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Apr 11  |  rbtbob said:

That last paragraph shows you have “the humor”.

If I may ask, why no phase change memory sessions in China like there will be in Taiwan?

I posted a link to your blog on the ENER message board. (on the portal called Ya and hoo)

PS: thanks for Stefan Lai

Apr 12  |  Salman said:

Its good to hear that such a high level of enthusiasm for the spread of knowledge is present in at the top of such a large corporation.

I have been the head of the techNext event for Softec Organization. Softec is an annual event by one of the best computer university of Pakistan, FAST. I initiated the idea for techNext to bring in the large international technical organization like Intel, AMD, Nvidia, IBM etc and allow them to show case their emerging technologies and latest products. I have been trying to contact my local Intel distributor to put forward this option to headquarter but they are not showing any positive response. They are more interested in showing their market product line which usually include low end processors, instead of giving technical presentations and lectures on the the latest products and techniques.

I tried to contact Intel support directly by mailing them on the address given on their website, but to no avail.

So my question is why the efforts are not put into the developing and emerging market. Pakistan has the 7th largest population, which means with the development the demand for the latest technology will grow exponentially.

We have seen that the investment by the telecom sector has given large dividend to these companies and has created one of the biggest mobile consumer market in the world. They are also one of the largest sponsors of Research and technical exhibitions.

Having the exhibition in the computer science university gives the added benefit that all these people are going to get involved in the purchase of the equipment sometime in their career plus the immediate benefit is that all these people have the basic knowledge about the technicals terms, so they will be taking in lot of information from these technical presentation.

As you are the head of biggest research oriented corporation i am hoping that you will give a thorough consideration to this message and your organization will have some participation in this exhibition.

I have given the link to the current event in the URL:.

Thanks for reading all this and Looking forward to a positive response

Some basic Information about Softec and FAST is given below.

FAST National University (FAST-NU) is one of the leading higher education institutes in Pakistan. Its founders’ visionary step into I.T. education 17 years ago has resulted in the establishment of a sterling institution for the advancement of technology and research in the country.

SOFTEC Society , the largest student society at FAST-NU, annually organizes an I.T. extravaganza involving a diverse array of competitions and exhibitions, with participation from students of institutes across ASIA, as well as software developers, computer engineers, and a myriad of other I.T. professionals. SOFTEC is not only an enriching institution of this university; it has been instrumental for the advancement of technology and research in Pakistan’s I.T. industry over the eleven years of SOFTEC’s existence.

Since its advent with a single competition in 1995, SOFTEC has grown yearly, now boasting a complement of nearly a dozen different competitions and exhibitions. These include the Software Exhibition and Competition (International), Programming Competition (International), G3n.X Gaming Competition (International), Engineering Project Competition, Microprocessor Interfacing Competition, IdeasXtreme, Software House Enclosure, I.T. Industry Displays, TechNext and Kidz Corner. Participation and interest has also grown exponentially, with the 2006 event drawing well over 35,000 visitors and with the budget of over US $75,000/-

Apr 12  |  JeffG said:

Hey, it’s pretty cool that you’re starting a blog, although there isn’t much to comment about in your first article.

I think what people really want to hear about and discuss is the actual technology, info on unreleased products, etc.

I liked the IT blogs, but I think more people will be interested in the technology blogs. Now if only AMD started corporate blogging too…

Apr 12  |  Jaka Mele said:

Pat, I am looking forward to new tech highlights, as for the last four years that I am visiting IDFs, have blown me away almost every time! Hope to see some definite action in health area as well, the prototypes shown last year in ISF SF were very nice!

Apr 12  |  xMPR analyst said:

Hi Pat,

The blog is a step in the right direction, but this first one sounds too scripted. Blogs should sound more informal. Make sure you write your own, don’t let your staff or PR write it for you. You have a tremendous amount of history at Intel and do not be afraid to reference it. Especially as we’re on the verge of the biggest changes to x86 processors we’ve seen since the PentiumPro (heterogeneous core and many-core processors).

It’s also cool to drop some new tidbit of information, like Sun’s Schwartz does in his blog. It adds a surprise element and keeps people coming back.

