posted by Krishnamurthy "Soumya" Soumyanath on February 17, 2009
A famous American philosopher (lets call him FAP in the time honored Intel acronym tradition) once famously said that “It’s hard to predict anything, especially the future.” Here I attempt to take on FAP through the prism of ISSCC; the annual International Solid-State Circuits Conference that takes place every February, deep in the windowless bowels of the San Francisco Marriott.
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tagged: ISSCC, research, semiconductor
posted by Sean Koehl on February 13, 2009
Today I had what I feel was my first authentic foray into a “virtual world.” I’ve convinced myself that these kinds of immersive, connected experiences will become very compelling in the years to come. I read enough cyberpunk and sci-fi books in high school and college to have an idea for the long term potential (though I wonder why Snow Crash gets all the credit when Nueromancer came much much earlier), and was one of the few people that would have paid to see the movies “Lawnmower Man ” or “Johnny Mnemonic” more than once. And I’ve done enough gaming in my past to be comfortable navigating around a 3D world. Despite all that, I haven’t been convinced that there really is much for me to do in a virtual world today.
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tagged: Immersive Connected Experiences, ScienceSim, virtual worlds
posted by Gregory F. Taylor on February 12, 2009
I attended ISSCC this week, the first time in many years that I’ve attended. It was a smaller affair than I remembered, driven I’m sure by recent events. Those same events colored much of the discussion in the hallways. Clearly companies everywhere are searching for greater efficiencies and focusing their efforts. Inside the paper sessions things were more upbeat, but shared the themes of greater efficiency and a focus of effort.
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posted by Justin Rattner on February 11, 2009
Celebrating national Inventor’s Day today, Intel is also recognizing the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest inventions of our time, the integrated circuit from Intel’s own Robert Noyce. Inspired by Noyce and my fellow Intel “inventors” I’m providing my five predictions for how technology innovation will change the world.
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tagged: CTO, innovation, Inventor's Day, research
posted by Stefano Pellerano on February 09, 2009
Radios are used extensively today to access the internet on the go; for example, WiFi is present in virtually all new laptops today. One of the key components of a radio is the high-frequency oscillator that is used to generate the frequency at which the information is transmitted, like 101.1MHz for an FM channel on your car radio. This component is very sensitive and can be easily disturbed by the power amplifier (a power amplifier is used to amplify the signal before it is transmitted by the antenna). To make sure that the power amplifier does not interfere with the oscillator, it is necessary to offset their operating frequencies.
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tagged: ISSCC, research, WiFi Radio
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