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IDF Shanghai 2008: Atom-Enabled Devices To Debut

Jason Lopez — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:00:23 +0000

A new processor for the ultra-mobile market is Intel’s latest move to revolutionize mobility computing, from UMPCs to mobile Internet devices and even notebooks and desktops (er, “netbooks” and “net-tops”). While Atom (née Silverthorne) received its brand-new brand name recently, the family of tiny processors, which relies on 45nm technology just like the Penryn line of Core 2 Duo processors, will debut in devices on display at IDF in Shanghai in early April.

It’s no secret that China has come a long way in a short time — from being a country known for manufacturing cheap products for export to being, potentially, the next great IT superpower. National Science Board figures show that in 1994 there were only seven U.S. companies doing research in China. Ten years later, that number had risen to more than 500. Gartner analysts James Popkin and Partha Iyengar wrote, in their 2007 book I.T. and the East, that the world “will witness the birth of a real IT superpower if government restrictions are loosened and the Chinese instinctive talent for entrepreneurialism continues to be encouraged.”

It’s against this backdrop that the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, April 2 and 3, 2008, takes on extra significance. China now supplies the talent, within the country, to conduct advanced research in chip design. At this year’s IDF in Shanghai, Intel will provide an update on new technologies and features that enable devices with better performance, less power, more mobility, and lower cost.

If you’re not attending the event in person, be sure to follow online at Intel’s IDF pages and check in here for more video podcast coverage.

Tags: new processor, ultra-mobile, Intel, mobility computing, UMPC, mobile Internet devices, notebooks, desktops, netbooks, net-tops, Atom, 45nm technology, Penryn, Core 2 Duo, IDF, National Science Board, James Popkin, Partha Iyengar, I.T. and the East, Intel Developer Forum

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

Live from IDF: WiMAX and the Future Wireless Broadband Internet

Catherine Girardeau — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:00:35 +0000

Keynotes from two Intel executives — David (Dadi) Perlmutter and Anand Chandrasekher — kicked off Day 2 at Intel’s Fall IDF in San Francisco. First up, Dadi Perlmutter, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Mobility Group. He covered the latest trends in mobile computing, touching on the key elements for mobility — performance, battery life, form factor and wireless communications. Mobile WiMAX will play a big role in wireless networking connectivity, as he explains in this keynote podcast.

In other news, Intel will launch Santa Rosa Refresh in January 2008. It’s an update to Intel Centrino processor technology that includes the next-gen 45nm high-k mobile processor (codenamed Penryn).

Perlmutter also showed the next generation Montevina processor technology that is set to roll out in mid-2008, which includes the Penryn mobile processor and the next-generation chipset with DDR3 memory support. This is notable for being Intel’s first Centrino processor for notebooks to offer the option of integrated Wi-Fi, WiMAX wireless technologies for greater wireless broadband access.

Anand Chandrasekher, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group, discussed the personal mobile Internet, and Intel’s “silicon roadmap” that will deliver radical reductions in power requirements and package sizes. He also announced a range of leading industry players working with Intel to establish the MID and ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) categories. In a talk entitled, “Unleashing the Internet Experience,” he also covered the upcoming Intel Menlow platform (including a new processor, codenamed Silverthorne - lots of detail can be found on John Spooner’s blog), and the Intel “Moorestown” platform — System on Chip plus a Communications Hub.

The talk also amounted to a check-in after last April’s announcement at IDF Beijing of the MID Innovation alliance with Asus, BenQ, Compal, Elektrobit, HTC, Inventec and Quanta. Chandrasekher was able to show working prototypes from many of the partner companies, emphasizing the significant progress that’s been made over the past six months.

Also announced were strategic collaborations for MID and UMPC efforts — a step forward for Intel’s “Full Internet in Your Pocket” vision.

And the keynote included what Intel billed as the “world’s first demonstration of Adobe AIR Application on Intel Menlow-based platform” — designed to extend the reach of rich Internet applications.

