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10/30/09: A look at the future of the transistor from the Solid State Devices and Materials Conference (SSDM)
I’m writing this on the plane from Narita airport to Portland as I return from giving the plenary talk at the Solid State Devices and Materials conference (SSDM), in Sendai Japan. It is always exciting to visit these device conferences...
10/21/09: Day One - Web 2.0 Summit & Social Location in Day 2
Fantastic first day and night in San Francisco for the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit. Intel sponsored last night’s reception in the courtyard at the Westin, right before Carly Fiorina almost declared that she was running for the California Senate. John...
10/20/09: The original 'rock stars' who defined innovation and integration
Today, a small team of engineers will be recognized at the Computer History Museum for designing the world’s first programmable microprocessor in 1971, a 4-bit parallel CPU with 2,300 transistors. That project, from a fledgling integrated memory manufacturer barely 3...
10/19/09: Documentary on Intel Xeon processor 'Nehalem Effect' is nonsense
I rarely write about topics with such vigour, but this latest video from a so-called documentary team is absolute and utter rubbish. There is no evidence whatsoever that the Intel Xeon 5500 processor can create the kind of data centre...
10/16/09: MotorWeek Pulls into Intel, Fills up on Atom
PBS-TV’s MotorWeek visited Intel headquarters recently. Steven Chupnick wanted to learn how the tiny, mighty Intel Atom processor can help automakers stay in step with consumer trends. He met with Staci Palmer, director of Intel’s In-Vehicle Infotainment, Embedded and Communications...
10/07/09: Intel Proves Xeon 5500 Processors Are "Cash Machines for IT"
When Intel launched “Nehalem-EP,” more commonly known as the Intel Xeon 5500 Series processors back in March, we pointed out that their energy-efficient performance and other attributes lead to a very quick return on investment - as soon as eight...
10/06/09: Mod your Core i5/i7 Desktop
The Intel Core i7 Custom Challenge has started in 8 countries. To celebrate the launch of our new family of Intel® Core™ i7 and Core™ i5 processors, Intel is challenging the world’s best mod enthusiasts to rock the world in...
09/29/09: Moorestown Drives Innovation in the Ultra-Mobile Segment
The world of mobile entertainment along with always-on Internet is exploding, as consumers and road warriors demand greater connected experiences on the go. Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and smartphones are paving the way with advanced and highly efficient audio, video,...
09/28/09: Connecting the Ultra-Mobile Universe with Moorestown
Revolutionizing the ultra-mobile segment of Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and the future of smart phones, Intel’s next-generation Intel® Atom™ processor, codenamed Moorestown, made a larger-than-life splash at this year’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco. Intel Fellow and Chief...
09/25/09: Hardware-based Virtualization Built Into Next-Gen Nehalem-EX
Intel Senior Fellow Stephen Pawlowski delivered a session at this week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) on Intel’s latest industry-standard, mission-critical platform codenamed Nehalem-EX. And one of the key topics of discussion? Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT). Nehalem-EX offers scalability along...
09/25/09: Senior Intel Fellow Talks: Nehalem-EX and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
This week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) brought about amazing technology reveals and insights from the girls and boys in blue from Intel. And Intel Senior Fellow Stephen Pawlowski delivered the goods on Intel’s latest mission-critical platform, codenamed Nehalem-EX. A major...
09/25/09: Mission Critical? Meet Next-Gen Nehalem-EX.
Let’s face it-there’s a large following around Intel® Xeon® processors. After all, they are the world’s most widely deployed server, and for good reasons. IT has grown to rely on Intel Xeon processors for their performance, reliability, virtualization capabilities, and...
09/25/09: Intel Helps Consumers Fall in Love with TV All Over Again
For many, watching TV is a passive activity versus an interactive experience. Television as it currently exists, regardless of its use across cultures, is simply a conduit for delivering packaged information. But if Internet applications and interactivity is added to...
09/22/09: Lighting Fast - High Speed Optical Connectivity
Once relegated only to datacenter and telecom environments with high price points, optical technology may soon find its way into mainstream client systems, consumer electronics, and even handhelds. A new technology was announced at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) which provides...
09/16/09: Internet TV Applications will Change our Relationship with Television
Consumers talk about their television as many things: an object, a technology, a language, an addiction, an experience and most interestingly, as a relationship. The most striking observation about this relationship is what it is lacking: interaction. This lack of...
09/14/09: Recent Study Shows People Want Internet, TV Combo
Broadband has revolutionized the way people communicate and share information. This realization hit home after moving my son to his new digs at UCSD (University of California, San Diego). Now I know I need to cut the apron strings; but...
09/14/09: Scaled Performance, Maximized Energy Efficiency On-the-Go - Coming Soon!
Social networking and the Internet are driving consumer content creation from niche to mainstream. Whether its blogging about recent travels, editing and posting home videos, uploading photos of the kids, downloading or even composing music, almost everyone engages in some...
09/13/09: Sneak Peek - Intel Developer Forum Preview
In San Francisco Sept. 22-24, "the world's biggest geekfest" will take place at Moscone Center West. In its 12th year, the Intel Developer Forum highlights Intel's upcoming technology advancements and product plans to top CIOs, CTOs, hardware and software experts...
09/13/09: Intel News Ahead of IDF: New Chips; Manufacturing Efforts
Ahead of what will be a packed Intel Developer Forum, Sept. 22-24 in San Francisco, here's some news around a newly planned family of future "embedded" processors for non-PC equipment and gear code-named Jasper Forest -- and details around our...
09/04/09: Chip Chat: Genevieve Bell on Social Media
I last wrote about the great conversation I recently had with Genevieve Bell, the Intel Fellow who is responsible for tracking how people around the world adopt and utilize technologies, and how technology innovation should be driven to address emerging...
08/26/09: Think All Draft-N Wi-Fi Adapters are the Same - Think Again!
Check out this PC World Review: “On the other hand, a laptop equipped with a 3x3 Intel® Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 client card consistently outperformed one equipped with a 1x2 Intel® WiFi Link 5100 client adapter. The improvement was...
08/19/09: Chip Chat: It started with an Aussie walking into a bar...
I may have one of the coolest jobs at Intel. Hosting Intel’s Chip Chat podcast program means that I get to interview some of the brightest technology minds in the industry as they discuss their visions of the future. In...
08/18/09: Local Case Worker Moves Throughout Portland at New Speeds with WiMAX
It’s hard to imagine how we used to get our work done before laptops, Google and the Internet came along. Remember when we used to fax documents, send printed mail or use dial-up to access the Internet? I constantly have...
08/12/09: Coffee Shops Unplug Laptop Users; WiMAX Plugs Them Back In
You may have seen the recent report from The Wall Street Journal on how many coffee shops in New York City are putting an end to computer usage in their stores. For those of us, especially people who may work...
08/07/09: Classmate PC as a One-to-One Learning Tool
One-to-One learning, where every kid in a classroom has a computer that can interact with a teacher, although rewarding, is a complicated classroom model to implement. Lots of elements must come together to make this a successful transformation for both...
07/31/09: Summer Tech Day: Classmate PC as a fun Learning Tool
I had the pleasure of attending a cool event a the California Academy of Science that brought a bit of Science, a bit of Technology, and a bit of fun kid chaos! Intel sponsored a Summer Tech Day event here...
07/31/09: Education Technology Blog - First Post
Ok - I have been wanting to do this for some time now, and finally have started with this post! I will be blogging about Education Technology issues and also about how Intel powered classmate PCs can help solve some...
07/20/09: Massive cache for 8-core processor designed for high performance, low power and high yield
Intel recently described a 24MB 24-way set associative 8-ported 3rd level cache for an upcoming 8-core Intel® Xeon® Processor with design emphasis on high density, low power and design reuse. It features a 0.3816 μm2 bit cell in a 45nm...
06/18/09: Catch Research@Intel Today
Top Intel researchers are gathering today to show off the latest technology research projects they most believe will impact our future — from our homes and autos to the way we surf the wireless Internet. Here is Intel CTO Justin...
06/17/09: Intel's New Brand Structure Explained
Over the last year or so, Intel has been quietly working behind the scenes taking a hard look at our brand structure and exploring ways to make it more rational and easier to understand. The fact of the matter is,...
06/17/09: A "Positivo" milestone for Intel-powered classmate PCs!
The city of Pirai, Brazil has announced the purchase of Intel-powered classmate PCs for students enrolled in all 21 of its’ public schools, making it the first city in the world to adopt 1:1 computing for the entire school system....
06/16/09: Come and Get It! Your Personal Wi-Fi Is Ready To Go.
Intel® My WiFi Technology creates a Wi-Fi hotspot around your laptop that lets you print, share, sync and show wirelessly at home or on the go. This not your normal ad-hoc Wi-Fi. With your Intel® My WiFi Personal Area Network(PAN),...
06/09/09: Another WiMAX "First" in Amsterdam
The WiMAX Global Forum (WMF) landed in the city of Amsterdam this past week. With last year’s deployment of the first mobile WiMAX network in Europe, Amsterdam became a true WiMAX pioneer. At this year’s WMF, Amsterdam witnessed another “WiMAX...
06/05/09: Fitting the Full Internet Into Our Pockets
Computex in Taipei got many of us got smarter and more excited about the mobile computing possibilities being designed around Moorestown, the next generation set of technologies built around the tiny, mighty Intel Atom processor. In “What Moorestown Means for...
05/27/09: Top Ten Reasons You Might Have an SSD in Your System
10) You always say yes to new OS and Applications patches without having to think about it 9) You never bother to use hibernate again 8) You don’t hesitate to open a 10MB PPT file to find that one slide...
05/12/09: WiMAX connecting Latinos in Washington County
As a Portland, Oregon resident and Intel employee, I've been lucky enough to experience wireless 4G WiMAX Internet broadband, as well as speak with others who are amazed by its speed, availability, and their overall experience. What I find most...
05/06/09: Reality Check - Windows XP Mode and Intel's chips
So, there have been quite a few stories recently about support for Windows 7’s new ‘Windows XP Mode’. ‘Windows XP Mode’ is a feature that will be available with some versions of Windows 7. The short version is this: it...
