Intel Board Chairman Craig Barrett was presented with a humanitarian award for commitment to the education of disadvantaged children at the United Nations. The award was from The Loomba Foundation, a charity founded to benefit impoverished women and children around the world. "We are big believers at Intel that all poor children, everywhere, deserve the chance to change the world, and that possibility begins with a strong education," said Barrett. Dec 2007

Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate student Sebastian Herbert has been awarded a two-year Intel Foundation PhD Fellowship. The fellowship covers tuition and fees and includes a stipend. Intel's graduate fellowships are awarded to outstanding students in engineering, computer science and other technical majors focusing on semiconductor technologies, micro-architecture, and communications. Jun 2007

The Tech Museum of Innovation, one of the country’s premier science and technology museums, has named the 25 innovators honored with 2007 Tech Museum Awards. The annual awards recognize 25 laureates in five categories: Education, Equality, Environment, Economic Development and Health. Intel sponsors awards in the Environment category. This year’s laureates were selected from hundreds of nominations received from 68 countries.Sep 2007

In addition to the 25 Laureates being honored, Intel co-founder and technology industry luminary Gordon Moore will receive the 2007 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award, honoring individuals whose broad vision and leadership are helping to address humanity’s greatest challenges, also sponsored by Applied Materials, Inc.* The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has contributed more than $1 billion and countless hours toward forming and investing in partnerships that achieve significant, lasting and measurable results in environmental conservation, science and the San Francisco bay area. Mar 2007

Intel has unveiled the Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® processor family. They are built for managing high-end applications and are armed with advanced features that improve reliability and reduce power consumption. Oct 2007

Intel has opened a software innovation and support center in Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang Province. The center will reinforce Intel's commitment to foster innovation through local technology companies. Oct 2007

Intel began shipping its Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250, a next-generation system-on-chip designed to support mobile and fixed networks. The Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250 is the industry's first dual-mode baseband chip. When paired with Intel's discrete tri-band WiMAX radio, the solution is capable of supporting all global WiMAX frequencies. Oct 2007

Intel’s 45-nanometer microprocessors coming out this fall are the result of the first big redesign in CMOS transistors since the late 1960's. Learn how Intel’s engineers developed a major breakthrough in the way we construct a key component of the infinitesimal transistors on those chips. Oct 2007

Intel is participating with Acer* and Golden Telecom* in a campaign to improve PC users' skills and usage throughout Russia. In its pilot phase in 2007, the Student's PC Campaign will provide students with the access to the most advanced wireless computing technologies. Oct 2007

Intel has named Bergen Academies in Hackensack, New Jersey, the "Star Innovator" among six winners of the 2007 Intel Schools of Distinction Awards. Intel sponsors the awards to honor schools for implementing innovative math and science programs. This year, Schools of Distinction award winners will receive more than $1 million in cash, products, and services from the Intel Foundation and sponsoring companies. Oct 2007

Nokia announced that it will use Intel® WiMAX silicon product, code named Baxter Peak, in its Nseries Internet Tablets. The Internet tablets, expected to ship in 2008, will be among the first WiMAX-enabled open Internet devices. To ensure seamless inter-operability, Intel, Nokia, and Nokia Siemens Networks* will test the infrastructure globally. Sept 2007

Former President Bill Clinton announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) that Intel Corporation will bring its innovative Teach Program online to help more than 1.5 million teachers in 15 countries integrate technology into their lesson plans. The current market value of the commitment is an estimated $300 million over the next four years. Sept 2007

To support its embedded technology customers, Intel announced plans to extend its Intel® NOR Flash Memory to the 65-nanometer generation. The move to 65nm process technology will provide price/performance balance and ensure support for extended product life cycles-both important factors to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) designing for embedded market segments. Aug 2007

Intel recently celebrated 30 years in embedded computing with the launch of the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor. To help celebrate, Intel engaged the Teutul family from the television series American Chopper to build an Intel-themed custom motorcycle. The chopper features a detachable dashboard that can be used as a mobile PC. Apr 2007

Intel launched a contest for game developers at this year's Game Developers Conference. The contest, open to the worldwide development community for a second year, awards cash prizes up to $10,000 for winning entries in a number of categories. Grand prizes go to the best threaded quad-core game and to the game that best takes advantage of advances in mobile application gaming. Apr 2007

The winners of the Intel Science Talent Search for 2007 were recently announced at a black-tie banquet in Washington, DC. The top award, a $100,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation, went to Mary Masterman. The 17 year old Masterman built a spectrograph that accurately identifies specific characteristics of different kinds of molecules. Spectrographs can cost as much as $100,000; Mary's invention cost hundreds of dollars. Mar 2007