Getting Energy Smart Using Today's Technology

posted by Ken Kaplan on February 26, 2009

I got to attend the final afternoon of the CleanTech event in San Francisco this week. I got to meet professionals investing in eco-smart technologies and services, and talked with people interested in influencing better behaviors, like the blog TreeHugger.

I videotaped the keynote by Intel’s Sean Maloney, who talked about finding useful, energy efficient solutions using today’s technologies — like compute power from the latest Core i7 — and common software services available to people through the Internet.

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Innovative Women: Renee James

posted by Kiesha Cochrane on February 26, 2009

Renee James is the VP and General Manager of Intel's Software and Services Group. As a 20+ year Intel veteran, hear what James has to say about women and social networking as well as getting women back into the workplace. 

Learn more about Renee and how she got where she is today here:

 

Innovative Women: Patty Murray

posted by Kiesha Cochrane on February 26, 2009

To celebrate Women's History Month, we're bringing you stories about the great female minds inside of Intel's walls.

Nineteen year Intel veteran  Murray runs the Human Resources department shares her advice about how to succeed as a woman in the workplace as well as insight into the world of Intel and technology.

 

What's Next in the World of Filmmaking?

posted by Ken Kaplan on February 26, 2009

The Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA kicks off this week — February 25 through March 8, 2009.

TRANSFORM is this year’s theme, and you can see some of the movie trailers on The Cinequest YouTube channel.

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Remember the Internet of '96?

posted by Becky Emmett on February 26, 2009

1996 was the year I got my first cell phone.  Back then, you could have never accused me of being an early tech adopter.  An article by Farhad Manjoo of Slate.com yesterday really brought back some memories for me and therefore thought I'd share here.  Do you remember the Internet you likely paid for in hour-by-hour increments?  Or the sound of the dial up modem and how long it took for each page to load?.  Forget video or algorithmic search engines, they didn't exist.  Manjoo captures the who era so well here.

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Interview with Digital Artist about his Core i7

posted by Annie Frost on February 26, 2009

I've had the pleasure of meeting Mike Landry through my work at Intel.  He's a Digital Content Creator/ Movie Maker out of San Francisco.  He's created two works for Intel: Cubicle and Wall Crawl.  The second video was created on a Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition based desktop, Intel's most extreme processor available at this time.  We were able to bring Mike to Intel and interview him about his experiences with his new system...  I hope you enjoy this little clip:

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Who Are The Most Innovative Companies?

posted by Bill Kircos on February 25, 2009

Fast Company has just published their ranking of the most innovative companies. Well, #1 is actually not a company (you'll see), but you get the drift.

What do you think of the list? Intel is #6. I'm biased. That's too low. I mean, who else is playing 'human tetris,' creating a robotic arm that puts your coffee cup into a dishwasher and is thinking about a way to use the energy from a wireless network to actually re-energize, or charge, your laptop? ;)

 

A Classmate for Fun and Learning

posted by Ken Kaplan on February 24, 2009

In my Google Alerts the other day, I found one of those serendipitous gems that made the geek dad in me smile.

G4TV did a fun and funny segment on the Intel Classmate PC, the nifty little netbook-like computer designed for young students.

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I've been 'smacked over' by Intel's latest Extreme Hardware!

posted by Todd Christ on February 23, 2009

This past weekend I was able to upgrade my home PC with the latest in Intel hardware - wow I love this stuff!

Motherboard: Intel DX58SO (Smackover) - cool demo Processor: Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Processor (3.2GHz) SSD: Intel X25-M (80GB) Solid State Drive (SSD)

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WIY Contest Winners have been notified

posted by Annie Frost on February 20, 2009

This judges have completed their scorecards and the 3 winners of the What's Inside You Contest have all been notified. Because there is a qualification process (as outlined in the Rules of the Contest), the winners will not be broadly announced until March 2, 2009.

Thank you all who contributed entries to the Contest. Personally, I really enjoyed seeing the amazing projects that were created using a variety of Intel processors. And while the Contest is over, we're always welcoming new stories to our Collection. Share yours today!

 

Why I'm upgrading to an Intel Core i7 based computer...

posted by Todd Christ on February 19, 2009

From my previous blog, many of you now know that I’m into PC gaming - but that’s just a glimpse of what I use my PC for. The modern PC is a “media engine”.

I’m upgrading my PC at home to the latest in Intel’s processor, motherboard, and storage architectures - and here’s why…

The Internet brings information at a near instant rate, and those of you with high-speed internet access can relate. But it’s not fast enough… well, not for me at least. I consider myself to be a PC multi-tasker at heart. Just looking at my PC, I have over 70+ processes running just after boot up - is that a lot? Well, that’s a relative statement… but for many who like to ‘streamline’ their systems, that’s a lot of overhead. And I hate to wait for data…

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Inventor's Day Series: What Innovation Means to a Social Scientist

posted by Alison Wesley on February 13, 2009

Intel Researcher Eric Dishman shares his take on the role of innovation for social scientists. He is an ethnographer who has helped Intel create new digital health technologies.

