Spotlight: Wireless
Paving the Road to 5G Mobile Services - It is exciting to see the industry conversation around 5G growing to a crescendo. This is good because it means we are all thinking about the future! Every so often, I am asked: What is 5G and how it is different than previous generations of wireless standards? There are myriad answers to...
read moreIntel and Qualcomm Collaborate to Build Robust 802.11ad Ecosystem - 802.11ad represents an important step in the evolution of Wi-Fi, enabling new user capabilities such as wire-equivalent docking and high-quality, low-latency video streaming, multimedia kiosks, while bringing a step increase in network capacity, and much more. We are excited to announce that Qualcomm Atheros* and Intel have reached a crucial milestone in making 802.11ad WiGig*...
read moreHybrid-Access: A New and Ultrafast Path for bringing Broadband to Underserved Customers - Hybrid-Access: A New and Ultrafast Path for bringing Broadband to Underserved Customers What can you achieve by integrating an industry standard protocol with a powerful telecom network server node and powerful Intel Home Gateway network processor? How about a fast path to enhanced broadband access for underserved customers? Intel and Ericsson are using standards-based technology...
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The Game Changer - $34 billion $45 billion 1.8 billion 711 million These big numbers are just some of the indicators on how the gaming industry has grown and continued to advance. NewZoo projected that revenue from PC gaming will be $34 billion for 2015. A survey from Entertainment Software Association estimated that the PC is the top device...
read moreThunderbolt™ 3 is Gaining Momentum - Note: this is reposted from the Thunderbolt Community site In June at Computex 2015, Intel unveiled Thunderbolt™ 3 – The USB-C that does it all. Since then, we’ve seen a lot of excitement in the press and industry about Thunderbolt 3. Thunderbolt 3 brings Thunderbolt™ to USB-C at speeds up to 40 Gbps, creating one...
read moreBringing Intel® Xeon® to notebook PCs - At Intel, we’ve been working closely with PC companies for years to deliver high performance workstations that deliver the computing demands of designers, content creators, engineers and architects. If you fall in this camp, you understand that not just any PC will do. You need the right mix of processor performance, memory, graphics and storage...
read moreIntel Unleashes Next-Gen Enthusiast Desktop PC Platform at Gamescom - Over 300,000 visitors attend Gamescom in Cologne, Germany and Intel’s here at the event this week showing off our newest enthusiast desktop platforms. The PC remains the number one platform for gaming from a volume, revenue, and growth perspective1 and Intel takes the segment seriously. Such a big gaming show is a great venue to...
read moreMeet the New 2nd Gen Intel® Wireless-AC 3165 (1×1 802.11ac) for Windows 10 - The Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 is Intel’s 2nd generation 802.11ac, dual band, and 1x1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth® adapter. It’s engineered to be faster, stronger, greener than the previous gen Intel 802.11ac 1x1 products with shared Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas, lower power in idle modes, Microsoft Windows 10 support with these features. The M.2 1216...
read moreMeet 3rd Gen Intel® Wireless-AC 8260 (2×2 802.11ac Wi-Fi) for Windows 10 - The Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 is Intel’s 3rd Generation 802.11ac, dual band, and 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth® 4.2 adapter. It’s engineered to deliver lower power consumption1, improved RF coexistence1, and complete Microsoft Windows 10 support. The M.2 1216 form factor delivers 70% smaller footprint and lower profile optimized for thin-and-light designs. Combined with Intel...
read moreIntel + Windows 10 = Better than Ever - I spend a great deal of time traveling around the world attending technology events and meeting with our customers. I get to test-drive new laptops, 2 in 1s and tablets on a regular basis. And I get to try out the new operating systems that run on them. I check the performance, new usages and...
read moreIntel Acquires Recon; Eyes Future of Wearables - Yesterday, Intel completed the acquisition of Recon Instruments, maker of the new, critically acclaimed Recon Jet™ smart eyewear for sports and high-intensity environments. Recon was formerly an Intel Capital portfolio company, and we’ve gotten to know and admire their products and people over the...
read moreIntel at the Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, June 15 to 19, 2015, Kyoto, Japan - Rob Willoner, Intel’s strategic research manager of the Technology and Manufacturing Group would like to share the following papers that Intel is presenting at the Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits this week in Kyoto, Japan. The papers illustrate Intel’s relentless pursuit of improved performance, density and energy efficiency in current and future process technologies,...
read moreThe Gateway to Success - Dramatic changes in the broadband home market are challenging service providers and equipment suppliers. The drivers underlying these changes are ever increasing access data rates, a leap in expectations for home network performance and the rapidly emerging market for smart home services. In the latest generation of access technology, Wide Area Network (WAN) data rates...
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