Tag: Core 2 Duo

• IEDM, 32nm, and the all new 2010 Intel® Core Processor Family With today's launch of the all new 2010 Intel® Core Processor Family (based on Westmere, code name for our 32nm project), this is a great time to discuss the the 32nm process technology (and the semiconductor communities response to this technology!) Traditionally, Intel presents the details of its process technologies at the International Electron Devices meeting (IEDM) and 32nm is no exception.   Although I was...
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• Doodles … and mobility enhancement The Intel "Doodle" advertisement went public recently.  While an actress plays me (the idea is the actress is younger, prettier and taller than I am J) the doodles are mine and capture technical highlights of various Intel projects I've been involved with.   There has been significant curiosity about the Doodle itself and so I've given a couple of talks recently...
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• New Super-Efficient Atom Processors Sip Energy Atom was always designed from the ground-up for low power, but the next generation Atom platform announced today for netbooks and entry-level desktops just got better. The new processors are manufactured on Intel's 45nm process technology, enabling the integration of graphics and memory controller directly on the CPU die, an Intel first. The result: a much smaller overall package, improved...
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• Speech Recognition in Windows 7 If you've got a new PC with Windows 7, you've already got speech recognition installed. To get started, just go to Control Panel and click "Speech Recognition". (If you don't see it, click "View by > Large icons").A really cool feature is "Say What You See". Nearly all of the icons, menus, controls and anything else you can click on,...
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• 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 the Intel® Core™ i7 Custom Desktop Challenge.The contest is promoted in coordination with our Intel Channel Partner members and sponsors: Computer...
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• 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 the students and the teacher. The right technology, the right professional development, the right software, content, and hardware accessories are...
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• 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 will let you run a copy of Windows XP SP3 on your Windows 7 PC or notebook within a virtual partition...
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• 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 17 as Intel Core i7 processors.Stephen is a Power Management Architect who is helping optimize the four compute cores that...
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• 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 manufacturing and uniquely-flavored transistor combo (more…)
• 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 Fairchild Semiconductor and formed this fledging company called Intel because they wanted to "regain the satisfaction of research and development...
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