generation Intel® Pentium, Celeron or Atom Processors,
Intel® Core i3 Processor N-series for smart camera or entry level vision

Recommended Intel Hardware

12th, or 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family

Intel® Xeon® Processor Family 

Intel® Iris® Xe and Iris® Plus Graphics 

Intel® Arc™ 

Intel® Data Center GPU Flex Series 

Intel® Ethernet and 6E Wifi

Recommended Intel or other Software Technologies

Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit

Intel® oneAPI Toolkits  

Recommended Security Features  

Measured boot, software chain of trust using TPM 2.0

Total Memory Encryption Enabled

Secure works using TEP – secure containers and orchestration

Bonus Intel Content

Edge Insights for Industrial

A combination of Intel CPU + FPGAs and/or Intel® RealSense™ cameras

Intel® Geti™platform 

Product Inspection  |  

AI Enhanced Defect Detection 

Feature AI-empowered solutions for defect detection and identification of missing objects, scratches, and other defects on products on the manufacturing line and in real-time. Your solution must be enabled by Intel Hardware and Software ingredients and significantly improve product yield rate while decreasing human costs. This solution can be applied to various segments such as 3C, semiconductors, automobiles, packaging, etc. 

Minimum Required Hardware

11th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family or newer

Recommended Intel Hardware

11th, 12th, or 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family

Intel® Xeon® Processor Family 

Intel® Iris® Xe and Iris® Plus Graphics 

Intel® Arc™

Intel® Data Center GPU Flex Series 

Intel® Ethernet and 6E Wifi 

Recommended Intel or other Software Technologies

Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit 

Intel® oneAPI Toolkits

Recommended Security Features

Measured boot, software chain of trust using TPM 2.0

Total Memory Encryption Enabled

Secure works using TEP – secure containers and orchestration

Bonus Intel Content

Edge Insights for Industrial

A combination of Intel CPU + FPGAs and/or Intel® RealSense™ cameras

Intel® Geti™platform

Control Optimization & Autonomy  |  Robotic Arm Controller

Intel architecture-based stationary Robot controller with good real-time performance for motion control and additional capabilities for other workloads such as customized programs and robotics vision. 

Minimum Required Hardware

11th Generation Intel®️ Core™️, Intel®️ Pentium, Celeron or Atom Family Processors or newer

Recommended Intel Hardware

Intel® Core i3 Processor N-series for low-mid end application (e.g. control only)

Intel 11th Generation U Series processor or 12th Generation P or H Series Processors for mid-high end application (e.g. control + vision)

Intel® Xeon SP Gen 3 or higher or Intel® Xeon D
(Private 5G Technology)

Recommended Intel or other Software Technologies

Intel® Time Coordinated Computing (TCC) 

Intel® Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)

Intel® Edge Controls for Industrial

ACRN* (type 1 hypervisor)

Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit 

Point Cloud Library (PCL) Optimized for the Intel® oneAPI 

Intel® FlexRAN™️

Recommended Security Features

Measured boot, software chain of trust using TPM 2.0

Total Memory Encryption Enabled

Secure works using TEP – secure containers and orchestration

Bonus Intel Content

A combination of Intel CPU + FPGAs and/or Intel® RealSense™ cameras

Intel® Geti™platform

Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710 NIC or
Intel® ACC100 eASIC or Intel® QAT  

Control Optimization & Autonomy | Autonomous Guided Vehicle Controller

Intel® architecture based Mobile Robot controller featuring reliability, stability, and easy customization extension. The compute module should be capable of SLAM + Navigation + 3D/AI.  

Minimum Required Hardware

11th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family or newer

Recommended Intel Hardware

Intel® Pentium, Celeron or Atom Processors, Intel® Core i3 Processor N-series for low-mid end

Intel 11th Generation U Series processor or 12th Generation P Series processor for mid-high end

Intel® Xeon SP Gen 3 or higher or Intel® Xeon D (Private 5G Technology)

Recommended Intel or other Software Technologies

Intel® Time Coordinated Computing (TCC) 

Intel® Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)

Intel® Edge Controls for Industrial

Intel® Edge Insights for Autonomous Mobile Robots

Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit

Point Cloud Library (PCL) Optimized for the Intel® oneAPI 

Intel® Arc™

Intel® oneAPI Toolkits

Intel® FlexRAN™️

Recommended Security Features 

Measured boot, software chain of trust using TPM 2.0

Total Memory Encryption Enabled

Secure works using TEP – secure containers and orchestration

Bonus Intel Content: 

A combination of Intel CPU + FPGAs and/or Intel® RealSense™ cameras

Intel® Geti™platform

Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710 NIC or
Intel® ACC100 eASIC or Intel® QAT  

Who Should Participate

Cloud Service Provider

Communications Service Provider

Distributor

Hardware Manufacturer (ODM/OEM)

Independent Software Vendor

FPGA Designer

Solutions Aggregator

Solutions Provider

Systems Integrator

Timeline

Aug 25

Registration Opens

Challenge Kick off Webinar

Solution Support Starts: Begin booking 

Webinars: Challenge Use Case Deep Dives & Various Topics

Project Submission: Deadline

Winners Announced

Sep 6

Sep 11

Sep - Oct

Dec 8

Jan 9

Intel Premium Solution Support 

We provide dedicated global resources to enable Intel technologies or software into your application. It ranges from Edge AI Model Optimization, Edge Technology Enabling such as Virtualization, Manageability, Time etc. 

The team has wealth of knowledge in various use cases implementation such as Defect detection, Motion control, and Product Inspection. 

Your solution integration will be both easier and faster, and you will stay competitive in the Intel Edge Solutions challenge, and win in the marketplace.

Engage with Intel Mentors and Experts

During the Challenge

       What will be provided

Dedicated Intel solution enabling resources

Enable customer time to market in technology adoption

Complement customer software skillset gap

Enable customer application with Intel technologies

Optimize performance using Intel Software (OpenVINO™, Edge Software, Intel® OneAPI)

       Types of Solution Enabling Service

Edge AI Model Optimization Services

AI model creation, conversion, optimization, and retraining

Edge Technology Enabling Services

Manageability (eg. Intel® FIDO Device Onboard (Intel® FDO))

Real-Time (eg. Time Coordinated Computing/Time Sensitive Network)

Edge SW (eg. Edge Insights for Industrial (EII), Edge Controls for Industrial (ECI), Edge Insights for Vision)

Display Virtualization (eg. Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV))

Resources

Find out more about the elements of the Intel® Edge Solutions Challenge

Autonomous Guided Vehicle Controller
Resources & Info

Optical Character Recognition

Resource & Info

Robotic Arm Controller

Resources & Info

AI Enhanced Defect Detection

Resources & Info

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