| Chip Shot: Intel Alliance With Alibaba |
| May 12, 2008 |
| May 12, Beijing - Intel and Alibaba (HKSE:1688) announced a strategic alliance to boost the e-business development for thousands of Chinese small and medium-sizes businesses (SMB) customers. One of the alliance's focuses is around IT infrastructure design and establishment. As a first step, an "SMB e-business PC" will be jointly developed by both companies. |
| Chip Shot: Sun, Intel Make Threading Software Apps Easy |
| May 8, 2008 |
| At JavaOne today, the Sun-Intel alliance introduced Intel® Threading Building Blocks (TBB) for the Solaris operating system using Sun Studio. TBB makes it easier to develop threaded applications for newer multi-core processors, including Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors. TBB is available as an open source project and has become the most widely used tool for software developers using C++ to take advantage of the power of multi-core processors. Now, Sun Studio with TBB makes it possible to quickly harness the full processing power of Solaris platforms. Visit Intel's booth #502 at JavaOne or click here for more details. |
| Chip Shot: Intel Soccer Challenge is a Kick |
| May 8, 2008 |
| With Nearly 10,000 consumers participating in 2006, the Intel Soccer Challenge in select European and Middle East countries is back again starting today. With the European Soccer Championships coming up in June, Soccer fans can show their skills. The motto: the crazier the shot the more points you win. Prices: Three high performance notebooks from ASUS featuring the Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology or fan packages from Adidas. It is FUN! Learn more here. |
| Chip Shot: Intel Helps Denmark with Green IT |
| May 7, 2008 |
| KL, a collaborative group that consists of 98 Danish municipalities, will soon take a major step to make the public IT infrastructure in Denmark more efficient. KL is implementing the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series, which will make it possible to achieve larger savings and better meet environmental requirements. |
| Chip Shot: Mobile WiMAX Maxed with Clearwire Deal |
| May 7, 2008 |
| In the wee hours of the morning today, Clearwire and Sprint announced that they entered into an agreement to combine their WiMAX businesses and form a new wireless communications company. They also announced that Intel Capital, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks agreed to invest a combined $3.2 billion in the new company in support of its deployment of the first nationwide mobile WiMAX network in the U.S. Intel Capital specifically made its single largest investment ever at $1 billion. Get Intel's take on today's announcement by checking out this video blog interview with Intel's WiMAX chief Sriram Viswanathan. |
| Chip Shot: Microsoft, Intel Chat About SCCM, vPro |
| May 6, 2008 |
| Intel's Gregory Bryant and Microsoft's Brad Anderson discuss how Microsoft's new System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 takes advantage of the security, management and cost saving capabilities of Intel vPro technology. They also chat about IT managers' expectations and answer the top five burning questions on IT managers' minds. |
| Chip Shot: DX10 Driver for Intel Graphics Released |
| May 1, 2008 |
| Intel has announced the availability of the latest version of the Windows Vista driver for our integrated graphics products. As well as great video playback, the WHQL certified driver enables DirectX10 functionality for Intel GM965 and G35 Express chipset based platforms. This driver release fulfills the requirements for Microsoft's upcoming changes to its Vista premium logo qualification requirements. Download it here: 32-bit EXE | 32-bit ZIP | 64-bit EXE | 64-bit ZIP |
| Chip Shot: Intel Tackles High Cost of 10GbE Adoption |
| April 30, 2008 |
| Companies recognize the performance benefits of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, however, a major hurdle to adoption has been the high price point. At Interop Las Vegas, Intel launched a 10GBASE-T adapter that provides high-speed 10GbE network performance at a fraction of the cost of fiber adapters. Intel® 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter is the industry's first dual-speed copper-based server adapter that can support transmissions up to 100 meters. Dell will be offering the Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter with its PowerEdge* product line. Learn more here. |
| Chip Shot: Second Intel Engineer Inducted into Bluetooth "Hall of Fame" |
| April 30, 2008 |
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With a California state "hands free" driving rule looming, more and more folks around your office are trying out their new "Bluetooth" headsets. You know, the little Star Trek-like phone earpieces, usually with a blue blinking light, that only computer geeks used to wear? Effective July 1 in California, you must drive without your phone up against your ear. Bluetooth is a technology created by Intel and other industry players in the late 90's that has become the defacto standard for wireless phone use. Enable Bluetooth in your phone, put it in your ear, and you too can look like Leonard Nimoy in his prime. Two Intel senior engineers, Jim Kardach, and this year Simon Ellis, are members of the Bluetooth Hall of Fame. Jim was inducted back in 2006. Jim and Simon were instrumental in developing and marketing Bluetooth, and somehow find time to be in a band together! Little did they know that their creation would soon be in the ears of millions of phone users, worldwide. More information can be found here. |
| Chip Shot: Mr. Otellini Goes to Washington |
| April 29, 2008 |
