posted by Bryan Rhoads on February 28, 2008
I’m kinda mesmerized by our countdown clock…
We’re announcing the name of Intel’s smallest IA processor ever… right here on this very blog when that clock expires.
This got me thinking of NASA and that baritoned announcer who says “T-minus 1 minute and counting…”. Or maybe some of those older Bond films where they’re counting down from some secret island or hidden volcano.
But check this out… NASA has this great site on the famous countdown and each of the milestones that a “T” represents. Now… we’re not getting this fancy, but I’m envious of their ability to plan the launch of a complex space shuttle down to the second.
Intel innovation has helped to enable NASA’s “highly mobile” space program up in space and down here on Earth.
So here’s my prediction*:
The first person to blog from outer-space will do so on one of these new mobile devices powered by this new Intel processor.
Any takers???
*Update: Within 2 nano-seconds… this community informed me that Anousheh Ansari (of Ansari X Prize fame) was the first person to blog from outer space… she did it in August 2006.
But the question remains… what other corners of inner and outer space will these devices penetrate?
Any spelunkers out there? Caves… who has been the deepest blogger and do they need a device? :)
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tagged: 45nm, Atom, Intel, NASA, Silverthorne
posted by Jeff Hanks on February 28, 2008
It’s always nice to see the bad guys get what’s coming to them. There’s this girl from Brooklyn who gets her cell phone stolen back in January. The thief, apparently ignorant of what a SIM card is / does, uses his newly “found” cell phone to surf the web and check email. This girl, who does understand what a SIM card can do, gets a new cell phone, gets the SIM card data transferred over and VOILA - one thief’s email address. She then finds him listed on MySpace (who doesn’t have a MySpace account these days?), and with a friend tries a little social engineering (e.g. flirting) with the thief to get him to send a photo, which she promptly takes to the police, who arrest him and connect him to another crime as well. Here’s the article from WCBSTV in New York and a link to the video.
posted by Ken Kaplan on February 27, 2008
Genius is tenacious and inside each of us, shaping our character and driving us to create new possibilities. Add to that the wisdom of crowds and you have the story about how this went from being an employee video to national TV ad for Intel in the past month.
Originally the simple story was created to inspire Intel sales and marketing pros from around the world. After the video was shared with all employees, people responded in droves, demanding that these videos be shared with family, friends and…well, everyone. This video struck a chord. Employees were inspired by the video, and many said it captured the essence of how Intel technology helps so many people use their skills to do great things. That’s the “magic” of having Intel inside.
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tagged: Beth Lubov Butrymowicz, Genius, Intel, Intel Inside, Touch of Genius, TV ads
posted by Connie Brown on February 26, 2008
I was really happy with my new Lenovo T61… until today. Alas, now I have laptop envy. My notebook computer looks fat and bulky when compared to the amazingly sleek Lenovo X300 announced today.
Lenovo collaborated with Intel to shrink the component size more than 50%! Here’s a visual comparison on the size of the standard Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the new smaller version for the X300. The smaller version is still fully loaded and is even more energy efficient.
Not to geek out on you, but for those interested here are the exact specs for the Intel Core 2 Duo S7100. It clocks in at 1.2GHz with 4MB cache and Front Side Bus of 800MHz. It’s a low voltage processor with a TDP of 12 Watts.
Now, who do I have to bribe in IT to get me one of those Lenovo X300s?
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tagged: Centrino, Intel, laptops, Lenovo, notebooks
posted by Ken Kaplan on February 26, 2008
Since GDC 2007, we’ve seen lots of advancements to Intel processors, including the move to 45nm transistors (codenamed Penryn) and now the 8-core Intel Extreme Edition motherboards (codenamed Skulltrail). Here’s what people at the Game Developer Conference had to say about the performance boost they’re getting from Intel technology.
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tagged: 8-core, gaming, GDC08, Intel@GDC08, Penryn, Skulltrail
posted by Ken Kaplan on February 26, 2008
From Nature Photonics magazine to Research@Intel blog by Haisheng Rong to this: the premiere video showing the world’s first cascaded Raman silicon laser, featuring Intel Fellow Mario Paniccia inside the Silicon Photonics Lab in Santa Clara, CA.
