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Mobile Internet Devices Make a Splash at CES 2008

Catherine Girardeau — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:00:25 +0000

Intel continues to develop smaller and smaller microprocessors, and to fit them into elegant platforms to run just about any kind of computer, from sophisticated server arrays to a brand-new class of ultra-portable devices, known as Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). MIDs created some genuine buzz at CES 2008 in Las Vegas. Intel’s MID bar at the show was packed with consumers eager to get their hands on these ultra-portable devices, which Intel said combine performance, battery life and wireless connectivity to deliver the “full Internet in your pocket”. Adding everything you can do on your laptop or desktop to lifestyle features, like cameras, messaging, music and video-sharing, the seven brand-new MIDs at the Intel show will be manufactured by various Intel partners and are slated to hit the market by mid-2008. Intel MIDs are powered by the latest in Intel technology in a platform codenamed Menlow, based on a 45-nanometer microprocessor known as Silverthorn and a chipset codenamed Poulsbo. The Menlow platform will deliver state-of-the-art performance to an impressive variety of ultra-small devices, from iPhone-like touchscreen models from Aigo and Clarion, to devices resembling PDAs with slide-out keyboards, to some combination of the two, such as the Samsung, Toshiba, and Lenovo MIDs.

PodTech spoke with Warner Crocker, of GottaBeMobile.com, who posted his own report on the sixth iteration of Samsung’s Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC, (which features Intel technology), as well as Kevin C. Tofel, of jkontherun.com, which also covered Intel’s MID display in a post from the CES show floor.

Tags: Intel, microprocessors, server arrays, Mobile Internet Devices, MIDs, Menlow, 45-nanometer, Silverthorn, chipset, Poulsbo, Warner Crocker, Kevin C. Tofel

Intel: Rock

Jason Lopez — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:52:47 +0000

Intel’s Josh Hilliker, who manages the company’s online vPro Expert Center, says he wants to know of other IT pros who are the proest of pros. So, Intel is staging a video contest which Josh will put on the website. The winner could pull the wrappings off a new Intel Centrino Pro based Lenovo T61p or a HP Compaq 2510p notebook. In this podcast Josh talks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez.

Enter the Intel vPro Expert Center “Rock Your World” Contest here.

Tags: Intel, Josh Hilliker, vPro, Expert Center, proest of pros, video contest, Centrino, Lenovo, T61p, Compaq

Intel Ships New 45nm Penryn Chip

Paul Lancour — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:01:30 +0000

Gordon Moore’s Law will remain in effect for the foreseeable future. Intel Corporation’s new 45nm Penryn microprocessor relies on a new recipe that combines the element Hafnium and metal gate technology to increase performance and significantly reduce eco-unfriendly, wasteful electricity leaks. (more…)

Tags: Moore’s Law, 45nm, Penryn, microprocessor, new recipe, Hafnium, metal gate, eco-unfriendly, wasteful electricity leaks

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.