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1. Intel, ASML bring cheer to the chip market

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 14 October 2009

   Unexpectedly good results for Intel's third quarter combined with ASML turning in a profit for its third quarter is bound to bring some hope that the semiconductor industry is on the turn.Unexpectedly ...

2. Intel Developer Forum was a bishop’s egg

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 28 September 2009

   ... week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) – let us rather describe it as a bishop’s egg – the only bad part about it being the shell that covers the interior. Or maybe IDF was an onion – there are many different ...

3. TSMC ramps production to build Intel Atoms

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 25 September 2009

   TSMC is to ramp monthly production at its 300mm Fab 14 in southern Taiwan to 6,000 wafers by the end of 2009, and 35,000 wafers in 2010, due to demand for Intel's Atom chips, say industry observers. ...

4. GameTree ports PC-based content to HD television sets

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 25 September 2009

   GameTree has partnered with Intel to offer an on-demand gaming platform for HD TV. The platform - known as GameTree.tv - is expected to run on Intel CE media processor powered set-top boxes and other ...

5. Intel outlines future of interactive television

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 24 September 2009

   Intel has introduced the CE4100 SoC. The 45nm chip - expected to encourage the development of interactive television content and applications - is fully compatible with Blue-ray, Digital TV and other ...

6. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   ... be the last truly great Intel CEO. It is amazing how companies seem to lose their way once a founder that has been so instrumental in driving the company to success departs.  Microsoft just ...

7. Toshiba targets high-end gamers with Qosmio X500

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   Toshiba has unveiled a laptop targeted at high-end gamers and multimedia enthusiasts. The Qosmio X500 - which is powered by Intel's new Intel Core i7 processor - features a 18.4-inch diagonal widescreen ...

8. Intel debuts Nehalem mobile chips

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   Intel has introduced two Nehalem-based processors for the mobile market. According to Dadi Perlmutter, the chips - formerly codenamed "Clarksfield" - provide the "best" laptop experience for high-end ...

9. MCCI showcases 270MB/s USB 3.0 system

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 22 September 2009

   ... - is capable of achieving a blazingly fast transfer rate of 270MB per second. Intel Developer Forum - MCCI and Symwave are showcasing the world's "highest performing" USB 3.0 system at IDF 2009. The next-generation ...

10. Is Intel's Atom really the future?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Opinion Intel really seems to believe that the Atom is the CPU of the future. As we reported earlier today, it showed off future iterations of the Atom and has ambitious plans for the future too. Intel ...

11. AMD bullish about server market

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Chip firm AMD is holding an alternative event just a block away from the Intel Developer Forum and wheeling in stray hacks off the street, briefing them about the stuff it makes.Chip firm AMD is holding ...

12. Intel accidentally previews Larrabee, Gulftown

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Intel has inadvertently offered a sneak preview of its afternoon keynote speech. Copies of the keynote to be delivered by Sean Maloney somehow appeared in the press room early this morning. Intel has ...

13. Intel fleshes out 22 nanometer plans

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Mark Bohr talked in some detail of Intel's 22 nanometer process, and said that Intel is developing both CPU and SoC versions of each technology generation. Mark Bohr talked in some detail of Intel's ...

14. Intel's Otellini categorically denies EU antitrust allegations

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    At a Q&A shortly after the his IDF keynote in San Francisco this morning, Intel CEO Paul Otellini was in bullish mood when asked whether Intel had ever engaged in special deals with third parties ...

15. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    A senior Intel executive opened up this year's Intel Developer Forum this morning. Usually it's Pat Gelsinger who opens the show. Intel has thoughtfully provided white boards for people to write messages ...

16. Word is, Windows 7 for Netbooks won't be crippled

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 20 September 2009

    ... to be decided, but the sources indicated that pressure from Intel - and to a lesser extent the poor ODMs (original design manufacturers) that build the machines were all in a tizzy over their machines ...

17. Intel's talking about my g-g-g-generation

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 20 September 2009

    IDF FALL 2009 - UPDATED - There's a two day countdown to the Fall Intel Developer Forum (IDF) being held at the Moscone - pronounced Mosconay and not Mosc One - and already the busy bees at the Santa Clara ...