05/04/09: A night of semiconductor history
Below is a public reposting of an Intel internal blog written by Tom Waldrop - Intel’s Director of Issues and Policy Communications: Imagine, in one room, a group of scientists and engineers largely responsible for the advances in semiconductor-related technology...
05/04/09: Why would a 32GB SSD cost more than an 80GB SSD?
The landscape of solid-state drives is growing. Many companies, Intel included, have a growing portfolio of drives for sale. Various people much smarter than I have talked about how "Not all SSDs are created equal," but there's one fundamental difference...
04/30/09: Portland Youth Experience WiMAX "Outside the Walls"
The "Digital Divide" as we understand it doesn't just exist in rural or third-world countries. The possibility to bridge this Divide can be realized in our own backyard, and WiMAX wireless Internet broadband here in Portland is helping us reach that potential....
04/17/09: Intel Xeon 5500: The IT Manager's ATM?
You’ve no doubt heard that Intel’s new Xeon 5500 series processors can deliver a return on investment in as little as 8 months when you replace an older, single-core Xeon server. You may even have heard Pat Gelsinger refer to...
04/15/09: Earthquake proof your code!
So, my first PR mentor taught me to start replies with the word ‘So’. This gives you valuable micro-seconds to compile a sophisticated and accurate reply to the daisy-cutter question just lobbed at you by the archetypal British reporter. Typically...
04/07/09: Wanted: Ideas for Energy Efficient Data Centers
As I mentioned in my blog last week, there are many ways for people to get involved in helping create a more sustainable future. My family and I had a great time “powering down” during worldwide Earth Hour last Saturday...
04/07/09: Intel's Social Media Story - just the beginning
We introduced Intel’s blog program 2 years ago this month. I’d like to use this Intel anniversary as an opportunity to reflect and look back at some of our social media efforts over the past decade. Its not possible to...
04/02/09: Intel Embedded in Future Communications Networks with New Xeon Processors
Click To Play For more information please see the press kit for the Xeon 5500 series launch, which occurred on March 30, 2009....
04/02/09: The Winner Takes It All?
Ultrawide-band vs. Bluetooth; Betamax vs. VHS; Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD. All are examples of classic format battles that have resulted in one winner dominating in their respective industries. Recent coverage and a few sensational comments suggest that the next battle in...
04/01/09: Intel unveils new badge design
Look for new versions of the famous Intel Inside sticker to begin appearing on laptops and PCs starting today. Intel has done a complete re-design of its product badges as part of a broader effort to simplify its brands, strengthen...
03/30/09: From Pentium Pro to Nehalem: The Story of Transformation
Today, at our headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley, we launched the most important Intel server product since 1995’s Intel® Pentium® Pro processor. In 1995, fewer than 750Ku servers based on Intel architecture were sold, representing only 10 percent...
03/30/09: "Embedded" Computers, Retail Shopping and Growth
We have a fairly large division within Intel loosely referred to as the Embedded Computing group. I’ve never liked the word embedded personally, it doesn’t say much about what that group does, which is a lot — and possibly a...
03/25/09: Widget Making TVs Internet Smart
Today Katherine Boehret of The Wall Street Journal test drove a technology we first saw publicly at the Intel Developer Forum in August 2008 and at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2009. Along with Katherine’s story “Yahoo Widgets Lend...
03/24/09: New Specialized Intel® Atom™ Processor Targets Cars, Internet Phones (Launched on March 2)
Click To Play Please note this announcement was made on March 2, 2009. Click here for the press kit and additional information on this product....
03/13/09: They Peeked Inside Dan's Press Sample Cabinet
A few months back I gave you a glimpse "inside my press sample cabinet," and boy did you respond! From San Francisco to Reykjavik to Rome people had all kinds of ideas how to put samples to use. We received...
03/04/09: Did you know? 25 Random Things About Intel
If you’re on Facebook, you’ve surely been hit up by at least a friend or two to fill out your list of 25 random things about you. It reminds me of the chain letters I used to get as a...
03/02/09: Intel Widget Channel Expert on "State of Online Video" Panel
I remember when it was called “interactive.” Nowadays I hear “immersive,” or the “rich” Internet. The Internet experience is improving all the time, and one of the biggest changes we’re seeing is the impact of more video. From short to...
02/25/09: Fast Company's Top Ranked Innovative Businesses
Here’s the link, what do you think?...
02/20/09: Performance Headroom from Squeezing Transistors Down to 32nm
Since the turn of the millennium, I’ve seen advances in chip manufacturing processes — from circuitry measuring 180 nanometers to 130 to 90 to 65 to 45 and now 32nm — and new architectural designs in between. Every time a...
02/16/09: LG + Intel = Future Phone, Full Internet Device
LG and Intel today announced a partnership to bring a future mobile Internet Device, or, "MID," that will offer phone capabilities, based on a chip we're designing for 2009 or 2010 code-named "Moorestown." What does that mean? Intel's Atom processor...
02/11/09: What's your favorite invention?
You may not know it, but today is national Inventor’s Day in the U.S. So take some time to think about and maybe even say thank you to all of the brilliant inventors who have given us all of the...
02/10/09: Intel's Big Bet
I am always amazed at the incredible work that Intel’s manufacturing group does especially when it comes to major technology transitons like the one that is upon us now. Shrinking to 32nm will require a massive investment, which we will...
01/13/09: The Second Wi-Fi Revolution
Guest post by Randy Nickel, Wireless Marketing Director, Mobile Platforms Group By now you take for granted that any notebook (or Netbook) you purchase has Wi-Fi built-in. The essential need for flexible connectivity that made Wi-Fi ubiquitous on notebooks is...
01/12/09: My Biggest Disappointment at CES, Yet Again, Came in 500ml Packages
And now ladies and gentlemen, something completely different from the self-congratulatory, back-slapping, post-CES euphoria flooding the airwaves. Oh yes, there was amazing technology, amazing innovation and a sense of hubris in light of the economy and hard times all...
12/30/08: Evermore Mobile Internet Devices at CES 2009
Before Intel Developer Forums and some of the bigger consumer electronics shows, I always try to catch up with Ultra Mobility man Uday Keshvadas to see what new gadgets he’s packin’ up. Just before the holidays as he was gearing...
12/10/08: Monsters, Aliens And The Shift to 'Tru' 3-D
I had a rare opportunity to get a DreamWorks studio tour the other day, learning all about the 3-D and animation process when making a film like Monsters Vs. Aliens, which is set for a March opening. A couple of...
12/09/08: A Peek Inside Dan's Press Sample Cabinet
As the guy with the "keys to the sample cabinet" for all worldwide Intel press review samples, my email Inbox is pretty jumpin'. I wanted to share a few of my favorite stories and experiences as well as provide a...
12/09/08: Intel Asks Employees to "Go Forth And Get Online"
Do you remember when Jay Leno took over for Johnny Carson on NBC's The Tonight Show? Of course in the scheme of things this wasn't the most pivotal time in the history of the world. But it did mark an...
12/04/08: News Watch: Netbooks - Industry Friend or Foe?
Netbooks of all shapes and sizes have been hot sellers, filling up many of the top 10 spots on amazon.com’s electronics sales rankings and even being worthy of a review in the latest Consumer Reports magazine. My partner in crime...
12/01/08: Contest: Guess Intel Transistor Shipments, Win a Great Prize!
THIS CONTEST IS NOW OVER. Congratulations to the winner who received a $500 Amazon gift card just in time to finish up his holiday shopping - Fenwick Jeffrey of New Brunswick, Canada - with his entry of 20,275,500,698,321,756, which came...
12/01/08: Doing something amazing with your Intel processor? Tell Intel and Win Big!
Calling all innovators, educators, entertainers, communicators and creators - or anyone with a story to tell about their processor! Intel kicked off a cool contest today inviting creative people to tell their story about how they are using an Intel...
11/18/08: News Watch: 08 In Review
Following the Core i7 (Nehalem) launch yesterday, here are two places for those looking for the top Intel news announcements and achievements this year. The first is Pat Gelsinger’s blog from a couple of weeks ago around what Intel’s Hafnium-based,...
11/13/08: Intelligent Performance Inside Intel's Core i7
I first met Stephen Gunther at an “Eco-Nehalem” briefing in San Francisco in October. He and his team are redefining what it means to be “power-wise” with the new processor design codenamed Nehalem, which will hit the market starting November...
11/10/08: A High-Five For High-K Reinvented Transistors
Today marks a major milestone: the one-year anniversary of shipping the world’s first ever Intel processors manufactured on our 45 nanometer process—based on an entirely new ‘high-k metal gate’ transistor formula. And what a year it has been for this...
11/07/08: Through the Eyes of an Energy-Wise Intel Core i7 Architect
I got to meet Sr. Principal Engineer Ronak Singhal and Steve Gunther on the day they shared their “eco-wise” insights about the new Nehalem microprocessor architecture before a gathering of technical press in San Francisco last month. With the IT...
11/04/08: And the Winner is . . . The Internet
There’s an interesting post today on Arianna Huffington’s blog. She declares the Internet the winner in this year’s U.S. Presidential race. I couldn’t agree more. From the amount of laptops and internet-connected mobile devices to the real time results sliced...
11/03/08: Core i7 Reviews - A Word on Wordle
In advance of our Core i7 launch coming in a couple of weeks, we sent out hundreds of pre-production processors to some of ther world’s top computer reviewers. You can find their thoughts by visiting their sites, or searching Core...
10/29/08: Dream a Little Dream PC
Ever thought that if you could just have some say in what your PC looked like, how it worked, or what it DIDN’T do (like no blue screens, more USB outlets, etc), you’d have the perfect PC? Have you ever...
10/29/08: Honey bee video monitoring- Intel researchers tackle agricultural issues
Love them or hate them, without Honey Bee’s we won’t survive. Bee’s pollinate the everyday foods we eat making them vital to our way of life. The honey bee population here in the US is in critical condition from what...
10/27/08: Seeing WiMAX Unleash Possibilites
Roman aqueducts brought life sustaining water to major cities and areas vital to the Empire. Many consider the aqueducts one of the most important engineering feats in the past 2,000 years. I wonder what they’ll say about WiMAX? I’ve been...
10/24/08: The Softer Side of Technology
My days are filled with bites and bytes and feeds and speeds. It’s all about technology and for the most part pretty cold and clinical. Sometimes I lose sight of the amazing caring things people are actually doing with technology....
