Intel had a big announcement at CES – it unveiled its latest System on Chip (SoC) made for modern and next-generation wearable devices.

Based on a new version Intel’s Quark chip – the Quark SE, the Curie Module is so small that it can fit into a coat button, the feat that was demonstrated on stage by the company’s CEO Brian Krzanich. Nevertheless, even this small, the chip includes a low-power sensor hub, a pattern-matching accelerator that allows for gesture recognition, and a six-axis combination accelerometer and gyroscope, as well as Bluetooth LE connectivity support.

Intel’s hope is to have Curie not just in wrist bands, but also in such products as rings, bags, pendants, and glasses.According to Mike Bell, VP and GM of Intel’s New Devices Group, Curie will help aspiring companies bypass difficult developmental steps like designing circuitboards or tweaking Bluetooth radios. “[Curie] essentially gets you pretty far along towards a product, you really just have to add your secret sauce on top of this and you’d have a pretty great wearable product,” he said in an interview with The Verge.

Intel’s hope is to have its brand-new SoC not just in wrist bands, but also in such products as rings, bags, pendants, and glasses. The Intel Curie Module runs Viper, an open-source software that can take the information gathered by sensors and use it for things like activity recognition or step tracking.

The Intel Curie Module will be available in the second half of 2015, and in the meantime, Intel keeps pushing its other wearable products such as the Basis Peak smart watch, SMS Audio BioSport in-ear headphones, and pursue partnership with other industry players like Luxottica and Fossil.