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tagged: Cascaded Raman Silicon Laser, Intel Research, lasers, Nature Photonics, silicon photonics
posted by Bryan Rhoads on February 25, 2008
third screen n. A video screen that a person uses as often as their television and computer screens.
It’s a concept that has been around for at least ten years now. And one that generally comes from the mouths of ad-hungry marketers in search of more media buys and eyeballs.
But the oft touted “3rd Screen” will become a mainstream reality in 2008 as Intel’s Silverthorne and Diamondville processors are making it not only possible, but powerful.
Some will argue that the introduction of the iPhone last year brought us our first true 3rd screen experience… granted it’s a compelling argument. But as most iPhone addicts will attest, most 3rd screens are still the lesser cousin of our other two screens (your TV and your laptop/desktop). It simply hasn’t been the “full experience”… yet.
What’s different this time around? The difference: A perfect storm of affordable, energy-efficient, and high performance processors that enable the innovative design of these new mobile devices.
Or maybe as this video implies… our 3rd screens are destined to be our 1st.
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tagged: 3rd screen, diamondville, MID, mobility, Silverthorne
posted by Denise Bohling on February 25, 2008
Turns out my cube neighbor CAN keep a secret. A big one in fact! She knows the new brand name for Intel’s smallest processor ever. But she’s not talking. Soon, on March 3, the guarded brand name will be revealed. Still I’m curious…. what will we call our smallest processor – the one that will bring an awesome Internet experience to small, mobile devices? Any brilliant guesses?
Watch the countdown to the moment when the name is revealed and check back here. We’ll cover what the new brand means for you and other mobility topics that you won’t find anywhere else on the web.
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tagged: Atom, Intel Atom, Silverthorne
posted by Josh Bancroft on February 25, 2008
Hi! My name is Josh Bancroft, and I’m a blogger and mobile gadget addict geek. I work at Intel Software Network, but the fine folks who created this blog asked if I could lend a hand over here to get things kicked off. And since they tempted me with the promise of cool mobile toys to play with, I was easily convinced. :-) I’ve been computer geek all my life (since age 4, seriously), and deeply into mobile technology for at least a decade. My own blog is named TinyScreenfuls.com, because, when I started it 4+ years ago, I realized that on any given day, I carry on my person gadgets totaling no fewer than seven or eight screens. Yes, that’s why I wear cargo pants. Yes, I’m “that guy”. ;-)
But the reason I do it is because there is SO MUCH cool stuff I can do with all of these devices. I get a huge kick out of living “The Mobile Lifestyle”, and I want to share a little bit about how it can change your life, too. It will probably require that you make some changes to your computing habits (like moving some of your activities “into the cloud” - onto the web). But I promise, you will not be required to wear cargo pants or a utility belt. ;-) In fact, the devices that grant you admittance to The Mobile Lifestyle are now considered fashionable, too. At least, they generate lots of buzz and interest when I use them in public. And they’re only getting smaller, more beautiful, and more powerful…
posted by Ken Kaplan on February 23, 2008
From celluloid to silicon, that’s the innovative spirit of the Cinequest Film Festival that runs from February 27 to March 9 in San Jose, California.
For 18 years, it’s been Silicon Valley’s film festival with a technological edge spotlighting innovation in movie making. It also can help movie makers get their new movies distributed digitally through Jaman, which is a global network delivering movies in high-def quality to Macs, PCs or home entertainment systems. To date, through its PPV/VOD partners and DVD label, over five million people have viewed Cinequest Distribution films.
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tagged: Cinequest08, digital movie making, Don MacDonald, Film Festival, Intel
posted by Ken Kaplan on February 21, 2008
Intel’s PC gaming guru Randy Stude stepped up to help organize the PC Gaming Alliance. At this week’s lively Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, Stude led the alliance’s first press conference announcing the coming together of major hardware and software creators to PC gaming.
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tagged: Game Developer Forum, GDC08, Intel@GDC08, PC Gaming, PCGA, Randy Stude
posted by Nick Knupffer on February 20, 2008
This one is not written by myself, but I thought that you would like to hear the thoughts of Elliot Garbus, Vice President and General Manager, Visual Computing Software Division:
Hopefully you heard that today the team at Havok announced a new offering to bring the world’s best physics and animation middleware to the masses. They will make the PC versions of their industry-leading Havok Physics and Havok Animation free for anyone to download and evaluate, and free for PC game developers to use commercially.
