posted by David Angell on July 30, 2008
802.11 Draft-N is hot – up to 300 Mbps of bandwidth today with up to 450 Mbps of bandwidth tomorrow. But did you know that not all 802.11 Draft-N products are the same? To be a connoisseur of these differences, a little background is required.
The dramatic performance and range improvements of 802.11 Draft-N didn’t just come out of thin air. Well, actually they did thanks in large part to MIMO (pronounced my moh). Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) is a wireless breakthrough that takes on the physics of wireless signals by exploiting a radio-wave phenomenon called multipath. When a radio sends a signal, that signal will start to weaken as the distance from the transmitter increases. In addition, that signal can also get reflected and/or absorbed by walls, doors, or other obstacles resulting in weaker copies of the original radio signal.
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tagged: 3x3, 802.11, draft-n, intelcentrino2, intelwifilink5300, mimo, multipath, siso, wifi
posted by David Angell on July 27, 2008
Wi-Fi has given us the freedom to connect to other computers and the Internet without wires. Wi-Fi is now spreading its wings into the world of consumer electronic (CE) devices. Everything from MP3 players and digital cameras to printers and projectors are jumping on the Wi-Fi bandwagon. And there’s much more to come.
Intel’s Cliffside project will take wireless freedom one giant step further with Wi-Fi PAN (Personal Area Network) technology that will transform an Intel® Centrino® 2 notebook with an Intel® WiFi Link 5000 Series adapter into your own personal wireless network for seamlessly connecting and managing these CE devices.
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tagged: bluetooth, cliffside, consumerelectronics, digitalcameras, mp3players, personalareanetworks, wifi, wifipan
posted by Ken Kaplan on July 23, 2008
What would you do with a billion Intel transistors nestled in our pocket?
If what they said today comes true, we might have a billion transistors efficiently running a system on a chip that puts high speed computer performance and wireless Internet inside many of the things we touch — from our mobile phones and computers to the navigation system in our car.
“The major forces that are shaping the design of silicon have to do with the need for connectivity to the Internet, computer power, and the progress of Moore’s Law,” Intel VP Gadi Singer said, referring to the maxim that chip performance can double every two years or so thanks to manufacturing improvements. That was what Dean Takahashi from Venture Beat wrote in one the first story released from today’s briefing in San Francisco.
Gadi was joined by Intel VP Doug Davis shared new plans for Intel Smart SoC — System on a Chip — and introduced eight brand new embedded chips under its Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor family for security, storage, communications, and industrial robotics. The overall SoC efforts are aimed at traditional computing businesses and several growth areas across Consumer Electronics (CE), Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and embedded markets.
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posted by Gregory Ofili on July 23, 2008
First, let me take a moment to comment on my post earlier this week in response to an article written about WiMAX’s momentum. We are all professionals, but occasionally, the passion for our various positions does spill over. I was sparked by the positioning of WiMAX as a niche technology by a Gartner report cited in the article, and what I perceived as an effort to characterize it as such broadly. My words were harsh and for that I do apologize to Gartner. My point, better said after the passage of time is that WiMAX is gaining significant momentum and already has a substantial planned footprint in developing and developed economies and is destined, from my view, for delivery of next generation 4G networking capability for computing and communications.
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posted by Gregory Ofili on July 23, 2008
There is a lot of talk these days about Telco’s deploying LTE, etc, etc…. Let’s ignore the fact that LTE remains ‘Vaporware’ today, (all talk, and no product in sight, not even an IEEE standard in sight).
So, if and when it does get here, then how will the proponents of LTE position it? LTE, and WiMAX for that matter, are both packet technologies. WiMAX is super fast, open, no walled garden, etc, just the internet we know and love, but mobile. LTE is being positioned as essentially the same as WiMAX.
posted by Gregory Ofili on July 22, 2008
The most recent attempt at ‘drive by kneecapping’ is from Gartner.
The ‘analysis’ by Phil Redman of Gartner, is so thoroughly devoid of reality, it leaves me uncertain where to begin to debunk it.
Since Gartner’s entire argument hinges on the belief that only the LTE fairy can conjure up dual mode handsets, then I suggest an intrepid team of investigators from Gartner should be dispatched to Asia, post haste, in order to confirm the existence of numerous WiMAX dual mode handsets.
