X5 began to replace Intel hardware in the self-service cash registers with Chinese

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2022: X5 starts replacing Intel self-service hardware with Chinese

X5 began replacing Intel hardware with Chinese hardware at self-service cash desks. This was announced by the Russian retailer at the end of April 2022.

{{quote 'Intel has left the Russian market and is no longer able to supply self-service control computers. Solution: a new Beelink supplier from China was found, which offers devices with almost the same performance and for less money, - said in a statement X5, which cites TASS. }}

X5 began to replace Intel hardware in the self-service cash registers with Chinese

As the head of the X5 innovation technology portfolio, Yevgeny Shulyak, explained, the use of Chinese vendor technology has an important advantage - to replace a standard computer, you do not need to refine the operating system and software.

{{quote 'That is, they poured software, made settings, put it in self-service cash desks and everything worked. At the same time, during the testing of the analogue in the "combat" store, performance measurements and a comparison with the standard performance of the self-service cash desk at Intel were carried out, "he said. }} Schulik also noted that testing showed that performance is comparable to a standard Intel PC, the response time to the customer's actions when interacting with the cash desk, the restart speed of the system is almost identical.

According to the representative of X5, during the testing, not a single incident was detected. At the same time, the remote update ON takes place according to standard scenarios and does not require additional actions. Based on the results of the tests, we can preliminary conclude that the Beelink PC can be used as spare parts and tools for the current fleet of X5 self-service cash desks and its expansion, Shulyak said, adding that testing of Chinese-made equipment at dozens of cash desks will begin "soon." ^[1]

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