10/17/08: Gee Your Notebook Smells Terrific
I’m doing some research on some of the latest laptops for an upcoming event and I came across an interesting new offering from Asus. Notebooks that not only have cool designs, but they are scented as well. You can check...
10/16/08: A Smarter 802.11 Draft-N
I remember when I got my first 802.11b Wi-Fi network at home. Back then 11Mbps easily handled the demands of my small digital world. But the digital contents of my life grew in size. 802.11g Wi-Fi came along with 54Mbps....
10/14/08: Nehalem-based Core i7 processors coming in November (17th)
Many people had asked when the first Nehalem-based processors were going to be available. For those who have been watching, Intel confirmed today that the initial processors based on this new architecture began shipping to customers in Q3, and...
10/09/08: Intel Insider Takes WiMAX for a Ride
When you invite Intel Insider Somewhat Frank to a party, meeting or even to speak on a panel, this is what you can count on: he’s livin’ in the moment he’s asking and answering great questions, totally engaged he’s sharing...
10/07/08: Intel Insider Somewhat Frank Goes to Baltimore
Last week I was invited to be on a panel at InterAct 2008 in Washington DC. There are lots of great social media pioneers in DC — some at the event included: NewMediaJim on Twitter Somewhat Frank from AOL and...
10/06/08: News Watch: WiMAX in Baltimore; Early Reviews
Wednesday is the day…Sprint-Nextel and its XOHM unit, Intel and several partners will be in Baltimore to officially unveil the U.S.’s first 4G network based on WiMAX. Creating and deploying a tailor-made network for broadband wireless Internet access, speedy Intel-based...
10/06/08: BenQ MID Out of the Box, Into Internet Action Italian Style
BenQ’s MID S6 with Intel Atom processor is now available in Italy, and last week many of my friends were asking: Have you seen it? Well, yes and no. I’ve seen the BenQ before, but not the whole Italian package....
10/02/08: California Uber Alles -- State Picked as CeBIT 2009 Partner
A famous punk anthem jostled through my mind today after seeing California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneger at Intel headquarters celebrating California as the first state ever to be named “official partner” of the enormous and enormously successful tech trade show CeBIT,...
09/26/08: Calibrating the Netbook Frenzy -- A 'Basic' Primer
It’s great to see all the momentum out there in netbook-land. These simple little internet devices, while limited in their capability, are generating a lot of buzz out there. That’s a good thing, and Intel has certainly been behind this...
09/23/08: Tiny Mobile Internet Devices Hitting the Bigtime
When in Rome, do as the Romans do…with MIDs! Imagine strolling through the Colosseum wirelessly connected to the Internet and sharing the experience with the world using the video camera on you mobile Internet device! BenQ booted up its Intel...
09/20/08: Intel Co-Founder Gordon Moore Receives IEEE Medal of Honor
On September 20 Gordon Moore was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor, the Institute’s highest award, in a ceremony in Quebec City, Canada. He is being recognized for his contributions to the advancement of semiconductor technology, both as an engineer...
09/12/08: Competitive Advantage Brings Innovation with Every Tick and Tock
One of Intel’s key competitive advantages is the “Tick-Tock” chip design and manufacturing method. To help Intel shareholders — like me, my family and many friends — better understand how this Tick-Tock method really works, my pals inside Intel’s Investor...
09/08/08: Why WiMAX? See Its Potential
Intel’s Sean Maloney got to literally test drive Clearwire’s upcoming WiMAX network while visiting Portland, Oregon a few weeks ago. Check out the promise of a WiMAX network - the ability someday soon to drive around town and always be...
09/03/08: Talkin' Mobile Internet Devices, Netbooks, WiMAX at IDF
For me, the Intel Developer Forum is a place to witness real progress, talk with tech demo lab gurus and test drive new devices and services before many of them hit the market. I learn a lot about the engineering...
09/02/08: Big Stuff from the Big Stage........
So……I’ve got some big news today in the world of demos (and things demo related). We did a live piece of video at Intel Headquarters today for a sneak announcement from our friends over at BigStage.com. And your favorite demo...
09/02/08: Online Communication Challenged No More!
Lets face it, unless you have the time to really follow the technology space closely, its likely you have been left behind on at least one of the more recent online communication tools. Keeping up on texting to IM to...
08/29/08: Mass Animation Misunderstanding
Note: I am posting this for John Cooney, Intel’s Program Manager for Mass Animation Earlier this month, Intel announced the Mass Animation project at SIGGRAPH. The project will enable animators around the world to collaborate via Facebook on a 5-minute,...
08/22/08: New Hard Drive Takes Hard Ride To Show Benefits of Intel SSDs
Even before the Intel Centrino mobile technology mantra hit the scene in 2003, driving up laptop performance and increasing battery life required more than better, more efficient processors. It took a holistic approach of building efficiency into just about every...
08/19/08: IDF Car Demonstrations!
Here are some of the cool things we demonstrated at IDF in San Francisco!...
08/19/08: Innovation Community Can Help Bring Hope and Opportunity, Says Intel Chairman Craig Barrett
Today, I was talking with CNBC reporter Jim Goldman, who called Intel Chairman Craig Barrett the Johnny Appleseed of Technology, describing Dr. Barrett’s travel record and devotion to helping governments grow from the benefits of technology....
08/19/08: My personal Wi-Fi network -- on display at IDF
Last Friday, in madness of last minute preparations for IDF this week, I took a break and headed to one of the mobility labs at our Hillsboro, Ore. campus. This particular lab is one where the mobile group is showcasing...
08/19/08: Intel servers smash records with 6 core 'Dunnington'
Did you watch Pat Gelsinger’s IDF kenote today? He announced that the new 6-core Intel Xeon processor for expandable servers will launch in September, and has already broken multiple world performance records - notably the first x86-based server to burst...
08/19/08: Next Gen Infotainment at IDF
Many of you are undoubtedly aware of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), which is taking place this week in San Francisco. Embedded technologies are taking center stage this IDF, and In-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems are a part of this show....
08/18/08: Video: Sneak Peek at Intel Atom-Powered Devices Appearing at IDF
Last September, just prior to the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco 2007, I met up with Intel’s Mark Parker, who gave us a sneak peak at a wafer filled with Intel Atom processors (back then codenamed Silverthorne). Seeing a...
08/14/08: Nehalem, Wozniak, Livecasting and more... on IDF Connected
Interested in the latest news, analysis and commentary about the Intel Developer Forum? Eager to voice your opinions and participate in the action? Then be sure to check out IDF Connected, the latest in our family of blogs, dedicated exclusively...
08/10/08: Getting to the Core -- Intel's new flagship client brand
Nehalem. A small town along a river by the same name in Oregon, and also code-name for Intel’s next generation microarchitecture. Today Intel announced that upcoming products based on this new architecture will officially be called Intel® Core™ processors....
07/30/08: The Power of 802.11 Draft-N 3x3
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...
07/27/08: Wi-Fi Gets Personal with Intel's Cliffside Technology
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...
07/23/08: Intel Smart SoC -- The Move to Purpose-Built Chips
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...
07/23/08: WiMAX momentum continues with deployments & investments
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...
07/23/08: Will LTE become the 'Red Headed Stepchild' for the Telco's?
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...
07/22/08: The argument for LTE reeks of desperation
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...
07/20/08: Intel Chairman Craig Barrett on Intel's 40th Anniversary
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...
07/19/08: Life's Moving Faster, So Make the Future Unfold Your Way
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...
07/18/08: How two people set out to create an industry and changed the world
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...
07/16/08: What's the Laptop Frequency, Kenneth?
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....
07/15/08: Intel Centrino 2 Platform Spreads Its Wireless-N Wings
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...
07/12/08: Intel's Smart WiMAX Car -- Mobility "Innovision" for Centrino 2
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...
07/12/08: Extreme Mobility Art and Tech Reaching New Heights
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...
07/10/08: Enterprising Intel Mobility at Cisco Live 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...
07/10/08: Intel? Healthcare products? FDA market clearance?
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...
07/09/08: Processing Power (Still) Matters
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...
07/02/08: Intel’s 40th Anniversary: Top 4 milestones that shaped our present and four predictions for future
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...
06/25/08: Intel Forming "The Insiders" Social Media Advisory Team
In the spirit of risk-taking, we’re facing the fact that we need advice from people who are doing great things in the quickly advancing area of social media…so we’ve pulled together The Insiders. This social media advisory board will be...
06/24/08: We made it -- 1 Billion PCs
With little fanfare, Gartner announced yesterday that the number of computers in use worldwide had reached 1 billion. I remember many a speech in the mid to late 1990’s —- Andy Grove, Craig Barrett and other Intel executives expousing the...
06/23/08: Netbooks get all the love...
Netbooks are hot and we’re seeing some nifty little systems like the MSI Wind, the Acer Aspire One, Asus EeePC 901, and others. These simple little Internet machines are going to be hot items especially when selling for as low...
06/17/08: This is why I need WiMAX
Part 2: Subscriber Economics 101 Year 1988, Cost of electronic communications/information = approx ($60 to $80+) Phone line: $20/mo, + long distance: $10-$30/mo, + cable: $30/mo Year 2008 - Without WiMAX, Cost of electronic communications/information = approx ($150 to $450+)...
06/15/08: San Francisco Street Sweepers Testing Clean Air Sniffing Devices
Walking into Research@Intel day was like pulling back the curtain and seeing how researchers are pushing idea buttons and project levers to not only keep Moore’s Law alive, but to put future computer prowess to meet real human needs. Sure...
06/13/08: Eco-Technology Great Debates: Webcast Now Available
The recorded version of the first Intel Eco-Technology debate can be viewed below. Please note that some corporate firewalls may block replay of this content. AC vs. DC Power: Note - please skip over the first five minutes of this...
06/11/08: USB 3.0 for the masses - Dispelling the myths.
There has been a lot of unanswered speculation recently regarding USB 3.0 and Intel’s involvement; I thought it was about time to set the record straight. By the way: USB 3.0 will be a new wired USB standard – operating...