I have 15 years in the Telecommunications industry, and I would expect better research from a fresh faced kid out of College. Such ‘analysis’ from Gartner should be supplied with a warning: ‘Not intended to inform strategic business decisions’. The LTE gang must really fear WiMAX. Otherwise, why all the attention and erroneous analyses?
posted by Ken Kaplan on July 20, 2008
Sure, these processor would be great for powering traffic lights.
You mean they want to use our chips to make Taxi meters?
Imagine, those where conversations inside Intel back in the 1970s, in the years after making the world’s first microprocessor.
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tagged: 4004, Craig Barrett, Intel 40th anniversary, Intel History, Intel Inside, Intel@40, World Mural Project
posted by Ken Kaplan on July 19, 2008
What a whirlwind week! Centrino 2 was launched, second quarter closed and on Friday Intel celebrated its 40th birthday. Something new sprinkled with a look back at achievements from the recent and distant past.
Whenever we’re asked to embrace something new, it’s rarely good to blindly accept things without exploring the change as an opportunity for improvement. You take the opportunity to look back and carry forward the best stories and achievements. It’s like taking those ingredients mixed with a dash of where you want to go…and baking the future.
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tagged: centrino 2, IDF2008, IDFSF08, Intel Developer Forum, intelcentrino2, Montevina
posted by Bill Calder on July 18, 2008
July 18, 2008: 40 years ago today, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore incorporated a small electronics firm in Mountain View, California. A short item in the San Jose Mercury News a few weeks later noted the two had resigned from Fairchild Semiconductor and formed this fledging company called Intel because they wanted to “regain the satisfaction of research and development in a small and growing company.”
Intel is certainly not a small company anymore, but the focus on research and development remains as strong as ever. Intel has never wavered on its investment here, even during the up and down cycles that have defined the industry over the years. This basic premise—and the desire to “go off and do something wonderful” as Noyce liked to say, ended up redefining the electronics industry and set a course that changed the world.
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tagged: Chip Making, Genius Inside, Intel, Intel History, Intel40thAnniversary, Intel@40
posted by Ken Kaplan on July 16, 2008
All laptops were tuned to Intel Centrino 2 inside the Mezzanine in San Francisco on Monday. Good thing for me because I’m hunting for a new notebook, something small and powerful for editing HD video and photos on the go.
Most of us are eager to get the best bang for our buck, so when new technology comes out we’re forced to redo our homework. That’s how I felt at the launch event — see photos. There are so many sweet, new laptops to choose from with more on the way.
So far topping my list is the nifty Sony V series, but I’m digging around for at least another week. Please help me with my homework and share what’s topping your list. I saw lots of people on Twitter sharing their favorite Centrino 2 laptop picks already. Even Engadget has some rapid fire snapshots of many of the fresh notebooks, most of them in black or dark gray finish…just what I like!
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tagged: Centrino 2, intelcentrino2, Laptop, Mobility, Montevina
posted by David Angell on July 15, 2008
In San Francisco on July 14, the Intel Montevina project morphed into the Intel Centrino 2 platform. Beyond jacking up performance and improving battery life, this beauty spread its wireless wings with the latest in Wireless-N (Draft-N) technology.
At the Intel Centrino 2 processor technology launch, the Intel WiFi Link 5300 with its 3x3 power (3 antennas, 3 spatial streams) was wirelessly connected to the Monsoon Multimedia Hava HD that broadcasted live HDTV out of thin air. I’ve seen this up-close-and-personal watching HD “soaps” on a Intel Centrino 2 notebook in my cube. It’s awesome!
You should definitely learn more about the powerful performance and extended range capabilities of the Intel WiFi Link 5300 running on the Intel Centrino 2 platform.
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posted by Ken Kaplan on July 12, 2008
Intel baked mobility smarts into a new, eco-friendly Mercedes-Benz Smart car to show the wonders of mobile WiMAX while tooling down the road. It’s the next iteration of an away-from-home and out-of-office moving conduit connecting us to Al Gore’s information superhighway — a.k.a. life on the Internet.