| In a White House ceremony today, Intel CEO Paul Otellini accepted the President's Volunteer Service Award for Intel's broad efforts in volunteerism. President George W. Bush noted that Intel is marking its 40th anniversary this year and "could have chosen to mark this occasion by simply looking back on its four decades of impressive accomplishments, but instead, as a result of Paul's leadership, the company has chosen to celebrate with a great act of compassion: Intel has committed to one million hours of volunteer service by its employees." Check out the White House press release and video comments. |
| Chip Shot: Intel Europe's Virtual Film Festival – unleash your creativity! |
| April 28, 2008 |
| Are you the secret Coppola of the 21st century, the hidden Hitchcock of the 'Noughties'? Select countries from Europe, the Middle East and Africa can now show us their film-making skills for a chance to win a high-performance Intel® Centrino®2 processor technology-based laptop loaded with Adobe* Creative Suite* 3 Production Premium and a trip for two to Venice during this year's film festival. Intel® Centrino® processor technology based notebook PCs incorporate leading-edge technology to help you create a virtual-set, work in the 'cutting-room' and create professional-looking films. The Intel Virtual Film Festival looks to offer entrants a chance to unleash their creativity and to give Hollywood a run for its money! Post your own home-made movie clip online now - create an artful parody of a scene in your favourite movie or make it your own creation entirely! |
| Chip Shot: Analyst: Intel Quad-Cores Hit 10 Million Milestone |
| April 24, 2008 |
| Intel has shipped more than 10 million quad-core processors, including over 3.5 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2008, according to Mercury Research. Shipments of Intel's quad-core processors began in November, 2006 and have ramped across server and desktop segments. Intel expects to ship quad-core processors in the mobile segment in the second half of 2008. In the latest quarter, Mercury indicates roughly two-thirds of Intel's quad-core processors went into servers and the remainder went into mainstream desktop PCs. "Intel's 10 million unit milestone reflects the benefits the rapid move to 45nm (manufacturing), allowing quad-core processors to become much more prevalent in the company's high performance product mix," said Dean McCarron, founder and principal analyst of Mercury Research. For more information on Mercury Research's data please contact Dean. |
| Chip Shot: Former Intel Exec Co-Authors 'Leadership The Hard Way' |
| April 23, 2008 |
| Renowned Intel innovator Dov Frohman, inventor of the EPROM and founder and former general manager of Intel's Israel operations, has co-authored 'Leadership the Hard Way' with veteran technology writer Robert Howard. The book offers a 'straight-from-the-gut' perspective on leadership, as seen from the dynamic edge of the global economy. In the book, available here, Frohman argues that leadership cannot be taught -- but that it can be learned. And he describes how to become a self-taught leader in today's turbulent global economy. More information on the book, and its authors, can be found here and here. |
| Chip Shot: Follow Intel at MMS 2008 |
| April 22, 2008 |
| At last year's Microsoft Management Summit, Intel and Microsoft were talking about plans for Microsoft* System Center* management solutions to support Intel® vPro™ technology. What will happen at MMS 2008 next week? Josh Hilliker provides a drive-by and you can follow the events on Intel's wiki. |
| Chip Shot: Mash The Web With Intel's Beta Software |
| April 22, 2008 |
| Intel® Mash Maker beta offers an intuitive and simplified approach to creating Web mashups. Intel Mash Maker is a browser extension that offers an easy way to combine data from multiple Web sites into a single interface for a more personalized browsing experience. From making travel plans to finding the best car deal, Intel Mash Maker allows users to tailor the content to suit individual interests and preferences. For example, with Intel Mash Maker you can create a mashup of new home listings, nearby restaurants and driving directions. Once you’ve created your mashup, share it with others. Previously offered only for Mozilla Firefox users, Intel Mash Maker is now available for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Intel Mash Maker beta is offered for early preview; click here and be one of the first to try it out. |
| Chip Shot: Ah, Breathe Deeper – Intel Wins Clean Air Award |
| April 21, 2008 |
| Today, the organization Breathe California presented Intel with its Clean Air Award. Breath California honors individuals and companies for efforts to reduce global warming and climate change, and adds to the more than 80 awards that Intel has won for corporate social responsibility in the past year. Intel was chosen for this award for actions such as purchasing renewable energy certificates and initiating an agreement in the semiconductor industry to reduce perfluorocompound (PFCs) emissions. Intel’s newest Core and Atom processors with reinvented transistors and 45nm manufacturing also have removed eco-unfriendly lead and soon halogen from our chips. Breathe California is dedicated to fighting lung disease and helping make communities healthier places to live. Learn more here. |
| Chip Shot: New Intel® Centrino ® Atom™-based Device Arrives in Japan |
| April 17, 2008 |
| Kaz Yoshida, co-president of Intel K.K. (Japan), outlined the benefit of Intel® Centrino® Atom™ processor technology-based new mobile communication device named "WILLCOM D4" at a joint conference with WILLCOM, Sharp and Microsoft on April 14th. "WILLCOM D4" is a new device for the mobile internet lifestyle. Check out more information here and here, including a photo of the Mobile Internet Device. |