18. Point Grey debuts USB 3.0 digital video camera

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 18 September 2009

    Point Grey has announced plans to showcase the "world's first" SuperSpeed USB-enabled digital video camera at the 2009 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco. Point Grey has announced plans to ...

19. To lose one Gelsinger is careless. To lose three is an Intel catastrophe

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... decided to tidy up his desk and move his caravanserai to storage company EMC. But we can certainly make some educated guesses. Gelsinger was an Intel man through and through - Intel ran through him as ...

20. Intel confirms top management shakeup

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    UPDATED: Despite officially denying anything untoward was happening earlier today, chip giant Intel today confirmed that Pat Gelsinger and Bruce Sewell are leaving the company. Despite officially denying ...

21. Intel shows off next-gen Atom processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    Intel used the first day of the Spring IDF in Beijing to show off its Moorestown integrated processor, which is expected to replace the current Atom CPU and chipset later this year or early 2010. The ...

22. UPDATED: Intel still decisive on Moorestown and WiMAX

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 17 February 2009

    Over the past week, Intel's Taiwan partners have raised concerns over the extent to which Intel is actually committed to WiMAX and its WiMAX-centric device -- Moorestown. InformationWeek ran an article ...

23. Virtual worlds more effective than web conferencing, soon more so than real life?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 17 December 2008

    ... to expand, introduce characters and produce virtual presentations are also easily applied logical extensions of the base technology. Companies like Intel and Microsoft have also embraced the idea of online ...

24. AMD unlikely to gain ground on Intel at 32 nm. Does it matter?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

    ... was to cut the distance to Intel’s manufacturing advantage (12 months at the time) in half. These days we often hear the company talking about the fact that Shanghai has been delivered early, which is ...

25. Intel phases out first 45 nm processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 05 November 2008

    Yesterday, Intel Corporation announced the immediate phasing out of the first 45nm processors, along with several 65nm models. These include Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Duo Mobile and one Core 2 Quad CPU. In addition, ...

26. IDF Taiwan: Asustek chairman conservative about MID potential

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 21 October 2008

    Following the release of more details of Intel's second generation Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform, Moorestown, Asustek Computer chairman, Jonney Shih, commented that the MID market is still ...

27. Intel jumps into SSD market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

    ... a flash-based solid state disk drive for your next notebook or desktop PC. As we are getting closer to 2009, considered to be the year when SSDs are going mainstream, Intel is joining the bandwagon ...

28. Intel claims SSD superiority, tries to dispel myths

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 05 September 2008

    Our love/hate relationship with hard drives maybe coming to an end … that is if Intel has its way.  For more than ayear, Intel has been touting their upcoming solid state drives and atthe recent Intel ...

29. Ultra-pure semiconductor to continue Moore’s Law (almost) indefinitely

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 02 September 2008

    ... used to push high-end research for future production-based manufacturing processes and technologies which will ultimately enable Moore's Law to continue almost indefinitely. At the most recent IDF, Intel ...

30. NVISION: Nvidia's quest for second place

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 27 August 2008

      Analyst Opinion - Intel has IDF and NVIDIA has NVISION. Both shows have some similar goals, but the two couldn’t be more different.  Intel’s show is button down and professional while NVIDIA’s ...

31. Load faster, kill faster, win more – Intel touts SSDs for extreme gaming

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 22 August 2008

      A solid state drive, more specifically an Intel SSD, could mean the difference between killing your virtual opponent and taking a dirt nap on the electronic battlefield.  At the Intel Developer ...

32. Robots, toothbrush robots and remote controlled battle ships at the Maker Faire

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 22 August 2008

      In a meeting between traditional gadgetry and modern processors, the Maker Faire paid a visit to the Intel Developer Forum.  Eager inventors showed off their old pinball machines, robots and ...

33. Panasonic Toughbook goes Atom

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 22 August 2008

      Intel’s Atom processor is making its way into ruggedized notebooks and at the Intel Developer Forum Panasonic was showing off its upcoming handheld Toughbook using the power-saving processor.  ...