 

Inventor's Day Series: Mario Paniccia Discusses Silicon Photonics

posted by Alison Wesley on February 13, 2009

Mario Paniccia is Intel’s silicon photonics “guru,” and he’s here to talk about the how’s and why’s and what’s of silicon photonics. Forget about electricity, we could be using fiber and lasers as the backbone of our computing, providing faster capabilities over longer distances for data-intensive computing applications like remote medicine, lifelike 3-D virtual worlds or even the ability to download libraries of movies and music in mere seconds.

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Inventor's Day Series: Intel Fellow Kelin Kuhn -- A 45nm saga

posted by Alison Wesley on February 11, 2009

As I said in my blog yesterday, Feb. 11 is National Inventor's Day. In honor of this celebration, Fellow Kelin Kuhn is sharing her thoughts on what it takes to be an inventor.

Kelin is an Intel Fellow and director of Advanced Device Technology. In her role as the 45nm device group leader, she was deeply involved in helping to deliver one of Intel's biggest leaps in processor technology in decades. Intel reinvented the hundreds of millions of tiny transistors at the heart of the Intel® Core™ mircoarchitecture with its revolutionary Hafnium-infused Intel 45 nanometer-sized Hi-k metal gate transistor technology.

This formula improves processor performance and reduces leakage. Through this invention, Intel was able to continue to deliver on Moore's Law, enabling consumers and business users to enjoy smaller, more powerful and energy-efficient laptops and PCs, and servers whose power consumption doesn't break IT budgets.

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Showcasing MIDS at Mobile World Congress

posted by Michael Brito on February 11, 2009

Intel will be showcasing a breadth of MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) in its booth at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 16 - 19. The range of devices on display will demonstrate how Intel is helping to unleash the Internet across multiple devices and form factors. Meet Rama as she talks about the MIDs on display at the show. She works in marketing for Intel and also contributes to the Inside Scoop!

 

If you are attending the show, be sure to stop by the booth to say hi!  I won't be there, unfortunately, but my esteemed colleagues will be sure to treat you kindly.

 

WIY Contest Timeline

posted by Annie Frost on February 11, 2009

The judges are in deliberation this week for the WIY Contest. Our original intent was to notify the Top 3 this week - and we are running a little behind schedule. Be patient! The notifications should be sent out early next week. Once notification occurs, there is a period during which the winners must work with Intel (actually an agency working on our behalf) to select prizes, sign some forms, etc... Please refer to the Rules for more details.

March 2 is still the date for when the Winners will be publicly announced! Best luck to everyone!

 

National Inventor's Day: Take a Peak Behind Intel's "Magic Curtain"

posted by Alison Wesley on February 10, 2009

In honor of National Inventor's Day (Feb. 11), I want to congratulate and recognize the accomplishments of inventors - past and present - who aim to find new, creative solutions to problems and unearth novel ways to improve the way we live.  

Working at Intel, I am lucky to be a part of a history marked by world-changing innovations - from Robert Noyce's invention of the first integrated circuit 50 years ago to the famous formula "Moore's Law" named after Gordon Moore. Intel inventors have shaped the technology industry, helped make today's computing and communications era possible and dramatically influenced the way we all live, work and play.

Our company continues to follow the advice of Intel co-founder Robert Noyce who would counsel his employees to "go off and do something wonderful."  With a look behind the Intel "magic curtain," a series of Intel inventors this week will be offering their thoughts on the topic of innovation and providing insight into how advances in chip technology are paving the way for many new applications. 

Share your thoughts on innovation and advice for today's and tomorrow's inventors.

 

What Does 32nm Really Mean?

posted by Ken Kaplan on February 10, 2009

Today, I got to video record Intel’s first public demonstration of test laptops and desktop PCs running processors built with Intel’s next generation 32 nanometer circuitry manufacturing technology.

I’ll get the presentation video into our Manufacturing video channel soon.

Today’s presentation was dense with technical detail and a product roadmaps filled with code names for future chips that would begin production before the end of the 2009.

Business journalists in the audience asked about what was different, and how would Intel be in a better position because it’s shrinking its process technology even smaller than the 45 nanometer (45nm) transistors used in today’s cutting edge computer chips. The technical journalists and bloggers dug into the gritty details of new design features, why new 32 nanometer (32nm) chips would first be built for consumer desktop PCs rather than server computers for business, and what kinds of performance improvements would we likely see from the new, smaller transistors.

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Investment, Nanometers and Hafnium 2 - Big, Tiny and Phat

posted by Bill Kircos on February 10, 2009

Warning - biased post here, what else is new. This morning in Washington DC, Intel announced planned US factory investments to the tune of about $7 billion over the next couple of years. The investment will build some of the most state of the art factories in the world that make the chips and brains that run most of your computers.