06/10/08: Second Life on the Go, Pulling Up the Horizon Through Intel Research
Today I got a sneak peak as Intel scientists from across the Intel set up their projects for Research@Intel Day, held at the Computer History Museum on June 11. The eye catcher for me? The robotic hands....
06/09/08: Fox Business News' Liz Clamen Live from Intel Museum
Fox Business News is doing “3 Days Live in Silicon Valley” June 9 through June 11. Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, CA was the first of three stops on the “on location” live broadcast series. Anchor Liz Claman was inside...
06/09/08: Eco-Technology Great Debates: Attend or Follow Live Online This Wednesday June 11
Join an impressive line-up of panelists and speakers from IDC, Microsoft, Sun, IBM, InfoWorld, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Intel and many more in discussing advances and challenges of energy-efficient computing. If you are unable to join this event, please post...
06/07/08: Innovation @ Intel
I can hardly believe it has been two months since I was in Shanghai attending IDF and anticipating the innovation I would see there. I thought if it was memorable enough to stick in my mind two months after the...
06/06/08: WiMAX and LTE – Our View
This post is a special one in that I’m posting comments from our wireless CTO here at Intel about some confusion and misinformation around Intel’s take on WiMAX and LTE 4G wireless technologies that has been of great discussion this...
06/02/08: The Netbooks Are Coming
A sneak peek of video footage debuting at Computex this week. See cool new netbook systems and usage models....
06/01/08: Computex: The Who and How Inside Expanding the Internet
Taipei will par-tay this week as tech change agents flock to Computex, one of the largest computer exhibition in the world, second only to CeBIT in Germany. Among the 135,000 estimated attendees will be fists pumping in the air from...
05/30/08: Centrino 2 live in the wild…..WiMAX gods smile down with envy and delight
Live from Computex 2008 in Taipei, your favorite demo guy gets his hands on the real deal. I’ve never said that being a demo guy doesn’t have its perks. And today I’ve got my privileged hands on a brand spanking...
05/23/08: Telematics Detroit indicates growing excitement for Media in the car
The Telematics show in Detroit this week was a great example of the growing excitement in the industry with respect to Media and Services in the car. Here are a few video clips from the show!...
05/20/08: The In-Car Infotainment Revolution
Did you know that the average American spends more than 300 hours per year in their car? That’s equivalent to 7.5 work weeks stuck behind the wheel. Imagine now if a Car OEM or service provider could find a way...
05/14/08: My search for the one device…..and the horrible failure that followed……
It’s nice to ease into things after a long sabbatical break. It’s amazing the soul searching you can enjoy stepping out of the tech industry for a brief, fleeting spell. But I’ve brought back with me a few words of...
05/07/08: WiMAX History in the Making
If you haven’t heard the news yet, check out the press release that Clearwire and Sprint issued bright and early this morning (I was wide awake at 3 a.m. when the news hit). The two companies entered into an agreement...
05/01/08: Launching the Centrino based Asus Lamborghini VX3 in Style
I missed out on one cool work related party last week filled with fast laptops and fast cars. Yes, I just said cool and work party in the same sentence. Just outside of L.A., California, Intel co-hosted the launch party...
04/25/08: What's in Your Pocket?
After seeing all the new pocket-sized internet devices at IDF, I started wondering what people were carrying in their pockets on the streets of Shanghai. So on the last day of the event, with Josh videotaping and Helen providing the...
04/08/08: Voices Carry -- Soundbites and Photo Slideshow from IDF Shanghai
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04/08/08: World Exclusive: I got to play with the Lenovo and Aigo Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) at Intel Shanghai
This entry was originally posted by Josh Bancroft on the Intel Software Network blogs. There are only about 20 Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) existent in the world. Most of them were in Shanghai last week for the Intel Developer Forum...
04/08/08: MIDS Photo Shoot
Back home from Shanghai with Bronchitis and feeling pretty bad but I did want to share some low-res photos of the new mobile Internet devices we photographed while in Shanghai. As my colleague, Josh Bancroft, pointed out in his blog,...
04/07/08: IDF Shanghai Photo Slideshow
flickrstrator My Intel pal Bob Duffy shared the code for this IDF eyecandy photo collection created on Widgipedia....
04/04/08: VIDEO: Levitating Sights & Sounds from IDF Shanghai
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04/04/08: VIDEO: Show Me The New Reality
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04/03/08: VIDEO: Ingredients Improving Mobile Computing
04/03/08: A Wireless World Away from IDF…WiMAXing @ CTIA in Las Vegas
If you’ve been reading all of the Intel blogs lately, you’d think nothing else was going on in the world outside of the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai this week. But… there was. The CTIA Wireless show took over Las...
04/03/08: VIDEO: Moorestown -- The Heart of Future Mobile Internet Devices
04/03/08: VIDEO: IDF Shanghai Keynote Mashup - Chips Power Down, Performance Up
04/02/08: Intel a services company? Sizzling announcement coming to you from IDF!
Do not attempt to adjust your screen. And since April Fool’s Day is over, this is not a silly prank to see if you are paying attention. No, this is a real and true report coming to you straight from...
04/02/08: Awesome Power Saver Demonstration in Chien's Keynote
Among a number of very cool items on the subject of “Digital Transformation,” in his keynote today, Andrew A. Chien, Vice President, Corporate Technology Group, hosted an awesome demonstration showing a 30-35% system power consumption savings. By synchronization system events...
04/02/08: Withdrawals and my addiction to speed
It’s 2:37am as I’m writing this blog. No, I’m not under the influence of some illicit drug that’s keeping me up all night, just suffering from jet lag as I’m adjusting to the local time here in Shanghai where Intel...
04/02/08: SSG Software & Solutions Group --> Day 1 and Things Are Going Well!
So here we are nearing the end … of day 1. Busy doesn’t describe how active the software area was in the Century Hall. Ok, one of the most popular entries was the real-time gaming but the rest of the...
04/01/08: I want my M.I.D!
As I sat through the marathon keynote sessions in this morning’s kickoff of IDF, I tried to Twitter to provide you all some colorful realtime observations from the dark auditorium. About halfway through my Blackberry lost the ability to access...
04/01/08: Intel SSDs, Ultrathin Laptops, Mobile Internet
In his keynote this morning at IDF Shanghai, Dadi Perlmutter announced a lot of good geek fodder, but a few of the items that stuck with me were: Intel's solid state hard drives are on the way(!)--they're fast, light,...
04/01/08: Are We There Yet?
Hello from Shanghai. I am here attending the Intel Developers Conference and managing a photoshoot of mobile internet devices(MIDs) that will be launched later this year. This is my first time visiting China and my first time blogging. I am...
04/01/08: Deciphering Intel codewords for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs)
This entry was first posted by Jeff Moriarty in the Intel Software Network Blogs. With the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) kicking off this week in Shanghai there’s going to be a mini-avalanche of MID, Atom, and Moblin related announcements coming...
04/01/08: Centrino Atom awaits its unveiling
As we prep for day 1 at IDF, the buzz is palpable. Of course, just being in Shanghai on the banks of the Yellow river is buzz enough. But when you walk around and see all the posters, companies and...
04/01/08: VIDEO: Cracked An Atom, Then Packed for IDF Shanghai
This entry was first posted by Ken Kaplan in the Mobility@Intel blog. Friday at Intel headquarters, I met up with Ultra Mobile Man Uday Keshavdas to see what he was packing up for his trip to Shanghai for the Intel...
04/01/08: Kevin Kahn on Redefining Mobility: Carry Small, Live Large
This entry was first posted by Kevin Kahn in the Research@Intel blog. Imagine a day when a single device small enough to fit in your pocket has the power of a laptop and can deliver a rich computing, telephony, media,...
04/01/08: Why do we need many-core?
This entry was first posted by Yimin Zhang on the Research@Intel blog. Now we are already in a Multi-core era, dual-core has become mainstream, and some people even have Quad-core CPUs in their desktop PC. But some people still are...
03/31/08: Software & Solutions Group (SSG) at IDF -> What an amazing opportunity!
SSG, Intel’s 3200 (or so) strong software developers will be showcasing their best efforts at IDF this week in Shanghai, China and I for one am really looking forward to the opportunity to engage this audience and show how software...
03/31/08: Intel on Ars Technica? Intel takes our talk to where the techs are
Visual Computing, virtualization, & vPro…oh my! In this new era of connectivity and conversation, Intel is excited to announce our collaboration with Ars Technica on an Intel sponsored forum. What does that mean? The long and short of it is...
03/31/08: Pat Gelsinger & the World's Greatest Geekfest
Milliwatts to petaflops. May sound silly to some, but it has a more sobering ring when spoken and shown among friends attending an Intel Developer Forum. It’s a theme for what’s coming, but it’s also a spirit that’s been driving...
03/31/08: VIDEO: Cracked An Atom, Then Packed for IDF Shanghai
Friday at Intel headquarters, I met up with Ultra Mobile Man Uday Keshavdas to see what he was packing up for his trip to Shanghai for the Intel Developer Forum. In this video, we go inside his work area and...
03/29/08: My frustrations with my IT laptop
This is my first attempt at a blog, and the blog folks tell me I can feel free to write what I wish. I wonder if they might have had me confused with someone else and when they come to...
03/26/08: Does low power always mean a performance sacrifice?
Not according to the latest SPECpower benchmark results. But first, no doubt you all saw the excellent press coverage the new low voltage Xeon announcement garnered. But what does it mean in practical terms? Well, let me remind you of...
03/25/08: Panic! At The Cube
It had been one of those days where lots of little things just went wrong. To top it off, I lost my notebook in a rush to pick up one of my kids and get them to a doctors appointment....
03/19/08: A Sneak Peek into Intel's Future
The Intel Developer Forum has been one of the most tech inspiring gatherings I’ve participated in since joining Intel in 2000. The latest incremental advancements, demonstrations that show visionaries are not creating pie in the sky, and the roadmap updates....
03/18/08: Inside SxSW Interactive
Here’s a clip of our trip to SxSW in Austin TX last week. I was there w/ a crew from PodTech where we approached folks w/ a Core 2 Duo silicon core and asked… “What’s inside them?” and how does...
03/12/08: Happy 5th Anniversary Centrino!
First of all I must say that I don’t even feel like I’m worthy enough to blog about this important anniversary. There are so many engineers, marketing folks and executives that have put their blood sweat and tears into this...