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tagged: gaming, graphics, havok, Intel, physics
posted by Nick Knupffer on February 20, 2008
Rule 2: Don’t talk about Xeon Fight Club
In the spirit of workplace enjoyment, Intel has created a little Xeon ‘Fight Club’ of it’s own: RoboBrawl!
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tagged: Intel, robobrawl, workstation, Xeon
posted by Nick Knupffer on February 19, 2008
At last the long awaited ultimate hardware for the ultimate performance junkie has been launched at the Games Developer Conference today.
I have written blogs about Skulltrail before, and here for you is another peak at the beast bellowing in the depths of the Intel performance dungeon:
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tagged: Core 2 Extreme, gaming, Intel, Skulltrail
posted by Ken Kaplan on February 16, 2008
We’re off to the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco! We’ll be on the scene to capture and share the best mind bending eye candy we can find — from Intel’s 8-core, multi-graphics card gunnin’ Skulltrail (watch for new stories from our pal Nick Knupffer) to what’s happening with game makers harnessing multi-core PC performance.
Last year at GDC Rio Pesino, host of gaming video Podcast show “Reboot,” hooked up with Intel’s gaming director Randy Stude.
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tagged: Extreme Edition, extremegamefaces, Game Developer Forum, GDC08, Skulltrail
posted by Johnny Waterschoot on February 14, 2008
Did I mention that Intel was also at the Mobile World Congress? We are showing a number of devices there, focused on WiMAX of course, but also some nice demo’s of Mobile Internet devices, ultramobile devices, and telco demo’s like our IMS solution.
Luckily the people over at JKK have already listed our interesting MID news at the show, talking about Menlow, T-Mobile and our ecosystem development. The article is here.
And of course, let’s not forget one of the most popular attention grabbers at the show, the WiMAX chopper. Too bad we are not allowed to drive it: 250 horsepower, centrally managed by a rugged pc that doubles as display, is linked to the WiMAX network, and that you can take along when parking your bike.
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tagged: Intel, mobile, Mobile World Congress, wireless, wmc; WiMAX; waterschoot; IMS
posted by Marc Wallis on February 14, 2008
Yesterday I talked about convergence from a multiple application point of view. What about the user experience across the multiple devices I use?
I saw this cool converged demo at the Nortel booth showing a laptop, a desk phone and a mobile device each running a Microsoft operating system running the Office Communicator (IM) client. It got my attention because it was about communicating with me, not with my devices.
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tagged: fmc, Intel, Marc Wallis, Microsoft, mobile, Mobile World Congress, nortel, wmc
posted by Johnny Waterschoot on February 14, 2008
Tagging on my previous post about Android and the iPhone: Richard Wong over at Contentinople elaborates on the trends towards more open standards. With Intel being a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, this is something I do like to read, and hope that in the end it all benefits the consumer.
The article also touches on the “4G cycle” and what will happen with WiMAX and LTE. I did walk around the show a bit, looking for WiMAX, and everyhwere I want I saw both the words WiMAX and LTE on the same boths. They seem to be linked at the hip at quite a number of booths at the show, a lot more than last year. Interesting times are ahead…
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tagged: Intel, LTE, mobile, Mobile World Congress, open standards, waterschoot, WiMAX, wireless, wmc
posted by Johnny Waterschoot on February 14, 2008
Imagine losing your mobile phone. There goes your data. Imagine having your business smartphone stolen. There goes all your confidential data. So what do you do? Buy a new phone of course, but what about all the data you had in the old one like numbers, agenda, notes, pictures? What about the confidential information if it was your business smartphone? We all know that it is hard enough for people to even bother to backup their computers, let alone their phones. So is it all lost?
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tagged: FOTA, Intel, MDM, mobile, Mobile World Congress, OTA, waterschoot, wireless, wmc
posted by Gregory Ofili on February 14, 2008
Dateline Barcelona – GSMA Mobile World Congress.
Vodaphone CEO Arun Sarin, called for relative consolidation in the industry. He suggested WiMAX (2 to 3 years ahead of LTE in time to market), should be rolled into LTE in order to consolidate R&D talent. What do you think ?
- Should WiMAX be rolled into LTE ?
