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What’s Inside SxSW Interactive?

Paul Lancour — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:17:23 +0000

In this video podcast, we travel to Austin, Texas and the SxSW Interactive festival, to focus on what’s inside people’s computers, and just how much they’re relying on those computers for work, communication and - all-important at the SxSW Festival — creativity.

Intel’s Bryan Rhoads took the opportunity to blog from the conference using a MID. He used the mobile Internet device to bring his blog readers along with him to breakfast, and to snap a picture of two of Intel’s tiniest products - the Atom processor and the silicon core of an Intel Core 2 Duo.

We showed those tiny products to attendees at SxSWi, and found out how some creative folks are interacting with their computers (and what’s inside).

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The Pro Platform: vPro & Centrino Pro

Jason Lopez — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:27:22 +0000

Intel’s answer to business users who want to be able to keep track of who’s on the network, where and the security risks they pose is the growing Pro platform. It started with vPro, giving I.T. administrators the ability to see desktops and laptops down the wire, and address problems. But laptops are now the machine of choice for many knowledge workers. And unlike the mobile PCs of the past, since Centrino was introduced a few years ago it means that laptops have cut the cord. In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez explores ideas of mobility from PC builder Lenovo, hardware manager EDS and from the chipmaker Intel.

New Business Model: Mobile PC Manageability

Jason Lopez — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:44:16 +0000

With the release of Centrino Pro, the mobile environment is more open than ever. Five or six years ago most users were tethered to wires while on their laptops. Centrino unleashed a wave of mobility, limited by the number of WiFi hotspots available. Those hotspots have increased in number and that has begun to fill in the service side of the equation. But the laptops have gotten better, too. And that is catching the attention of businesses, which are getting less squeamish about exposing their networks to mobile PCs that touch all sorts of signals outside of the friendly confines of the enterprise. Centrino Pro, analysts say, is a step forward for business deployment of large fleets of laptops, especially in Intel’s vPro environment. PodTech’s Jason Lopez explores what Centrino Pro means to business users.

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Intel Releases the New Centrino

Jason Lopez — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:00:16 +0000

Intel has released its newest Centrino technologies for notebook computers. The company says the new hardware and software platform has improved processor and graphics performance, wireless connectivity, battery life, startup and loading time, as well as enhanced security and machine management for IT departments.

The new technologies are Centrino Duo, for consumer machines, and the Centrino Pro, for business notebooks. The release of the new laptop technologies comes four years after Intel first launched the platform that made wireless connectivity and mobility a standard characteristic of notebook computers. “It really was a tipping point,” said Karen Regis, a manager in Intel’s Mobile Platform Marketing Group. “It really became the new norm. People expect to be able to sit on their couch and be on the Internet.”

“Now, what we’re doing is we’re just raising the bar on ourselves with what people can do with that wireless,” she added. Regis says the new technology allows people to use their laptops at home or in business in ways that are more seamless. “Once you have that kind of throughput, coverage and reliability, you can start doing interesting things like high definition content.” The rise of Internet-delivered video is one of the factors in the design of new Centrino technologies. Both the Centrino Duo and Pro technologies are based on Core2Duo chips.

Centrino Pro laptops are designed to work within Intel’s vPro environment where I.T. departments can more easily manage fleets of PCs and stay on top of security issues.

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Intel Explodes the Possibilities of Digital Life at CES

Michael Johnson — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:37:08 +0000

PodTech.net’s Michael Johnson investigates the changing landscape of the home, thanks to Intel’s Core2Duo dual core processors, and the next generation of Core2Extreme and Core2Quad, featuring four compute engines on one chip, which is ramping up the possibilities of digital life from downloading and recording viral videos from YouTube to wireless networking of the home to accessing movies on demand. Intel is at the forefront of revolutionizing the way we live, the way we communicate, and the way we entertain each other, through social media interactions to our family lives. It is a new world with ever increasing mobility, speed and efficiency. Who would have thought that such a tiny chip could hold so much power? Intel did.

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Transcript:
Host: Michael Johnson - PodTech
Guest: David Marsiglia - Intel
Guest: Merlin Kister – Intel

Michael Johnson - PodTech
I’m Michael Jones and we’re here at the Intel booth at CES International. And we’re with David Marsiglia from Intel. Hey Dave it’s great to have you here.

David Marsiglia - Intel
Hey, thank you very much.

Michael Johnson - PodTech
Tell us a little bit about what we are looking up behind us. Talk about recording Web video and using — really utilizing the power of the Core 3 Duo processor?

David Marsiglia – Intel
Exactly. Yeah this is one of the many demos that we’re actually showing here today, that really utilizes our — not only our Core 2 Duo processor, but really incapsulates, it incapsulates our whole Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology as a whole. When you see these videos they are great to see, but that’s really all you can do is, just view them online. What you can’t do, is download them, because these are streaming videos. Until now that is. We’ve actually worked with a company called (Inaudible) which actually optimize to really excel on a Core 2 Duo Processor, part of our Centrino Duo platform.