If you’re in San Francisco on Monday, July 14 between 4 and 6:30 p.m., come see the WiMAX car in action at the Mezzanine. That’s where Intel’s celebrating the release of Intel Centrino 2, the second coming of the original Centrino, which brought built-in Wi-Fi and great battery life to laptops, helping ignite the worldwide demand for wireless Internet access in cafes, airports, hotels and other private and public places back in 2003.
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posted by Ken Kaplan on July 12, 2008
Note: This post was written by Intel’s Elvin Ong.
Intel has recoiled tightly and about to uncork a new level of mobile computing with Intel Centrino 2. It’s the latest essential ingredients inside laptops jacking up performance, improving battery life and increasing wireless Internet experience on the go.
That’s where Parkour comes to mind. Parkour is the art and practice of movement, which is similar to what we at Intel like to call “mobility.”
The Website How Stuff Works put it this way:
…what if taking a morning jog didn’t mean training for a marathon or wearing short shorts? What if it meant creative, individual expression through acrobatic moves like leaping from walls and over gaps, ground rolls and precision jumping? Instead of running laps around the community park, you’d navigate through the city, making the urban landscape your personal obstacle course, a playground for strength, freedom, courage and discipline.
Parkour practitioners overcome obstacles quickly and efficiently, without using extraneous movement. Individual movements are defined by their intention to get somewhere using the most effective moves with the least loss of momentum. Being highly mobile and adaptive is the name of the game, with control and freedom to move through urban environment the way you want to. We see this sport much like how we see the new Intel Centrino 2 technology hitting the streets next week: powerful, mobile, in control with freedom to step towards your next move.
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tagged: battery life, Centrino 2, intelcentrino2, mobility, Parkour, performance, wireless
posted by David Angell on July 10, 2008
While I was stuck down on the Jones Farm, my colleagues in the MPG Wireless Go-to-Market team were rock’n at the 2008 Cisco Live conference in Orlando, Florida. This event is the mothership for serious enterprise IT with more than 10,000 attendees.
The Cisco Live theme “Power of Collaboration” was the perfect backdrop for this first-time Intel mobility presence. Lyle Warnke, Jon Marshall and Sanjiv Gupta drove Intel’s Diamond Sponsorship that set the stage for Intel, the leader in mobile platforms and wireless clients, and Cisco, the leader in wireless IT infrastructure to connect in a big way on next-generation enterprise mobility.
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tagged: cisco, cisco live, enterprise, intel, intel centrino, mobile, vpro, wimax
posted by Kari Aakre on July 10, 2008
Yes, it may seem odd to see one of Intel’s forthcoming products receive market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but that’s what we announced today. It’s pretty amazing to reach this milestone, particularly as we celebrate Intel’s 40th anniversary and are focusing on how technology can revolutionize the future of healthcare, among other industries.
Given the FDA clearance, the team can now move into the next phase bringing to market the Intel Health Guide, a tool that can help healthcare professionals better manage care for their patients with chronic conditions. Intel engineers developed the hardware and the software for the device.
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tagged: ConnectingForCare, Continua, FDA, health, healthcare, Intel
posted by Bill Calder on July 09, 2008
I was struck by NBC’s announcement this week that the network plans on making over 2,200 hours of video available for streaming on NBCOlympics.com and offer online viewers reams of data and real-time blogging from events. While online data isnt unusual for an Olympics, 2,200 hours of streaming video has to be a record and speaks volumes to the explosion of digital video online.
A recent report from the Neilsen Company confirmed this —- online video viewing is no longer a novelty. Two-thirds of Internet users in the United States, some 119 million people, watched a video in May. Mobile Internet and mobile phone video is also growing.
So what does all this mean other than there is more content available when you want it, where you want it? It means processing power—and super fast video encoding——matters more than ever. Will there be more online video from London at the next summer Olympics in 2012? Absolutely. Will it be in high-definition? Its likely. Who says processing power doesnt matter?
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posted by Pat Gelsinger on July 02, 2008
See the full 90 mins of my recent press briefing
As Intel celebrates it’s 40th Anniversary, it gives me great pleasure to share with you the insights and learning from 29 years of my career with Intel; its’ been rewarding experience and an amazing journey. There are four key milestones that to me not only shaped Intel but also shaped the computer industry of today.
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tagged: 286, 386, 486, anniversary, cisc, gelsinger, intel, law, moores, pat, pentium, risc, silicon, terascale, transistor
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