posted by Roy Want on April 09, 2008
One of the great computing revolutions of our time has been the dramatic reduction in size of processing components and the power they consume, making mobile computing a reality. The term mobile computer spans many types of devices, from laptop or notebook computers—now central to much of our work—to the smallest cell phones, which can not only provide a mundane telephone connection but also serve as an electronic organizer. The PDA, also originally part of this mobile revolution, has already largely been subsumed by the smart-phone market.
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tagged: csll, mobility, research
posted by Guest Blogger on April 08, 2008
Last week, the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) was held in Shanghai, China and one of the key messages was that Carry Small, Live Large (CSLL) is a vision held by Intel for future mobile computers. In a nutshell it is the vision of more powerful small form factor devices that are more aware of your environment and offer a more personal interaction with the user. This is a device with rich computing capabilities such as telephony, media, gaming & the Internet to name a few but this isn’t the limit. It is a platform for creating new kinds of applications and interactions as well. For example, you can imagine the new kinds of social networking applications that could be built with this device. Senior Fellow, Kevin Kahn wrote a great blog about CSLL.
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tagged: context aware computing, csll, dynamic composable computing, IDF2008, Intel, MID, mobility, research
posted by Anwar Ghuloum (葛安华) on April 07, 2008
All the major CPU manufacturers have thrown their lot in with multi-core designs. The (multi-billion dollar) question now is how to program these devices. I can tell you with some confidence that we don’t yet know what the answer will be in 10 years. I can’t imagine that any single company can reliably solve this problem…and I think the Open Source community is essential to finding the answer. The main reason lies in the relatively unexplored territory of how multi-core programming models interact. If I’m preaching to the choir (though not in a Cathedral…see below), feel free to skip the rest of this. However, if you’re still unconvinced, read on. Admittedly, much of this argument is not new, but I think the challenges of multi-core programming create a greater imperative.
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tagged: multi-core software, Open Source, parallel programming, software development
posted by Guest Blogger on April 01, 2008
On the eve of the Intel Developer Forum, Intel held briefings for the press today talking about the latest mobility research effort, which internally is being called Carry Small, Live Large. As part of that briefing, we showed off a new technology demonstration coming from our Mobile Products Group that I captured some video of and thought I’d post since many aren’t able to attend this event in Shanghai.
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tagged: carry small live large, Cliffside, IDF, IDF2008, MID, mobile device, WiFi
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