03/09/08: An Atom a day
SxSW Interactive in Austin TX has been a fantastic show. It’s a show where mobile Twittering is the norm and intimate enough to meet/greet experts and a few legends. This prototype MID I’m blogging on has been a bit of...
03/07/08: VIDEO Intel@Cinequest -- Cusp of a Whole New Industry
That’s Intel’s head of marketing Don MacDonald speaking on a panel at the Cinequest Film Festival on February 29 — Leap Day! He took an engaged crowd on a flying leap when he said: “We’re all on the cusp of...
03/05/08: Early Engineering Prototype
A few of us are heading down to Austin TX for the annual SxSW music/film/interactive festival for the long weekend. Beyond the panels, events, and BBQs, I’ll have an early MID prototype from Gigabyte. This engineering prototype is running Linux...
03/05/08: Up and At 'em, Intel Atom Ant!
Sometimes little things are a big deal. That’s what hit me when I first heard the new Intel Atom name announced this week. Like the tiny superhero “Atom Ant,” one of my favorite childhood cartoons by Hanna Barbera. I did...
03/05/08: Inside Innovation at Intel
Innovation is an increasingly popular word, you see it everywhere. If you look back in time it has gone from the occasional appearance in articles and magazines five years ago to the current situation where every company from cookies to...
03/04/08: What Centrino Atom means for consumers?
Intel just announced the arrival of its latest baby, Intel Centrino Atom processor technology. It is a baby in the very sense: it is small, just born and shows all the promise of bright future for mobile computing. Here is...
03/04/08: 2 is Better Than 1
Or at least this will be the case for Intel Centrino 2 processor technology. The next Centrino platform formerly codenamed “Montevina.” The “2” lets you know that its Intel’s latest and greatest mobile laptop offering. It will feature unprecedented processor...
03/03/08: Thoughts on Netbooks
A confession: I get jazzed when the tech industry shakes things up with innovation and new products. For geeks like me, these are interesting times indeed. Who’s not curious about the creative response of handset manufacturers to the challenge of...
03/02/08: Introducing the Intel® Atom™ processor
Atom. One of the smallest things in our universe, and a very appropriate name for Intel's new line of processors that are not only Intel's smallest processors, but also contain the world's smallest transistors. Today, Intel unveiled the new brand,...
02/28/08: T-minus
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...
02/28/08: How To Catch a Thief with a SIM Card and MySpace
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...
02/27/08: How Does Intel Technology Bring Out the Genius in You?
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...
02/26/08: Why My Laptop is Fat and Not Phat
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...
02/26/08: What's Under the Hood @ GDC?
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...
02/26/08: VIDEO -- World's First Cascaded Raman Silicon Laser, Inside Intel's Silicon Photonics Lab
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....
02/25/08: The 3rd Screen
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...
02/25/08: Intel’s smallest announcement ever
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....
02/25/08: Living The Mobile Lifestyle
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...
02/23/08: Discover Movie Mavericks @ Cinequest Festival
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...
02/21/08: PC Game Alliance Rallies Friends & Rivals @ GDC, Taking PC Gaming to New Heights
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...
02/20/08: Expanding the market for physics and character animation
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...
02/20/08: Rule 1: Don't talk about Fight Club
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!...
02/19/08: The Skulltrail leads to gaming bliss
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...
02/16/08: Gettin' Our Game On @ GDC
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...
02/14/08: Let's not forget Intel and the WiMAX chopper
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...
02/14/08: Call Me, Not My Number
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...
02/14/08: Open standards and the 4G cycle
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...
02/14/08: Managing mobile devices, the easy way
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...
02/14/08: Buzz on the show floor
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...
02/13/08: Convergence - Are We Getting There?
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...
02/13/08: Global communications spotlight is on Barcelona
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...
02/13/08: What I did not see at the Congress
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...
02/11/08: Intel's WiMAX enabled Segways Roam the Streets of Barcelona
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...
02/08/08: Heading to Barcelona - Mobile World Congress
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...
02/04/08: Preparing for Barcelona...
… 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...
01/28/08: Versatility is Key for Next Generation of Tech Innovators, Says Microprocessor Co-Inventor
01/21/08: Thin is in - Part 2
Apple has again come out with an exciting new platform. It is the MacBook Air and it has definitely created a new buzz in the PC industry. The Lorado Ultra thin concept had led the path in showcasing what these...
01/19/08: CES is over, but the MacBook Air is worth talking about
It’s been a week since I’ve returned from CES and all the buzz has calmed down, but I really wanted to talk about the new MacBook Air . I know they didn’t showcase this new computer at CES, but since...
01/15/08: iPhone Karma at CES
Offsetting the mean bloggers at CES, the exhaustion from a show that the NYtimes described as One million exhibitors. Sixty million attendees. Four trillion booths spread across an area the size of Rhode Island. and the brutal traffic in Vegas,...
01/14/08: Video: Core 2 Duo - up close
Beyond the Hi-Def Lounge, beyond the mobile majesty of our MIDs and past our amazing laptop spiral (video) at CES 2008, we wanted to get back to what’s central in all of our lives. We had a team positioned with...
01/13/08: My Internet Delight -- MIDs @ CES2008
Prior to CES, Intel’s Uday Keshavdas posted a quick story letting people know that a cool collection of new MIDs, Mobile Internet Devices, would be inside the Intel Booth. The night before CES started, Tom Foremski told me at the...
01/11/08: Live HDTV on your Laptop without ANY Wires
As one of the Intel booth demo staffers, I had the pleasure of meeting hundreds of visitors to the Intel booth. The one thing they all had in common was a passion for Intel technology and the desire to learn...
01/11/08: VideoBlog - Commodore Extreme Gaming PC's
Intel’s Dan Snyder shows off some of the new Ninja gaming rigs from Commodore!...
01/11/08: Gizmodo rates their ten best booths of CES
Tech blog Gizmodo had a nice run-down of some of the top booths at the 2008 CES show, among them Disney, LG and Belkin. We’re proud to report that Intel rated their number one booth. (Thanks!) Gizmodo praised the “humongus...
01/11/08: "Intel HD Video" using Intel integrated graphics and cool looking home PC's.
I have already blogged about gaming on Intel integrated graphics, but what about video? For some reason there is still doubt out there in computerland that an integrated graphics chipset can output high definition video in all its full 1080P...
01/10/08: What's new for my digital home?
I enjoy the digital home I’ve created for my family, and am always on the lookout for new technology that will improve my experience or capabilities for enjoying my digital entertainment. What better place to search for the next big...
01/10/08: The plane home
Nevada means “covered in snow” or “snowcapped”. The mountains around Las Vegas are surprisingly breathtaking as I blog from seat 8F on a flight back to Portland. There is a very colorful ridge of mountains just to the west of...
01/10/08: Less Techie, More Meaningful at CES
This is my seventh consecutive CES, and this year’s show was more about what people can do with technology rather than just tauting the new things technology can do. The core theme of Intel CEO Paul Otellini’s keynote was refreshing...
01/10/08: Feel the music, get into the HD
I’ve often wondered how far we could take immersive media. I experienced a cutting edge application of surround sound and HD video right in our Intel booth here at CES 2008. The area was called the High-Def Lounge and...
01/10/08: Let's ROCK out!
Do you share that rock star fantasy with me? The one that has you on center stage, blasting music out of your guitar in front of thousands of screaming fans? The one where you’re wearing those cool sunglasses that...
01/10/08: My future is on its way
Every once in a while I will run across something that stops me in my tracks. Yesterday it happened in the Panasonic booth. I probably shouldn’t date myself by telling you that I was weaned on the Jetsons, and feed...
01/10/08: CES 2008: Otellini Describes the Intelligent Internet
Listen to an excerpt of Paul Otellini’s CES 2008 keynote where he describes Intel’s vision of the intelligent Internet and how we overcome obstacles to make it a reality. Your browser does not support JavaScript. This media can be viewed...
01/09/08: Intel defies gravity
Intel invited 35 lucky thrill-seekers for a once-in-a-lifetime Extreme “Zero G” flight today in Las Vegas. It’s the same flight that NASA uses to train astronauts and where the film Apollo 13 filmed the weightless scenes of Tom Hanks and...
01/09/08: WiMAX -- Is it ready yet?
For the US market, the two service providers that are getting ready to deploy WiMAX networks are Sprint and Clearwire. Tuesday at CES XOHM, Intel, Motorola, Nokia and Samsung all stood together to talk to press and analysts about bringing...
01/09/08: CNET Best of CES 2008 Winners
Yesterday, Annie wrote about the nominees for CNET Best of Show awards. I just left the CNET South Hall 2nd floor studio where they presented the winners for Best of CES 2008. Though there were some truly deserving winners,...
01/09/08: Big, Sharp, Rounded Displays
One of the things I keep seeing at this year’s CES are big, sharp, HD displays. But, apart from crisp pictures, I also noticed lots of soft curves, touchable acrylic bezels, and most popular, shiny black surrounds. Although beautiful and...
01/09/08: Models, Parties, Bloggers AND Design
My take away so far from CES — besides models, parties, and bloggers — is that the PC industry is finally embracing design. I’m an Apple fan boy, always have been, but my snobbery is soon to fade when these...
01/09/08: What does Intel have to do with the Internet?
Day 1 and 2 of CES 2008 the Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) demo was the busiest section of the Intel booth. I’m amazed anyone working in that area has a voice left to talk. Yesterday Intel’s Pankaj Kedia sat down...
01/09/08: Dude! I'm in the band!
It’s been a keynote whirlwind for the Corp Demos guys and myself. Now with a little time to let the dust settle, it’s a good chance to reflect on the little things post keynote. Like how friggin’ cool it was...
01/09/08: Cars of the Future from GM
In an exciting CES keynote, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner showed a dazzled crowd their automotive future. A cool new innovation he described was “Stolen Vehicle Slow Down” that uses GPS technology to pinpoint the location of a stolen car,...
01/08/08: Ultra thin notebooks at CES
One of the most exciting displays at the Intel booth is the showcase of ultra thin notebooks. These systems are innovative and sleek. They definitely have good performance and battery life, but tradeoff in some functionality. However, if you are...