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Tags: David (Dadi) Perlmutter, Anand Chandrasekher, Fall IDF, Dadi, mobile computing, WiMAX, networking connectivity, Santa Rosa Refresh, 45nm, mobile processor, Penryn, Montevina processor, Anand Chandrasekher, Ultra Mobility, ultra-mobile PC, UMPC, Intel Menlow, Silverthorne, Moorestown, System on Chip, MID Innovation, Full Internet in Your Pocket

IDF Beijing: Where Does Wireless Go From Here?

Catherine Girardeau — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:00:53 +0000

In this keynote from Day 2 of the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, David (Dadi) Perlmutter and [tag]Anand Chandrasekher, Senior VP and General Manager of the Ultra Mobility Group, discussed the latest trends in mobile computing, and rolled out Intel’s strategy around Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs). Chandrasekher made a number of ecosystem announcements to demonstrate momentum in these categories, including the formation of the Mobile Internet Device Innovation Alliance (MID Innovation Alliance). And Intel announced its intent to pursue Linux as an OS alternative for Mobile Internet Devices.

Tags: Intel Developer Forum, Beijing, Perlmutter and [tag]Anand Chandrasekher, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel, Mobile Internet Devices, MID, Ultra-Mobile PC, UMPC, Linux

UMPC and Yahoo! Go

Michael Johnson — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:37:15 +0000

Marco Boerries, Yahoo!’s senior vice president of connected life, chats with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about Yahoo! Go and the company’s vision of the UMPC category.

Click here for transcript.

Tags: Marco Boerries, UMPC

UMPC Goes Auto

Jason Lopez — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:42:21 +0000

Intel says its Ultra Mobile PC is designed to give users full PC capability in places where a laptop is too big or clunky. How about in a car? A project with Volkswagen looks fairly promising. It would provide three users with access to three screens installed in the front dash, and on the backs of the front seats. The system is still in concept mode. One tip: don’t tell an engineer his car is “pimped out.” Jason Lopez talks with Dan Monihan, from Intel’s Ultra Mobile Group; Parag Jain, - senior project engineer for the connectivity and computing electronic research laboratory at Volkswagen of America; and Damien Stolarz - chief technology officer of MP3Car.com, the developer of the StreetDeck car PC software.

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Tags: Dan Monihan, Parag Jain, Damien Stolarz, IntelMobility

The Ultra Mobile PC, in Action at IDF

editor — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:14:13 +0000

Liliana Rojas works in the Ultra Mobile PC Group at Intel. At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this past week, she spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about some of the cool applications of the UMPC to take the Internet everywhere you go, specially inside of the car.

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini Presents the UMPC VW at IDF

editor — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:11:00 +0000

At the recent Intel Developer Forum, Intel CEO Paul Otellini takes a virtual test drive in a Volkswagen kitted out with Intel’s UMPC. A map to a nearby coffee shop, a complete music collection and movies for the back seats (complete with infrared headsets so everyone in the car doesn’t have to hear whatever might be on those TVs) are all run through the UMPC along with broadband Internet access.

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Tags: Paul Otellini, UMPC, IntelMobility

Liliana Rojas on Ultra Mobile PC at IDF San Francisco

Michael Johnson — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:11:40 +0000

Liliana Rojas works in the Ultra Mobile PC Group at Intel. At the IDF in San Francisco this past week, she spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about some of the applications intended to aid a seamless flow of information access from notebook to car (and more).

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Tags: Liliana Rojas, Ultra Mobile PC, Intel, IntelMobility

Intel Mobility Experts Discuss Ultra Mobile PC Technology

Rio Pesino — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:04:59 +0000

Ultra Mobile PCs were on display today at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, CA. Intel’s Pankaj Sinha and Rochelle Whelan met with PodTech’s Rio Pesino to discuss how the technology compares to PCs and laptops, as well as the challenges UMPC’s currently face in the marketplace.

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Tags: Ultra Mobile PC, Intel Developer Forum, Pankaj Sinha, Rochelle Whelan, IntelMobility