34. Intel imagines wireless power for your laptop

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 21 August 2008

      Intel traditionally closes its Developer Forum with a visionary keynote that provides a glimpse into Intel’s labs and how the company’s engineers think about how technology could shape the world ...

35. Intel shows off 16 GB DDR3 DIMMs at IDF

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 21 August 2008

      You can’t have enough RAM, as is often said in the computer world, and Intel has demoed 16 GB RAM sticks at its Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.  The RAM is made by Hynix and uses technology ...

36. “SuperSpeed” USB 3.0 demoed at IDF

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 21 August 2008

      We’re drowning in data and sometimes USB 2.0 just isn’t fast enough to move all those bits around.  At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, we were shown prototype USB 3.0 boards ...

37. Heatsink maker jumps into LED lighting biz

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 21 August 2008

    ... lumens worth of lighting for just a few watts of power.  At the company’s Intel Developer Forum booth, we saw a 7 LED light that was basically a heat sink with some LEDs embedded inside. San ...

38. Overclocking Nehalem “almost as good as having a second graphics card” - Intel

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    Benchmarking and overclocking the upcoming Intel Nehalem processor is going to be tricky business, but Francois Piednoel says we will see “dramatic” speed increases.  At the Intel Developer Forum ...

39. IDF: Switchable graphics could give laptops an extra hour of battery life

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

      Want to get an extra hour of battery life out of your laptop?  At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel’s executive vice president and general manager of the mobility division, Dadi ...

40. Intel’s upcoming “Kill Pill” stops laptop thieves and ninjas

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    Laptop theft is a nightmare for businesses and individuals alike and it’s often said that the most valuable part of a laptop isn’t the drive or the screen, but your data.  Yesterday, Intel’s ...

41. InTru 3D is Intel’s new presence in Hollywood

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    Intel and Hollywood are two words that that just sound strange when used in one sentence and at least Intel’s first serious try to join Oscar winning actors on the red carpet was canceled. But while ...

42. Netbooks and MIDs need some Apple Magic

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    ... of Linux that look a lot like what Apple did with the Mac OS for the iPhone. Also, Intel is doing the Linux work and providing it as part of the package.   Of the devices that I have seen, the Lenovo ...

43. Planning on buying a Nehalem PC for Christmas? Try in late 2009.

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    ... level of technical provided may be even disappointing for some. But, of course, there is a reason why Intel is holding back. The mass market will not be seeing these new wunderkind processors for at ...

44. Intel expected to reveal details about dual-core Atom

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    First details about Intel’s upcoming dual-core Atom processor have been published by German website heise.de. The magazine said that the CPU is likely to be called Atom 330 and will debut with a thermal ...

45. Intel holds briefings on its research projects

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    On the eve of the Intel Developer Forum (August 19-21), Intel held a number of briefings focused on research. Jim Held, Intel Fellow and director tera-scale research computing program, introduced ...

46. Hynix demonstrates DDR3 R-DIMM using MetaRAM technology at IDF

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    At the ongoing Intel Developer Forum (IDF) (August 19-21) in San Francisco, Hynix Semiconductor announced that it is using MetaRAM's new DDR3 technology in its next generation R-DIMMs, including ...

47. Intel tests mass storage waters with new SSDs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 August 2008

    ... into a new business segment that promises a virtually endless business opportunity: Intel is the latest company to jump into the solid state disk (SSD) market that still promises high margins, but grows increasingly ...

48. Intel’s quad-core mobile chip seen in action

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 19 August 2008

    ... an easy upgrade for current Core 2 Extreme owners. Fugger told us he merely replaced his Core 2 Extreme dual-core processor with the new one from Intel.  A quick BIOS update later and he was running ...

49. Gelsinger acts cool, reveals little at IDF

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 August 2008

      A sunglass wearing Pat Gelsinger acted cool, but revealed little during his keynote speech at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco.  Intel’s senior vice president and co-general manager ...

50. IDF Fall 2008: Intel reveals more Nehalem details, announces 6-core server CPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 19 August 2008

    Intel announced that the first Nehalem processors to be made available will be desktop processors (Core i7) and high-performance server products code-named Nehalem-EP. Intel said it is planning to ...