01/08/08: The WiMAX demo with RC race cars turned out great!
In a previous post, I mentioned this fun demo that Intel was putting together with drivers in simulated F1 cars in the main Intel booth, controlling small remote controlled cars across the street at Pit Lane Park. There are small...
01/08/08: Why MIDs are so popular at CES...
Day 2: After a second long day here at CES we wrap up with aching feet and throats from talking all day to hoards of attendees about Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). But why are these MIDs so popular? Apart from...
01/08/08: Hanging with the elite (well, not really)
As if all the mad, craziness of CES wasn’t enough, Intel hosted a rockin’ party last night at the popular Rain Nightclub in the Palms Hotel. Intel employees and several hundred of their closest friends were invited to enjoy a...
01/08/08: Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies
I just returned from a CES Supersession where Tim Bajarin, columnist for PC Magazine and Technology Pundit blogger, led a discussion around what various thought leaders consider disruptive technologies. On his panel, he had Dr. Levy Gerzberg representing semiconductors, Shane...
01/08/08: WIMAX to save universe
Well, not quite. But it will usher in a new era of always on, always connected internet goodness. I managed to get some time with Intel’s Julie Coppernoll who took me on ride around Las Vegas in a WiMax enabled...
01/08/08: The Fastest Wireless Connection at CES
I’m sitting in the back of an suv driving around Las Vegas, in one of Intel’s Wimax demonstration vehicles. The Chevy Suburban is equipped with a wimax gateway and a WiFi AP that provides us with wireless connectivity within the...
01/08/08: Comcast CEO Keynote - Cable is Getting Hip!
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts announced the transition to “Comcast 3.0” that will give customers what they want, when and where they want it. “The consumer is king,” he said, not the content or distribution. He talked about a number of...
01/08/08: Paul's Keynote: Video
Here’s a complete video replay of Paul Otellini’s Jan. 7th keynote at CES 2008 in Las Vegas. He describes how the Internet will continue to transform the CE and entertainment industries, and how it’s evolution will create business opportunities for...
01/08/08: Gaming Innovations, China and the Intel PC/TV booth demo @ CES 2008
PC Gaming in China is huge. When I say huge, I am referring to a market that has more potential gamers than the USA & Europe combined. According to The Pearl Research study Games Market/Games Development in China 2007, there...
01/08/08: CNET announces "Best of CES" Finalists
At 10 a.m. this morning, CNET announced the 30 finalists across 10 categories for the overall “Best of CES” awards. The 10 categories are Car Tech/GPS, Cell/Smart Phones, Computers and Hardware, Digital Photo and Video, Emerging Technologies, Gaming, Home...
01/08/08: BMW and Intel burn rubber together
I wandered down the BMW/Intel F1 pit lane yesterday to see some big engine action. Sheesh that car is loud - they issue you with ear plugs on the way in. All the car’s systems are controlled by an Intel...
01/08/08: Bill was in the house
Electric first day here at CES. I’m here at the show in our cool “blogger room” on the second floor of the massive 12,000 sq. ft. Intel booth. We’ve got the perfect vantage point to capture activity as it...
01/08/08: Mobile WiMAX at CES
Yesterday I had an incredible experience. I logged on and connected my PC to the first mobile WiMAX demonstration network in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It was an incredible moment that left me wanting more,...
01/08/08: Hollywood and digital content - will it ever be truly easy?
I’m a digital home fanatic and have been integrating my computers with my consumer electronics for a long time, moving and steaming my content from room to room or device to device. But the thing that frustrates me the most...
01/07/08: Smash Mouth Lead Singer, Steve Harwell, Intel’s New CEO!?
Intel CEO and President Paul Otellini today in his CES keynote helped Smash Mouth’s lead singer Steve Harwell jam virtually with his band back home in his Mom & Dad’s garage. It looked like so much fun Paul offered to...
01/07/08: Jerry Yang: Next Phase of the Internet
This morning, Jerry Yang spoke at the Industry Insider Series at CES. He covered his vision for the next phase of the Internet. His speech primarily consisted of two things: Yahoo’s mobile platform and Yahoo’s conceptual desktop experience. His mobility...
01/07/08: Chocolate Rain at the booth
Most of you have seen the YouTube video of Tay Zonday singing Chocolate Rain. This viral sensation captured over 13 million views on YouTube and numerous spoof videos (you know you are a hit when a famous band, i.e. Tre...
01/07/08: Automobile Convergence with Consumer Electronics
There were many big automotive names in today’s “Connect2Car: The Automobile’s Convergence with Consumer Electronics” CES session including BMW, Chrysler, Ford, and Garmin. The panel discussed how to effectively integrate music, movies, GPS, phones, location-based services, automatic 911 calls, and...
01/07/08: 45nm Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile Processors are Here!
There’s a lot of excitement in the Intel booth after today’s announcement of 16 new Intel 45nm processors. A lot of visitors are interested in the 45nm Intel® Core™2 Duo processors for laptop PCs, which deliver even better performance...
01/07/08: MIDs on Engadget
Engadget captured Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) with Menlow on display at CES. Check out the videos....
01/07/08: Skulltrail Sneak Peek in the Intel CES Secret Bunker
Yup, it is dark inside the secret Intel CES bunker here in Las Vegas, so apologies for the dark shaky-cam nature of my little film below. ;-) I caught up with Francois Piednoel who gave me a glimpse into the...
01/07/08: Thin Is In
Computers are now household items. Like electricity & telephones, computers is a must have. Almost everything is online and almost everyone knows how to get to the web; watch video and read/send emails. In such a world of consumers where...
01/07/08: Spoiler Alert, Panasonic has some good stuff under the covers
OK, I’ve been a little lax on the keynote secrets, so here’s a juicy tid bit about Panasonic’s upcoming keynote you guys might want to tune in to. Toshihiro Sakamoto goes on tomorrow for Panasonic’s 9am keynote presentation, and the...
01/06/08: Are you ready for it? I’m ready for it!!
So yesterday, I talked about this cool WiMAX demo that Intel is pulling together. Today, I got a glimpse into another WiMAX demo. But before I get in this, let me ask you – are you as excited about WiMAX...
01/06/08: Live from the Microsoft keynote! All MS Execs required to wear same sweater.....
Here’s the goods from the CES 2008 opening keynote. CES CEO Gary Shapiro gave the show introduction, which included the huge laundry list of glamorous presenters and attendees (Ford, Disney, Yahoo, Panasonic, Samsung, Paramount, so on and so forth)....
01/06/08: Human technology
The throngs have converged on Vegas. I’m a CES newbie and in fact I haven’t been to Las Vegas for 15 years… back when I was fresh out of University here for the NAB. CES newbie yes… CE newbie… no,...
01/06/08: When demos go bad......
All demo guys have this commonly recurring nightmare the closer you get to the gig. It’s where you’re onstage with the CEO, and the demo you’re enthusiastically presenting blue-screens and freezes up while you stutter and stammer about “what should...
01/05/08: WiMAX and Remote Controlled Cars
I’m in Vegas now, and getting amp’d up to see everything. But before I got lost in everything else, my first stop was to check out what is supposed to be a really cool WiMAX demo Intel’s putting on that...
01/05/08: Pre-Show Peek
I’ve been to lots of tradeshows and conferences before I joined the ‘Events Marketing’ team, but on that first day I walked into a convention center during setup and saw how all those huge, amazing booths were put together -...
01/05/08: It's the Year of Mobility at CES!
It’s the year of Mobility at CES and I’ll be covering how Intel is changing the game with technologies that redefine mobile computing. I’ll be in the Intel booth all week where we’re showcasing some of the coolest, newest notebook...
01/04/08: CES: A video gaming show?
Is the Consumer Electronics Show a gaming event? Since consoles and PC’s are consumer devices one could definitely state that this is “the” show for video gaming in the digital home....
01/04/08: Secrets, and more secrets.......
Feel free to pay attention to the man behind the curtain……. I’m very excited this year to bring you the Behind the Scenes look at 2008 CES, and for the very 1st time I’ll be giving you the real “what...
01/04/08: Intel@CES Kick-off
Welcome to Intel’s coverage of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show and the Intel@CES blog. At Intel, we have a passion for technology in all its flavours and we’re poised for a very busy and exciting week of new innovations, new...
01/04/08: Menlow readies the Best Internet Experience for CES '08
As we gear up for CES, there is significant excitement here at Intel with the arrival of all the slick new devices. Engineers and marketeers all working like elves to ensure a smooth show. The Menlow platform delivering 10x lower...
01/04/08: I'm Excited!!
I’m excited to be going to CES!! I’m looking forward to seeing the fantastic new Intel booth, I can’t wait to see what’s HOT in technology. And I’m really excited to be blogging about this event on the new Intel...
01/03/08: CES 2008 is coming! Can you feel it?
It was just twelve short months ago. I can remember the moment vividly. I was walking through the main hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center on the Sunday before the CES 2007 show opened. Forklifts were racing around, contractors...
12/12/07: Free Processors for expert modders!
Intel is giving away free processors and other goodies to the winners of the Intel Modding Competition. For those of you who remember the ‘60’s - ‘Modding’ has nothing to do with riding around on scooters picking fights with guys...
11/19/07: 45-Nanometer-Hafnium-based-High- k-dielectric-Metal-Gate… Huh??
“Hafnium high-k, what?” you ask? What does it all mean? Yes, I know. To many of us this all sounds like a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo and makes us all feel like we’re back in high school chemistry class....
11/16/07: Flower Power: Intel and Sunflowers??
You may have seen sunflowers in bloom on the Intel website, YouTube and the Intel Online Press Room and wondering what do Intel and sunflowers have in common?...
11/04/07: DARPA Urban Challenge - The Movie
Yes, I made a super-short 5 min video about the DARPA Urban Challenge. The event was SUPERB FUN and very well produced. I would like to congratulate the two Intel sponsored teams (who came 1st and 2nd!) as well as...
11/03/07: 45nm = Efficiency and Speed from the Fab to the Core
The first tech reviews are out, and Legit Reviews said “the new Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 is the fastest processor on the market today.” Even TIME Magazine named Intel’s new 45nm process one of “The Best Inventions Of The...
11/02/07: Is 45 is the new 60, or Rodney Dangerfield?