So, what this software enables you to do, this is the user interface that we have here, which really is built upon the Firefox browsers, and then they’ve actually incorporated their own engine and filling system in it as well. What you do is, utilizing their software you can go on YouTube, Google videos, or really anywhere that has unprotected streaming video, you can actually simply click record button and start recording, not only the video, but that entire page and for you to view off line and really take your videos with you on the go. So, you could be on an airplane and watch all those favorite videos here that you have recorded and just watch them anytime you want.

Michael Johnson - PodTech
We’re here with Merlin Kister of Intel. Merlin, tell me a little bit about what we’re looking at?

Merlin Kister - Intel
Well this is the newest technology coming this year is the ability to communicate between your PC and your TV set, to be able to enjoy all of the content, your movies, your music, photos and even some new services that are accessed and available on your PC on big-screen TVs. The Core 2 Duo makes the small form factors possible. We give you a high performance processor that’s very energy efficient, allows you to view that stream that content over to connect to electronic devices like this brand new Sharp TV.

Michael Johnson - PodTech
I know that we have talked before, like digital life or the (Inaudible) club and there’s a lot of fascinating things here. This has really taken things through the whole newsstand.

Merlin Kister – Intel
Exactly, exactly. We’re seeing this convergence has with other technologies; so no longer will you have islands of content. So, consumers will be able to access - don’t have to worry about, “Well is that music file or is that located on my PC, or is it on my iPod?” Now, with these new types of electronics they can communicate with each other, consumers can get access to really their favorite media on the device and screen up their choice.

Michael Johnson — PodTech
Merlin Kister from Intel thanks for showing me this great stuff. I’m not quite there with my TV set yet.

Merlin Kister - Intel
Well it’s a great one to upgrade to.

Michael Johnson - PodTech
I know that it’s coming so, thanks for showing us.

Merlin Kister - Intel
Thank you.

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Intel Multiplies Social Media’s Power at CES

Michael Johnson — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:17:03 +0000

PodTech’s Michael Johnson got his groove on at Intel’s YouTube exhibition where Intel technician, Russ Campbell demonstrated how the same effect created in Intel’s Multiply campaign could be done using consumer hardware and software thanks to Intel’s Core2Duo dual core processors, and the next generation of Core2Extreme and Core2Quad featuring four compute engines on one chip. People danced in front of the green screen and Intel produced videos that where then uploaded onto YouTube right from the Intel booth.

Intel’s CES Preview and Peek into 2007

John Furrier — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:35:29 +0000

Intel is one of many companies attending CES 2007 in Las Vegas next week. PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier visited with Intel’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Sean Maloney to explore top tech-lifestyle trends for 2007 and the impact of new innovations coming from the chipmaker.
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Notebooks In the Daytime, TVs at Night, For Now

John Furrier — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:38:43 +0000

It’s become old hat to suggest that the world of media is changing faster than the old media companies, and that the computer and tech world — long accustomed to turning sharp corners quickly — has the advantage of momentum in the new, post-YouTube climate. However, the opportunity for software developers around the globe is enormous, says Intel’s Sean Maloney. And what about for Intel? I mentioned to Maloney that I think of the PC as the new TV, at least during the day. If that holds true, the prospects for companies like his — and others — are also pretty good.

By the way, it’s tough to get a hold of Sean, because he’s a pretty busy guy. (his titles: executive vice president, general manager of the sales marketing group, and chief sales and marketing officer for Intel. And it’s the week before CES….). His schedule makes getting him for a sit-down interview a big challenge. I caught him in the hallway, and the simple fact of having a camera in my pocket made this podcast possible. The quality is fine for the content, and it’s not all that long ago that this wouldn’t have been possible.

Transcript:
Host: John Furrier - PodTech
Guest: Sean Maloney - Intel

John Furrier - PodTech
We’re here with Sean Maloney, the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Intel. In the hallway right next to the elevator, we just did a 15-16 minutes podcast about all the cool stuff that’s going at CES. We’re talking about, before, the podcast about HD. Tell us what’s going on in you mind, in your view about the whole HD phenomenon and video and all that good stuff.

Sean Maloney - Intel
I think what we’re doing here is typical of what I think is going to be a big breakthrough. If you think about the history of video and computers, the first video came out in the early 90s, kind of, on a tiny little postage stamp pictures; probably 50 years after video came on to TVs. You think about the DVD, and DVDs came out first of all with that kind of content played on TVs and then caught up later on notebooks and desktops. Now, what you’re seeing is HD quality through devices like this.

They’re going to reach probably the mass market even faster than HD or Blu-ray because of the viral and explosive growth that you’ve on video on the Internet now. So, I think for the first time, user-generated content is going to be at the same or higher quality than professional content and put the production standards off to one side, but just the image quality you’re going to see an explosion of beautiful image quality through devices like this and that will had a profound impact not just on hardware, not just on PCs, but on the whole of the electronics industry.

John Furrier - PodTech
But, hell, we’re in the hallway here at Intel. You’re a tough guy to get a hold of, you’ve got a busy schedule. I got my handheld, I pulled it out of my pocket, we are dong a quick interview, that’s phenomenal; but we’ve talked also about the opportunities, you’ve talked about software. Talk about to the people out there developing, entrepreneurs, software developers, hardware developers, people who’re innovating; what do you see happening with this new phenomenon, user-generated video, the new platform, the network, the Internet mobility, what are their opportunities as entrepreneurs?

