Intel continues to focus on developing chips guaranteeing low energy consumption and longer battery life. As part of this initiative, the tech giant has started working on the "Bay Trail" Atom chip. It is an energy-efficient component for embedded devices.

This means Bay Trail can power up set-top boxes, car computers and possibly even robots.

It was already expected that Intel will be developing Bay Trail trips for standard products like desktops, laptops and tablets. However, according to reports, the company also plans to work on another set of Bay Trail chips, the Trail-I.

Intel wants to develop trips targeting "embedded intelligent systems." Intel noted this in a session description regarding the upcoming Intel Developer Forum.

The company did not delve into details about the product on their Web site. More details including info on customization options, power consumption and performance of the Bay Trail-I will be revealed at the event. The Intel Developer Forum will take place from September 10 to 12 in San Francisco.

Tablets running on the "Bay Trail-T" are also expected to hit stores around the end of the year just in time for the holidays. Expected price is at $199 though this can still go lower according to Intel. Apart from the Bay Trail series, Intel plans on offering different types of Pentium and Celeron chips referred to as the Bay Trail-M.

Bay Trail-M will cater to desktops and laptops.

Bay Trail-I serves as the newest line of Atom chips to target embedded products. It will serve as the substitute or refreshed version of the Cedar Trail platform. Intel released Cedar Trail on the quarter of 2011 and early 2012.

The embedded chips are useful for technologies like digital signage, in-car entertainment systems and a complete array of equipment that obtains services from the internet. Bay Trail works with the Silvermont microarchitecture from Intel.

The company claims that such framework allows processor to be more power-efficient and quicker compared to previous offerings. The chips will be produced through the 22-nanometer process. This means the chip will have stacked transistors ensuring data processing and power efficiency.