Intel Developer Forum Fall 2006
Staff Reporters -- 9/29/2006
Electronic News' breaking coverage of Intel Developer Forum Fall 2006:
Intel's Digital Health Products to Debut Next Year 9/29/2006
Intel used its recent Developer Forum to showcase a new mobile point-of-care platform for hospital nurses and provide an update of interoperability efforts in the technology community serving healthcare providers.
From the Show Floor Blog 9/29/2006
Return of the bunny suit dolls
The world's largest chipmaker announced a two pronged strategy to make it easier for accelerators and co-processors to work with Intel's processors. YouTube in Your Pocket 9/28/2006
Intel's vision for the Ultra Mobile PC centers around the idea of the mobile Internet, which it believes will arrive when Sprint and Clearwire complete their network build outs. Web 2.0 Data Centers Mean Big Server Growth 9/28/2006
With so many people tuning into YouTube and businesses looking to software as a service, Intel has identified a new driver for big new growth in servers: data centers.
From the Show Floor Blog 9/28/2006
Data centers, Web 2.0 and the return of traffic jams in Silicon Valley
Intel Opens Next Gen Instruction Sets 9/27/2006
The new set of about 50 instructions is scheduled for public release with Intel's 45nm processors which are slated for production in 2007 and expected to hit the market in 2008.
Intel's Geneseo Brings XML to PCI Express 9/27/2006
The proposal from Intel and IBM would extend the PCI Express interconnect standard, speeding up the connection between the processor and application accelerators.
Intel will ship its first quad core processor in the form of an Extreme Edition aimed at gamers in November, and plans to ship more quad core processors for the mass market in Q1 of 2007.
Intel Shows 80-Core Test Chip 9/26/2006
The tera-scale research chip, which relies on a mesh interconnect for on-chip communications among cores, is among a handful of breakthroughs recounted by CTO Justin Rattner, in pursuit of the technology to support the gigantic data centers of tomorrow.
The Lehman Brothers previews this week's Intel Developer Forum, yet continues to favor AMD's stock despite a host of expected announcements from Intel.
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