Sean Maloney - Intel
Oh! I think that over the next two-to-three years you could imagine a world where almost everybody above a certain income level is going to have high-def cameras. Everybody will have notebook devices, and the global opportunity and I mean global opportunity there for software developers is very significant. I’d be weary about doing stuff that isn’t thinking globally because as you know all of these trends in the computer industry all set globally.

John Furrier - PodTech
Talk about TV, Daytime TV. The notebooks now replacing Daytime TV for people at work and a mobile environment is IPTV is going to be here sooner than later and we’re doing video now. What’s your view on that?

Sean Maloney - Intel
John, you might have comment earlier wrong that the PC is the new TV during the day. I think that’s a profound comment and it’s true. The issue is going to be how much can that spread out into the evening, and the rate of change of the Internet now is much, much faster than the rate of change in conventional media and one year on the Internet is equivalent to ten years in conventional media. Even with the conventional media industry guys waking up to that over the last 12 year. They are still chasing a moving target. So, I’d bet on the new entrant.

John Furrier - PodTech
The media business is not used to moving as fast as the computer business, as you’ve just mentioned. Talk about — as the head of the Intel Sales and Marketing and their products. What’s going to happen this year for the whole of 2007?

Sean Maloney - Intel
Well, from a marketing point-of-view, if we want to get messages across the people, we use the full blend of media. We’re still using TV to get an emotional connection to people. If you want to get an emotional connection, globally TV is probably still the way to go. At some point in the next three years — that may well become unraveled, in which case there is going to be a further move of ad dollars over to the PC. I think that will depend on how quickly the TV industry responds to this.

John Furrier - PodTech
Sean Maloney here in the hallway at Intel, (Inaudible) have to get some guys over there (Inaudible) Ken, and Darrel for the PodTech at the elevators. And where is Paul Otellini, can we go up into his office? Sean thanks so much for the video.

Sean Maloney - Intel
Thanks John.

Intel’s Innovator Dilemma: Hire the Best People says Company Chairman

editor — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:18:33 +0000

At the July 27th launch of Core 2 Duo chips, Intel’s highest exec (mingling after the press announcement) promoted the virtues of Core Duo technology. PodTech’s Jason Lopez chatted with Chairman Craig Barrett about the world’s largest chip maker’s ability to respond to the market and to innovate.

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Video: Meet the Professional Girl Gamers, the Frag Dolls, at the Intel Core 2 Duo Launch Party - Sponsored

editor — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:40:32 +0000

Meet the professional girl gamers, the Frag Dolls and others, as Eddie Codel wanders the floor of the Intel Core 2 Duo launch party at Intel’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California. See demos of Intel’s new processor in action and hear from those who have already had the chance to try out the Core 2 Duo.

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Intel Struts Core 2 Duo’s Stuff At Multimedia Press Event

editor — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:16:18 +0000

SANTA CLARA, July 27, 2006 (PodTech News) – Intel Corporation showed off its new Core 2 Duo processors today at a press event at the company’s Santa Clara headquarters. The Core 2 Duo processors will power desktop and laptop PCs and workstations for both consumer and business uses. “This is not just incremental change,” said Paul Otellini, Intel’s president and CEO.”It’s a revolutionary leap.” Catherine Girardeau reports.

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Video: Inside Intel’s Performance Benchmarking Lab With The Intel Core 2 Duo - Sponsored

editor — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:53:24 +0000

Eddie Codel shows you what it’s like inside Intel’s Performance Benchmarking Lab by interviewing Matt Dunford, Intel Worldwide Chief Benchmarking Manager, and Regina Wu, Performance Engineer & Mad Gamer.

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Chip Wars Heat Up: AMD Buys Graphics Firm ATI, Intel Core 2 Duo Gets Advance Raves From Tech Press

editor — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:55:45 +0000

MENLO PARK, July 25, 2006 (PodTech News) — We’re having a heat wave here in Silicon Valley, and the heat is also on in the world of silicon chip-making. Number-two chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices put the pedal to rival Intel’s metal yesterday when it announced plans to acquire Canadian graphic cards manufacturer ATI Technologies. AMD Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz and Dave Orton, President and CEO of ATI made the announcement Monday. Also today, we talk with Dan Snyder, Intel’s Technical PR Manager, about why hardware reviewers are raving about the chip code-named “Conroe”, slated for official launch on Thursday. “It all comes down to defying the laws of physics. You get 40% more performance with 40% less power consumption,” said Snyder, about the Intel Core 2 Duo Microprocessor. Catherine Girardeau reports.

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Developing the Core 2 Duo - Intel’s Stephen Smith - Sponsored

editor — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:56:57 +0000

Stephen Smith, Intel Corporation’s VP & Director of Desktop Platform Operations speaks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson, about the development of the new line of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, at Intel’s “proving ground”, the Benchmark Lab in Santa Clara, California.

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