| Chip Shot: Gartner Revisits vPro for Corporate Purchases |
| April 17, 2008 |
| Read about Gartner's revised evaluation of vPro. The full report is available here… |
| Chip Shot: EDN Awards: Intel 45nm Team 'Innovators of Year' |
| April 15, 2008 |
| Last night at the EDN 18th Annual Innovation Awards in San Jose, Calif., the Intel 45nm innovation team took home EDN's top award – Innovator of the Year. Check out photos of the give-aways from the banquet last night – photos of members of Intel's 45nm grace the front of playing cards. The EDN Innovator of the Year award recognizes an electronics engineer or engineering team for innovation in product design or technical leadership. Last year, Intel announced a breakthrough in transistor technology with the innovative use of a combination of new materials – called high-k and metal gate -- that drastically reduces transistor leakage and increases performance in its 45nm process technology. Intel has already shipped millions of its 45nm processors made with these new materials, including the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad-core processor, which also won an award in the "multicore processor" category. Intel's 45nm invention is also behind the new line of Intel Atom Processors. Congratulations to the Intel winners! |
| Chip Shot: More Security for Embedded Applications |
| April 15, 2008 |
| Today at the Embedded Systems Conference Intel showed off its Core™2 Duo Processor E8400 with 7-year lifecycle manufacturing support for embedded applications. In addition to a large cache size of 6MB and support for a front-side bus of 1333MHz, the processor supports Intel® Trusted Execution Technology, a hardware extension designed to guard data within tamper-resistant virtualized computing environments and to protect against software attacks, viruses and other threats. This makes the processor ideal for military and government, mid-range network security appliances, and retail applications. Learn more here. |
| Chip Shot: Intel vPro Makes 'Em Smile |
| April 15, 2008 |
| Intel Digital Office VP Gregory Bryant chats with Symantec Product Management and Strategy VP Steve Morton about how 30 million units of Intel® vPro™ technology are reducing IT stress in this often funny clip from Symantec ManageFusion. Watch Part 1 and Part 2, or the short version. Also, check out other vPro videos on implementation and Altiris* Real-Time System Manager Solution*. |
| Chip Shot: NAND Flash Spec Complete |
| April 15, 2008 |
| To further the adoption of NAND flash memory technology for PCs and improve a consumer's experience, the Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) Working Group announced today the ratification and public availability of the NVMHCI 1.0 specification. Led by Intel, Microsoft and Dell, the new spec will help hardware component designers, system builders and software/driver developers take advantage of the operating system and non-volatile memory capabilities for improved system performance, lower power consumption, quieter operation, smaller form factors and increased ruggedness. |
| Chip Shot: Mobility, Managed Services Highlighted at ISS |
| April 10, 2008 |
| Intel Channel Chief Steve Dallman, during his keynote at the Intel Solutions Summit, outlined key technology trends, products and initiatives to help channel partners grow their business in 2008. Reinforcing Intel's 45nm High-K Transistor technology as the cornerstone of opportunity, Dallman encouraged partners to embrace new technologies and programs such as Intel® mobile motherboards, a Hosting Service to help resellers provide managed services to the small-midsized business (SMB) and low-cost computing platforms based on the Intel® Atom™ processor that enable MIDs and small form factor netbooks and PCs. |
| Chip Shot: Intel's Multicore Processors and Robotics, Automation |
| April 9, 2008 |
| During the international Hanover Fair in Germany (April 21- 25), Intel, along with Microsoft and Beckhoff Automation, will present on the potential of modern automation technology that Intel multicore processors can help bring to life. The live demonstration in the Application Park (Hall 17, Booth D26) takes place under the motto: "PC Control - Open Platform for Advanced Automation". While the PC is already one of the most flexible and powerful systems today, as processor power increases it could also someday control many other tasks in for programmable logic controllers, motion and human machine interfaces. This means that special functions, such as vision, robotics and measurement technology, which today are usually implemented as special hardware units, will soon become part of the ever-growing software PLC. |
| Chip Shot: New Intel Hosting Service For Intel’s Channel Partners |
| April 9, 2008 |
| Intel unveiled a new Hosting Service program today that helps resellers tap into the small and medium-sized business market (SMB) by offering managed services. The program offers a suite of services and provides a blueprint to help resellers minimize upfront investment and risk. Examples of the services are online backup and restore, email archiving and exchange and remote monitoring enabled by NaviSite, a solutions provider who has served SMB companies for over eleven years with its network of 18 state-of-the-art data centers in the U.S. and U.K. |
| Chip Shot: Intel Delivers Safer SOA |
| April 7, 2008 |
| Today Intel introduced the Intel® SOA Security Toolkit as a release candidate. Part of Intel's family of XML products, the new toolkit is a high-performance software module that addresses the confidentiality needs of Services Oriented Architecture(SOA) environments by providing XML digital signatures, encryption and decryption capabilities for SOAP protocol messages. Learn more here. |