posted by Megan Langer on May 31, 2008
Ever wonder where ideas for technologies like USB, 802.11n, PCI, or Serial ATA come from? Or maybe you’ve heard of the free application MashMaker that lets you create your own version of Web pages combining the information you want from multiple sites into one, putting it all together at once on your computer screen. Many of them had their genesis in Intel’s R&D labs.
We often have our own “science fairs” at Intel, for sharing research internally with product groups. But once a year we open our doors to media, giving the public a glimpse into Intel and the potential for technology near and far-out future. That event is coming up on June 11th and we’ll be creating an online experience here at this blog and in the special press room site. There will be plenty of photos and videos to feel like you were there which will be updated in coming week and in real time on June 11th.
posted by Cheryl Miller on May 19, 2008
I had a chance to chat with Justin Rattner, Intel CTO, as he reflected on Intel’s first 40 years and looked ahead to the next 40 years. He says instead of technology being an evolution over time, big revolutionary changes tend to happen in rapid “giant leaps”. He thinks the next major leap will be in the human interface with technology, with potential future breakthroughs in processing that would have the physical boxes of computers disappear into the fabric of our daily lives. Watch this video to hear Justin describe it himself:
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tagged: 40 year anniversary, CTO, Justin Rattner, research
posted by Guest Blogger on May 05, 2008
The continued growth of data rates in servers, routers and high-bandwidth computing systems has led to an increased interest in optical backplanes for these applications. Data rates in the backplane are increasing to several Gbps/channel and higher. The trend to multi-core and many core processors is an additional factor contributing to increasing bandwidth demands. Electrical interconnects pose serious challenges at bit rates at 10’s of Gb/s, optical links can alleviate many of these difficulties by improving bandwidth-length products and eliminating electromagnetic interference. There is a growing research effort to enable the move from the electrical to the optical domain.
View poster from recent lab open house event.
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tagged: optics, polymer, research, silicon photonics, terascale
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