We also updated our plans for future new chips via a press conference later in the day in San Francisco. Since the design and projected volume of a future chip code-named Westmere (that will be built in these new factories) is trending so well, we may not need to bring certain other planned products to market that are based on 'older' manufacturing technology.

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Digital Drag Race User Battle: Joe Mason talks!

posted by Michael Brito on February 10, 2009

We launched Digital Drag Race over three months ago; and just when I thought things were winding down; here comes more user battles and this one was beyond awesome. Before we get into the interview with the winner Joe Mason, check out the video and you will see why he prevailed.

 

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Intel powers the ultimate shopping experience

posted by Michael Brito on February 09, 2009

This is a re-post of an article written on Intel's intranet. The article was written by Jenny Yoder.

Imagine stopping by a home improvement store to pick out new floor tile. After you settle on a tile color, you can view a list of the supplies you'll need to install it--grout in all the available colors, tile cleaners--on a nearby self-service kiosk, gather your items, then exit through the self-service check out.

While some buyers prefer to work with a sales associate and talk through all their choices, other shoppers, such as Gen Y buyers, are more tech savvy and self-sufficient.

In today's economic environment, it is even more critical for retailers to compete for each consumer dollar by providing shopping experiences matched to each buyer's unique preferences. Retailers will also compete by utilizing digital signage that changes on the fly to provide advertisements targeted to each demographic.

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4 reasons why Netbooks are good for the industry

posted by Michael Brito on February 05, 2009

There has been a lot of conversation that netbooks are cannibalizing notebook sales; and I can understand why. I really don't know which side of the fence I sit on but I ran across this post from Mike Elgan, Columnist at Computer World who argues that overall, netbooks are good for the market. In his words:

• The economic meltdown. People aren't buying anything nowadays. Car sales are down.
• Luxury goods of all types are in the toilet. Desktop PCs are particularly vulnerable because most people already own functioning systems, and consider upgrading simply for better performance to be a needless and costly luxury. A long-running trend from desktops to notebooks. As notebooks have increased in power and declined in price over the past decade, their relative sales have risen compared with desktops.
• Windows 7. Microsoft has been far more vocal about Windows 7, and many people are waiting for it now.
• A lack of innovation generally. Desktop PCs are the least innovative areas of consumer technology. For the average user, literally nothing compelling has happened in the desktop PC space since flat-screen LCDs. One WIRED blog suggests that netbooks are "killing PC innovation." I think the opposite is true. I think PC vendors aren't innovating, and that's contributing to the general public apathy toward PCs.

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My Intru3d Experience: Video

posted by Michael Brito on February 03, 2009

Seriously, and I am not saying this just because I work for Intel either. But my experience watching the Monsters vs Aliens trailer was quite awesome indeed. Perhaps it was because I was watching it on a gargantuan of a television; a 52 inch Sony Plasma. Check the video and you will see what I am talking about (watch it in high quality):

If my experience really sucked, I would be the first to let you know - trust me.  

 

PC Gaming is about your online community experience!

posted by Todd Christ on February 02, 2009

Long before blogs were around, PC games have developed their own 'community' and for those of you who enjoy PC gaming - you can relate to this experience! Either way, please follow along... but first - a little history of my gaming and community background.

I started my PC gaming experience way back in the early '80s - using an old Apple ][+ with 48k of RAM, and I still remember my parents freaking out when I started upgrading by pulling chips and installing joysticks, adding a memory board (woo-hoo up to 64k!), and writing some BASIC programs making all sorts of noises and graphics on the computer.

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What do beer and WiMax have in common?

posted by Michael Brito on February 02, 2009

Well, nothing really unless you are drinking a cold one and surfing the Internet using a WiMax connection somewhere in Baltimore or Portland. Really though, you have to check out this funny ad by Clear; a WiMax service provider that illustrates the differences between Wifi connectivity and the super fast WiMax network! Enjoy.

 

 

My Hotspot is Following Me Around

posted by Jeremy Schultz on February 01, 2009

Greetings, dear readers! I'm a software developer turned writer/reporter/social media disciple and I write news stories on Intel's intranet. My friends in marketing hooked me up with this featherlight Lenovo ThinkPad X301—with built-in WiMax connectivity—to give WiMax a shot and share my adventures.

I'm writing from Hillsboro, Oregon, a few miles from Portland and I'm hooked up to the Clear WiMax network just launched widely a couple weeks ago.

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Did You Catch the 3D Super Bowl Commercials?

posted by Kari Aakre on February 01, 2009

Like many people, one of main reasons I watch the Super Bowl every year is to see all of the great commercials. So I was particularly excited about Super Bowl XLIII today to see the much anticipated commercials in 3D.

More than 125 million pairs of Intel 3D glasses were made available for free at 25,000 different SoBe Lifewater retail displays in grocery, drug and other retail stores throughout January.

Hopefully you were able to grab one of the more than 125 million pairs of Intel 3D glasses made available for free at various SoBe Lifewater displays in retail stores to check out the 3D commercial for DreamWorks' "Monsters vs. Aliens".

 

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