In just 45 days, Intel will honor the 60th anniversary of the invention of the transistor. On December 16th, 1947 the first practical point-contact transistor was built at Bell Labs. Transistors are the fundamental on/off electrical switches for every device...
10/26/07: The Mega Trend Ahead...
“Google”, “PIcasa”, “Mesh-up”, “iTunes”, “cloud computing”, and more… To hear those words, one may have thought that he/she was in one of these Web 2.0 conferences. But it was not. This was IDF, and people were talking about how those...
10/19/07: 7 Great Months with Intel
Reposted with permission from Whiteboard Infinity, the blog of Sin-Yaw Wang, Vice President, Engineering, Sun: It seems to be a world election year; Taiwan exhibits the same media-political craze. Mr. Hsieh, went into a 13 days radio silence, then emerged...
10/18/07: Social Media and the Enterprise -- Silicon Valley Club Gathers at Intel Headquarters
The Social Media Club of Silicon Valley will be at Intel Headquarters on October 22 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. for a discussion on Social Media and the Enterprise: Looking Forward. The panel will be led by Shel Israel, co-author...
10/17/07: All Day and Beyond
Some more thoughts on IDF Taipei from one of our customers: One of the things that I like about IDF is people are really making things happen here. Or at least they are trying hard. For example, the battery...
10/16/07: IDF Taipei Demo: Laptop Cooling Dock
Utilizing the world’s smallest refrigeration compressor to improve laptop performance....
10/16/07: IDF Taipei Demo: Hardware T&L
10/16/07: IDF Taipei Session: Realizing the Vision of "All Day and Beyond"
Catching the tail end of this session, Troy Renken from Z-Power showed off some of the ways their silver-zinc battery technology outperforms lithium-ion through, among other things: polymerized zinc anode resistant to changes in shape; separator stack resistant to zinc...
10/15/07: IDF Taipei Session: Ultra Mobile Platforms: Vision and Overview
In his session this afternoon, Bruce Fleming pointed out, among other things, that for ultramobile devices, more efficient web page rendering leads to lower load times. And lower is better. As a web developer, dramatic bandwidth improvements and much...
10/15/07: IDF Taipei Keynote: Wine Spill on the notebook?
One of our customers sends us more thoughts on what he saw at IDF Taipei: Can you pour water over your notebook? Yes, you can, that’s according to Mooly Eden, one of the keynote speakers on IDF. See that glass...
10/15/07: IDF Taipei Keynote: Technology Insight—Software
In his Keynote this afternoon, one of Wen-Hann Wang’s interesting discussion points was Intel’s tack with regard to the web and, in particular, social media. Softwarecommunity.intel.com and coolsw.intel.com were just a couple of the community initiatives highlighted by Dr....
10/15/07: Thin Is (Still) In
Some reactions from one of our customers to what he saw at Day One of IDF Taipei: On any typical business day, everyone wants to carry a notebook that is light and thin. But what component should be gotten rid...
10/15/07: Keynote talks are not keynote talks.
Professor Chung-Ming Huang, distinguished professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Cheng Kung University sent us his reactions to yestyerday’s IDF Taipei keynotes: Keynote talks are not keynote talks. They are fantastic live talk...
10/15/07: IDF Taipei Session: Designing Energy-Efficient Motherboards
On the flight to Taipei, I was seated next to Doug Huard, an Intel motherboard engineer. In this capacity, he’s working more energy efficient motherboard designs and held a session on that topic Monday, taking a look at motherboard features,...
10/15/07: The Future is at IDF Taipei
The 10th anniversary for Taipei IDF is a significant milestone for Intel. In the past ten years, Intel has gained huge success in mobile personal computer market, but stumbled on the challenging processor and communication IC market at the same...
10/14/07: Apples at IDF
From the speaker lounge at IDF Taipei. At IDF SF it was iPhones. From left to right: Dirk Hohndel, Intel/SSG Mark Skarpness, Intel/SSG Jason Swihart, Textura Design Amiram Hayardemy, Sun Microsystems See more IDF Taipei photos at the Flickr IDF...
10/14/07: The Magic of 45nm
From Anand Chandrasekher’s opening keynote, the magic of 45nm technology … Anand also showed a working 32nm wafer....
10/14/07: Blogging Lounge at IDF Taipei
While IDF Taipei starts, the blogging lounge was full of attendees on laptops, some meetings, blogging, and the buzz about the show. More photos on Flickr....
10/14/07: What's the next big thing?
We asked one of our customer to tell us what he looks forward to at this year’s IDF Taipei. Here’s what he told us: I was up in the mountains when I got this really important call from a colleague...
10/14/07: Hello Taipei
In the few hours that I’ve spent so far in Taipei it has “touched my heart.” Taipei is a curious, fun, and warm place with many aspects I’ve have just began to discover. Tomorrow IDF Taipei starts and I’ll join...
09/27/07: Video Podcast -- Highlights from IDF 2007 in San Francisco
09/26/07: People Connect at IDF
At IDF last week, top business, tech and international press, technology analysts, Intel execs and social media influencers got together to share stories, swap business cards, spew their favorite soundbites and laugh together. This narrated photo slide show is about...
09/23/07: Can 3-D Worlds Revolutionize Business Meetings & Even Surgery?
There’s nothing like being there, except for maybe virtually being there. During Intel CTO Justin Rattner’s IDF keynote, we got to see live 3-D demonstrations showing how businesses and doctors are turning to virtual worlds....
09/22/07: Podcast -- Tick-Tock & Opening Doors for IT Value
In this audio highlights Podcast from Pat Gelsinger’s Keynote @ IDF, Pat talks about how faster, sequential design and product life cycles (a.k.a. inside Intel as “Tick Tock”) are opening new doors for IT pros focusing on ROI. He hit...
09/21/07: Virtual Worlds Spread, Opening Real World Possibilities
In this photo slideshow Podcast, hear and see highlights from Intel CTO Justin Rattner’s keynote that wrapped up the Intel Developer Forum on Thursday. It was visually spectacular. Justin’s overall message? The underlying technologies driving the spread of virtual world...
09/21/07: Breaking Barriers & Unleashing Computing Experiences -- IDF Day 2 Mobility Keynotes
Intel laptop innovator David (Dadi) Perlmutter and ultra mobility leader Anand Chandrasekher kicked off Day 2 (Wednesday) at Intel’s Fall IDF in San Francisco. Mobile PC lovers like me are lickin’ those lips. In this audio highlights Podcast, Dadi hits...
09/20/07: She Curries Code & Communities: Software Guru Renee James Keynotes @ IDF
Just as Intel begins pumping out next generation chip designs using energy efficient 45nm transistors, it’s vital that all of today’s and future software programs can run smoothly and harness the potential performance of these new processors. That’s the “port...
09/19/07: BOOM! Havok & Pandemic on Stage at IDF
Intel acquired gaming middleware company Havok just prior to the Intel Developer Forum. Jeff Yates from Havok and Josh Resnick from Pandemic joined Intel CEO Paul Otellini on stage and put the BOOM! into IDF on Monday....
09/19/07: Mobility WiMAXed to the Extreme - Video from Intel CEO Keynote
Those demo guys know how to live! This is a very cool live video demo interaction with Intel CEO Paul Otellini during the kick off keynote at the Intel Developer Forum. See new super charged, pocket-sized, WiMAX and Wi-Fi wireless...
09/19/07: Software & Chip Chatting: Gordon Moore & Microsoft's Dileep Bhandarkar
Leaving the Intel Developer Forum on Monday, Gordon Moore stopped to talk chat with IDF attendees on the second floor. That’s where former Intel and now Microsoft distinguished engineer Dileep Bhandarkar got Gordon talking about the future of chip &...
09/19/07: Gordon Googled Gunn
NPR “Tech Nation” host Moira Gunn first met Intel Co-Founder Gordon Moore during a phone call earlier this month and I got to be on the call. Moira has infectious energy and a flair for pulling a great story out...
09/19/07: Codenamed Nehalem
Meet Nahelm, Intel’s next-generation 45nm microarchitecture …. From the Flickr IDF group. Also on channelintel, tagged, and in the blogosphere AnandTech RegHardware: Boots OSX? TGDaily...
09/19/07: 10 years of IDF
Just posted to channelintel Highlights from ten years of the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) featuring Gordon Moore, Andy Grove, and Paul Otellini...
09/18/07: Intel CEO Paul Otellini Looks Ahead -- 45nm & Beyond!
Paul Otellini looked back on 40 years of innovation at Intel, outlined the company’s three main capabilities (silicon technology, Intel architecture, and market creation), and gave his vision for the future. “Today’s innovations are the basis of future technology,” Otellini...
09/18/07: Podcasting IDF
Podtech is at IDF podcasting exclusive content including a candid interview with Intel CTO Justin Rattner and Otellini’s Keynote. There’s also Intel’s Chip Chat and videos from channelintel on YouTube, like Investing for Big Impact & Spread of Web 2.0...
09/18/07: IDF Throngs
Exiting Paul Otellini’s keynote From the Flickr IDF group....
09/18/07: New technology spotted at IDF
An incredible new technology: IBM’s combination screw driver, level, and flashlight From the Flickr IDF group....
09/18/07: IDF San Fran Blogosphere
Textura Design is back with Intel at another IDF in San Francisco blogging blogging it up, checking the scene, and spotting UMPCs. UMPCs are a real focus in San Fran: being mobile and ubiquitous and we’re looking for them, as...
09/18/07: Silicon Research Sparks Start of Intel Developer Forum
Intel’s Megan Langer contributed to this post. IDF is not about products as much as it’s about building the future. So every year IDF kicks off with what’s called Day Zero, where Intel Researchers and strategic planners share and show...
09/18/07: Investing for BIG Impact & Spread of Web 2.0
Nearly 62% of the $236.1M of Intel Capital’s investment dollars go outside the U.S., with China, Taiwan, Israel, Japan, Germany ranking in order as the top five of Intel’s hottest investment spots....
09/17/07: Mind Spin Live with Intel’s Top Tech Fellows
The title of Intel Fellow is bestowed upon a select few. These technologists are chosen for their major accomplishments and dedication to pushing the limits of what’s possible. See these top minds get together and share stories, challenges and ambitions...
