The once famous proprietary chipmaker Intel is set to become the largest contributor to the open sauce Linux.
A report from the Linux Foundation said Intel was the largest corporate sponsor of new contributions to the Linux computer operating system.
This means that Intel has replaced some top notch software companies, having made more than 10,000 more changes to Linux Kernel.
It makes sense, Linux plays a significant role in computers integrated inside communications networks and industrial equipment, which are vital segments for Intel.
Doug Fisher, who heads Intel’s software group, is also on the board of the Linux Foundation he said that Intel wants to explore new markets through its chips by integrating it in wearable computing, connected appliances and mobile technologies. Intel has hired several thousand software developers to assist in developing new features for Linux.
Intel has made $350 million in revenue during 2014 by using a component of the IT infrastructure it supplies, according to the company’s annual IT business review.
The report suggested Intel is exploiting IT services in a better way like data analytics and collaboration tools for “optimized business workflows and [to] unlock new insights” to generate millions of dollars of new revenue.