- Should LTE be rolled into WIMAX ?
- Or should both technologies maintain their independent paths ?
- Which is the best option for accelerating time to market, product innovation, consumer choice, and value ?
posted by Marc Wallis on February 13, 2008
My head hurts!
I’ll admit right up front – I’m not a telecoms guy. I understand some of the basics, but decided that I was going to explore the exhibits at Mobile World Congress and learn. Over the last two days, I walked the exhibit halls, talked to several equipment manufacturers, integrators, operators, user interface and application suppliers.
Did I mention my head hurts?
Though I can appreciate the complexity of wireless network management, backhaul and finding profitability in this fast paced industry and I can appreciate the simplicity of IP based service delivery, IMS and “Style with Soul” as Samsung would tell you. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to user experience.
The buzz word around Mobile World Congress 2008 is convergence - a trend where some technologies having distinct functionalities evolve to technologies that overlap, i.e. multiple products come together to form one product, with the advantages of each individual component. Though the term has been around for several years in the telecoms industry, some believe, as BT said in the show daily, 2008 will officially be the year that convergence comes of age.
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tagged: convergence, Intel, Marc Wallis, mobile, Mobile World Congress, wireless, wmc
posted by Gregory Ofili on February 13, 2008
As humans, our hunger to communicate, consume information, and be entertained knows no bounds. This week, over 1,200 influential companies in the Mobile communications industry are in Barcelona. Over 50,000 visitors from all over the globe have come to learn and gain insight on the next generation of communications technologies and trends. In the coming days, I will share perspectives on breakout technologies that may soon be available to you, as well as upload pictures and videos from the show floor.
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tagged: Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, WiMAX
posted by Johnny Waterschoot on February 13, 2008
Apple’s iPhone. I walked around, looking for anything iPhone related, but found nothing on the booths (well, there were some people walking around with them of course). I thought I was looking in all the wrong places, but apparently I’m not alone: Techbeat has been covering press conferences, and reported the same: no mention on the iPhone. Having said that, I have been playing with some other new phones I saw at the show, but none really struck me as “the” phone I would really like to have in terms of useability.
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tagged: Intel, mobile, Mobile World Congress, waterschoot, wireless, wmc
posted by Marc Wallis on February 11, 2008
I made it to Barcelona and went to see the WiMAX enabled Segways in action. As promised, here’s a bit of video from the experience:
They sure do get attention as folks stop and stare, and some approach and ask questions. I’m looking forward to the day I can have my WiMAX enabled laptop or mobile internet device or even phone and maintain a true broadband connection to the internet wherever I am.
I head up the events team responsible for Intel’s presence and activity here at the show, so today (Monday) was primarily about getting the exhibits, demos and meeting center up and running. But tomorrow, I’m going to walk the exhibit halls and see what new, interesting and cool technology is out there.
First stop - Google’s Android software platform!!
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tagged: Intel, Marc Wallis, mobile, Mobile World Congress, wireless, wmc
posted by Marc Wallis on February 08, 2008
I’m heading to Barcelona, Spain in support of Intel’s presence at Mobile World Congress 2008. This is going to be a huge show for WiMAX and we’ve got some several cool activities planned.
Intel is working with Motorola and Clearwire to set up a WiMAX network over a portion of the city, and one of our activities will involve Segway!These two-wheeled vehicles will have a WiMAX enabled laptop mounted on them, and will offer local information, route guidance and any other internet related activity you care to do. Additionally, they will have a camera mounted on them, streaming live video back to our main booth at the show. Though these will be driven around the area (under the WiMAX cloud) by professional drivers, we will arrange for a select number of folks to be trained and give ‘em a spin also.
I’ll post a video once I get there and see them in action.
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tagged: Intel, Marc Wallis, mobile, Mobile World Congress, WiMAX, wireless, wmc
posted by Johnny Waterschoot on February 04, 2008
… Barcelona the city, that is, and the show formerly known as the 3GSM World Congress (now Mobile World Congress) that will descend there shortly. I’m quite happy to see that Intel is using the technology of one of it’s own portfolio companies to create these blogs. I’m of course talking about SixApart, creator of Movable Type.
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tagged: Intel, MID, mobile, Mobile World Congress, waterschoot, WiMAX, wireless, wmc
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