Have a good trip. Oh, and remember that the original processor geekfest before there was an IDF was Microprocessor Forum :-)

Apr 12  |  rbtbob said:

One of the other posters found a session that includes phase change memory: MEMS004 Session Detail Session Title: Non-Volatile Memory Trends and Technologies: Making the Right Choice • Introduction to Intel’s work on Phase Change Memory Session Speaker: Greg Komoto Thanks! We look forward to some further insight into your progress on this technology jump.

Apr 12  |  JeffG said:

Hmmm, seeing how this is a technical blog, I guess I’ll ask a technical question, even if it’s a bit off topic from the OP.

Regarding Nehalem, I’ve heard that the server parts will feature IMC’s but the other parts won’t. Is there any truth to this and if so, what’s the rationalization? I can see the IMC giving much needed help in the server arena, but to a lesser extent it should help other segments (although not as much as it helped AMD due to smarter memory management and bigger caches on the Intel platform) so why not include it? What about the ‘extreme’ segment, any plans for IMC’s there?

Apr 13  |  JooGuan said:

It’s great and always welcome to see a giant like Intel doing something to get closer to its customer and try to work with the customer for what the customer wants; instead of developing its own product to fullfil its own arrogant such as happening in the gigahetz race.

Bravo to Intel, and whoever make this happen, for creating this blog available to external customers.

p/s: Technology doesn’t mean much if it doesn’t meaningfully beneficial to its end user. A good example is RAMBUS where it has advanced technology but it didn’t success because (I believe) it overlooked on what the customer wants. Always listen to your customers because they are the boss who contribute to your bottom line.

Apr 13  |  barton said:

I am a student in beijing university.i’ve applied for being a volunteer during the 2 days’ IDF.it’s amazing to see what intel brings us new cause my major is IT.i hope i will learn a lot during these days.

Apr 13  |  Muaath Taji said:

Hello,

Just a question, have you ever thought of an IDF in U.A.E, this country is quickly growing in all fields including IT, IMO, it will be a good choice.

Apr 17  |  rbtbob said:

GOOD STUFF!! from PCPRO (UK) Intel predicts death of DRAM 10:51AM, Tuesday 17th April 2007 Intel has unveiled ‘the next generation of Flash memory’, which could potentially replace all types of memory in PCs.

Although devices based on the new ‘phase-change’ memory aren’t yet in production, Intel’s chief technology officer, Justin Rattner, showed a complete production-quality wafer during his opening keynote at the Intel Developer Forum. Rattner claimed the technology has been in development for ten years and that the advantages of phase-change memory are huge.

Devices based on it will have a lifetime of over a million write cycles, an order of magnitude more than current NAND-based Flash memory which degrades after a few tens of thousands of writes; it will retain its data for at least ten years with no power applied; and like normal RAM it’s writeable at the single-bit level, unlike conventional Flash which has to be erased and written in blocks.

Rattner claimed that phase-change ‘literally has the potential to replace DRAM’. Given that current DRAM - used as main memory in every PC - runs at speeds far in excess of what Flash can manage, that’s a lofty claim indeed. If true it means that phase-change could become the single, universal storage medium, fulfilling requirements for both fast local DRAM-type memory as well as permanent mass storage.

It raises the spectre of Intel dominating every aspect of computer architecture: CPUs, chipsets and storage. Rattner gave a hint of his frustration at the continued dominance of mechanical disk drives, saying that ‘hard disks are frankly too power hungry’ as well as being too physically delicate.

from EE Times: BEIJING — Intel Corp. is preparing to sample a 128-Mbit phase-change memory that will roll into volume production in the second half of the year using 90-nanometer technology. The device, codenamed Alverstone, is Intel’s first phase-change memory product and is being billed as a NOR flash compatible replacement. Intel is the second-largest NOR flash vendor behind Spansion Inc.

Intel unveiled the part on Tuesday at its Spring development forum in Beijing. Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner said the part has six times the write performance of today’s NOR flash and is much more “robust,” lasting for at least one million write cycles.

Rattner had originally planned to demo a system using phase-change memory but he ran out of time during his keynote presentation….

from the Inquirer: Then he went on to talk about phase change memory, a successor to flash. The first product is called Alverstone, a 128Mb flash replacement. It is a bit addressable memory type with many of the benefits of flash like a 10 year non-volatile life and a million write cycles before it dies.

Mar 01  |  Ronaldinho said:

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