09/17/07: VIDEO: Mario Paniccia talks Silicon Photonics
Short post this time - I am at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco and our illustrious Silicon Photonics guru Mario just delivered a stirling speech about the recent breakthrough in Silicon Germanium photodetectors. See Sean’s blog about...
09/15/07: Social Media: Friend or Foe at Your Company?
It’s not even lunchtime. You’re blogging, making social and career connections in Facebook. What does your company think about that?! There’s a trend of companies bringing social media tools into the enterprise. To do this, often it takes cross teams...
09/14/07: Cry Havok! And let slip the dogs of war...
According to www.phrases.org.uk The military order Havoc! was a signal given to the English military forces in the Middle Ages to direct the soldiery (in Shakespeare’s parlance ‘the dogs of war’) to pillage and chaos. Spell havoc with a ‘K’...
09/13/07: Moore’s Law Speaks Live To You
The man. The law. Get both and a peek “Behind the Ubiquitous Microprocessor” as Intel co-founder Dr. Gordon Moore joins the Intel Developer Forum in a talk with Dr. Moira Gunn, host of NPR’s “Tech Nation” and “BioTech Nation.” Sure...
09/12/07: What's the Answer?
How does 45 make 400 fit into a single human red blood cell? The answer is beyond me. From what I gather, it’s even beyond mathematical and possibly dangling somewhere in the metaphysical....
09/11/07: UPDATED: 45 days and counting… to the magic of 45nm Hafnium
See NEW video at the end of this post. 45 is an important number. In 45 BC Julius Caesar won a victory over the armies of Pompey and proclaimed himself the sole ruler of Rome. Some 2000 years later, in...
09/10/07: My IDF Keynote, and launching Channel Intel
The greatest geek-fest on Earth, the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) San Francisco show that is, is just a 8 days away. IDF Beijing in the Spring of this year was a fabulous event with great technology showcased, product introductions and...
09/05/07: Intel’s Silverthorne Chip Inside Smaller, Amazing MIDs
Intel Mobile Internet Device (MID) man Mark Parker recently showed me what he’s cookin’ up for this month’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF). I remember well his lively and much talked about blog post and video from the IDF Beijing this...
08/29/07: Where IT Pros Talk Shop
The pub. At the pizza joint. Inside the cafe. These days, it’s not so uncommon to find yourself hanging out next to a couple of IT pros talking code or swapping computer manageability and security horror stories. Well, at least...
08/27/07: Fortress vPro
Hardware. It is a great word. Hardware. It brings forth thoughts of strength, of metal and stone, of a solid foundation. Security is a word that seems to go naturally with the word hardware. After all, wouldn’t you want your...
08/23/07: New Intel Ads
Intel has launched a new advertising campaign - moving away from the ‘Multiply’ ads with cool and funky dancers to something a bit more processor specific. These ‘Centrino Duo’ ads feature charming and debonair little processors (with British accents) chatting...
08/21/07: 90nm Flash is dead, long live 65nm Flash!
And it will live longer too - Intel’s announced move to 65nm NOR Flash to will allow support for longer product life cycles - which in the embedded market is vital. NOR Flash it a type of Flash memory the...
08/20/07: When geek meets style - Form factor and Usage Innovation using Intel Mobile Products
Who said computers are boring, beige boxes that are kept under the table? Mobile computing is in its infancy and the power of mobility is yet to be experienced in a big way. The fact that you can carry a...
08/17/07: Gaming on Integrated Graphics: No Longer Crazy Talk
Intel has launched new drivers for its G965 integrated graphics chipset. But what does this mean? Traditionally, integrated graphics have been the weaklings of the graphics world – sure there are a lot of them sold, but traditionally they have...
08/17/07: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
Just a quick post to say that we are going to be moving all new ‘Views@Intel’ content from the ‘Views’ blog into the ‘Technology’ blog to streamline things a bit - so head over here for all your usual tech...
07/31/07: Sprinter Ad
Intel’s intent of our ad titled “Multiply Computing Performance and Maximize the Power of Your Employees” was to convey the performance capabilities of our processors through the visual metaphor of a sprinter. We have used the visual of sprinters in...
07/24/07: Caneland, Caneland everywhere!
This quarter will see the launch of Intel’s latest MP platform codenamed ‘Caneland’. MP means ‘multi-processor’ and refers to servers that can support 4 or more processors. Caneland is the platform name and is composed of the Tigerton processor and...
07/16/07: Unlocked CPU's for laptops!
Intel just launched an Extreme Edition version of it’s Core 2 Duo line of mobile dual core processors. This coupled with the recent SLI notebook announcement from Alienware shows just how serious Intel is about upping mobile performance. Next year...
06/22/07: Intel R&D day videos
As you may have seen in the media, Intel recently hosted its annual R&D day here in Santa Clara. The R&D day is a futuristic showcase introduced by CTO Justin Rattner, followed by roomfuls of various exhibits based on the...
06/22/07: From RISC to Reward
Intel recently held a press briefing in San Francisco outlining future Itanium plans. Chief among the nuggets of information where the following revelations:...
06/20/07: Not all silicon processes are created equal.
There is a lot of talk right now about 45nm – the newest and most exciting step along the Moore’s Law story. (Yes, it IS exciting…) Essentially it means that transistors can be made smaller, and the smallest feature size...
06/15/07: An update on Intel Itanium processors
I get asked regularly about Intel’s Itanium strategy and plans. Having taken over responsibility for Itanium at Intel in 2005, I spent time taking a deep and careful look at the technology, products and positioning of the product in the...
06/11/07: Powers of Small
Science gurus Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman show how Intel’s incredible shrinking transistors are helping to cram old, super-sized supercomputer performance into small, sleek laptops built with Intel Centrino Duo processor technology. This video was created to celebrate the introduction...
05/27/07: Will Software follow, or even save Moore's Law?
Software has not kept up with Moore’s Law, and I did not get any disagreement. But will it in the future? Are you bold enough to predict that software will save Moore’s Law? That is what Peder Ulander (VP of...
05/20/07: How bright is the future of Moore's Law?
Every now and then you hear a pessimist predicting demise of Moore’s Law. It is too difficult, if not impossible to continue they say, give several compelling scientific and economic arguments, is the end for real? Hardly…!...
05/14/07: The Less Obvious Hard Parts about Designing Systems with Radios
The Communications Technology Lab at Intel has a charter that matches its name – we are supposed to look at all the issues around communications for Intel’s future platforms. That’s a pretty broad charter since it means we worry about...
05/02/07: It's official – Silicon Photonics are ACE. Part 1.
Intel and the University of California Santa Barbara recently won the EE Times ACE award for the Most Promising New Technology category. Silicon Photonics technologies use silicon and laser light to transmit and receive data. And there has been a...
04/30/07: High Performance Computing (HPC)
First of all, why should we care? The big capability machines are designed not only to do science but also to address a set of problems termed Grand Challenge Problems. A Grand Challenge Problem is simplistically defined as… one that...
04/25/07: IDF Beijing Recap
Over 5000 technology experts, industry leaders, analysts and media converged on Beijing for the largest Intel Developer Forum ever held in China. It was truly a global event bringing together leading technology organizations from around the world. IDF was filled...
04/25/07: The Current Revolution in Computing and Why I Have the Best Job at Intel
I would like to tell you why I have the best job at Intel and why I think we are in the most exciting time in the history of computing. Before I do that I would like to start back...
04/24/07: Penryn Update
The deep power down state (aka C6) is another interesting and unique feature. We save away the entire processor state for the cores and turn off the caches and put the cores in an extremely low power state. This significantly...
04/18/07: Ultra Mobile Devices - from IDF Beijing
The lights came up. Anand Chandrasekher called me from the IDF keynote stage. I walked on stage and Anand introduced the newest McCaslin based Ultra Mobile Devices for 2007. Their form factors ranged from navigation devices to gaming devices, all...
04/18/07: My IDF Keynote - Instilling Energy In The Enterprise
Yesterday was quite a day at the Intel Developer’s Forum (IDF). If you weren’t able to be here to join us you can see the keynotes at http://www.intel.com/idf/. Take a look. In my keynote I was able to give some...
04/17/07: The Beijing Blogosphere
We’re blogging, Textura Design is here, Podtech, and Chinese bloggers Liu Peng Victor Wang For webcasts of keynotes, sessions and annoucements check out intel.com/idf. And much more tagged with IDF Beijing on Google, Technorati, and Flickr. Also listen to my...
04/16/07: Why China?
We’re here in Beijing launching our 2007 Intel Global IDF events. We came because China has the fastest growing economy on the planet. We came for the tremendous potential for adoption of new technology and the emergence of a...
04/16/07: Penryn
Hello, this is Dileep Bhandarkar blogging from Beijing, where it is already tomorrow today! There is a lot of buzz here about Penryn. So, what exactly is Penryn? Penryn is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, in the United...
04/15/07: Thanks - great questions and comments
Thanks for the early feedback to the blog! A few quick responses to some of the comments before I board my flight to China. As to being more technical – good comment and yes, that is the plan. However, this...
04/11/07: Instruction Set Enhancements
Moore’s Law gives me twice the number of transistors every 2 years with each new process generation. My goal is to use those transistors to provide greater customer value, which can come in the form of new capabilities or higher...
04/11/07: Intel Developer Forum - my Keynote and more!
10 years ago I helped to launch IDF. It was a small gathering of a couple hundred focused on Intel and industry technology directions. We viewed its key purpose as bringing the key technologists of the industry together to jointly...
04/10/07: The revolution will be televised and then switched off
At Intel, my charter is pretty simple and straightforward: provide insights and inspire innovation. My team and I use ethnographic methods and theory, in addition to human factors engineering, cognitive psychology, interaction design and other social science epistemologies to broaden...
04/09/07: 1st Post!
Welcome to “Views” – a new Intel.com blog that we hope provides pure unfiltered spring mountain thoughts from the people who make the Moore’s Law magic and the innovation and performance silicon ignites for all-things digital and connected to the...
04/09/07: Welcome to the new Technology@Intel blog
This is a new blog space where Intel’s top technologists will be writing about the technologies of today and the future. Your blog hosts are Stacy English and Jeff Demain. They will be opening the doors into the technology development...
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