http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:17:36 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/25344/Intel_s_x86_Android_Smartphone_Tablet_Plans_Exposed/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25344/Intel_s_x86_Android_Smartphone_Tablet_Plans_Exposed/ "Last week, Intel announced that it had added x86 optimizations to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, but the text of the announcement and included quotes were vague and a bit contradictory given the open nature of Android development. After discussing the topic with Intel we've compiled a laundry list of the company's work in Gingerbread and ICS thus far, and offered a few of our own thoughts on what to expect in 2012 as far as x86-powered smartphones and tablets are concerned." Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:44:39 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Intel 5 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News fran http://www.osnews.com/story/25337/Intel_Plans_for_Exascale_Computing/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25337/Intel_Plans_for_Exascale_Computing/ Intel is drumming up support for its latest 50-core Knights Corner and Xeon E5 server chips, which are key elements in the company's plans to scale performance while reducing power consumption moving toward an exascale supercomputer by 2018. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:54:53 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Intel 13 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News rohan_p http://www.osnews.com/story/25332/Intel_4004_the_First_CPU_Turns_40/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25332/Intel_4004_the_First_CPU_Turns_40/ You may not realise it, but today one of the most important pieces of technology celebrates its 40th birthday. In November 15, 1971, a company called Intel released its Intel 4004 processor - the first single-chip microprocessor, and one of the most important milestones in computer history. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:32:12 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Intel 21 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25172/Intel_s_RISC-y_Business/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25172/Intel_s_RISC-y_Business/ With the Xeon 7600 line, Intel is finally using the 'R' word: RISC. It's targeting the mission-critical market dominated by Sun SPARC and IBM Power with the new chips, a first. Can the Xeon E7 processor deliver Intel's final blow to the RISC market, which includes its own Itanium? Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:51:41 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Intel 33 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News estherschindler http://www.osnews.com/story/24753/Intel_Says_Medfield_Smartphone_Coming_Early_Next_Year/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24753/Intel_Says_Medfield_Smartphone_Coming_Early_Next_Year/ Intel has showed a prototype smartphone based on its low-power Medfield processor and said Intel-based phones from "major players" would be in the market next year. Intel has struggled to get its chips into smartphones and tablets, markets that are dominated today by processor designs from Intel's U.K. rival ARM Holdings. Wed, 18 May 2011 03:11:39 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Intel 17 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News http://www.osnews.com/story/24695/Intel_Unveils_3D_Transistor_New_Line_of_Processors/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24695/Intel_Unveils_3D_Transistor_New_Line_of_Processors/ Intel has just announced its new line of processors, called Ivy Bridge, which uses a new type of transistor to reach the 22nm production process as well as maintain Moore's Law. They call it the 3D transistor, and in all honesty, this stuff goes way over my head. Even the incredibly cheesy n00b-video from Intel doesn't really make any lightbulbs appear in my head. So... Wed, 04 May 2011 21:12:56 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Intel 24 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News SReilly http://www.osnews.com/story/24659/Intel_CEO_Confirms_Honeycomb-on-x86_Port/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24659/Intel_CEO_Confirms_Honeycomb-on-x86_Port/ "Intel has confirmed that it has received the Android 3.0 Honeycomb code from Google, and that it is 'actively' working on porting the tablet-centric platform to run on x86 chips like its Atom processors." Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:05:14 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Intel 18 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News fran http://www.osnews.com/story/24630/Intel_Sets_up_MeeGo_Research_Center/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24630/Intel_Sets_up_MeeGo_Research_Center/ Intel is establishing a joint innovation center with Tencent, one of China's largest Internet firms, to develop products and services around the chip maker's MeeGo mobile operating system and devices using its Atom processors. The new partnership could help Intel to promote MeeGo in China, along with its Atom-based microprocessors. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:36:52 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Intel 13 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News http://www.osnews.com/story/24467/Intel_Announces_a_BIOS_Implementation_Test_Suite/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24467/Intel_Announces_a_BIOS_Implementation_Test_Suite/ "Intel is pleased to announce the BIOS Implementation Test Suite, a bootable pre-OS environment for testing BIOSes and in particular their initialization of Intel processors, hardware, and technologies. BITS can verify your BIOS against many Intel recommendations. In addition, BITS includes Intel's official reference code as provided to BIOS, which you can use to override your BIOS's hardware initialization with a known-good configuration, and then boot an OS." Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:51:24 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Intel 29 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News Gregory http://www.osnews.com/story/24458/Intel_Apple_Unveil_Thunderbolt_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24458/Intel_Apple_Unveil_Thunderbolt_/ Apple has just updated its line of MacBook Pros. Usually, this isn't anything to get particularly excited about, but this time around, they've got a genuine treat: Thunderbolt. Apple is the first to use this new connection technology, developed at Intel and believed to be the copper version of Lightpeak. It's pretty impressive. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:49:28 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Intel 59 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News http://www.osnews.com/story/24431/Intel_Sees_Future_For_MeeGo_Mobile_System_After_Nokia/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24431/Intel_Sees_Future_For_MeeGo_Mobile_System_After_Nokia/ "Intel Corp. said the MeeGo mobile operating system developed with Nokia has a future even after the Finnish handset maker's decision to use Microsoft Corp.'s software in some devices.[..]Meego will be used in tablets this year, the CEO said. It will also be used in mobile phones and in embedded devices in the automotive industry , he said." Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:54:20 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Intel 11 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News fran http://www.osnews.com/story/24411/Intel_s_Medfield_Smartphone_Chip_Now_in_Production/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24411/Intel_s_Medfield_Smartphone_Chip_Now_in_Production/ Intel says its Medfield chip, designed for low-end smartphones, is in production and will ship later this year. Tablets using Intel's Oak Trail chips will ship this year, before Medfield will appear in products. According to Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, Medfield will have the fastest processor on the market, the same standby time as chips from competitors and the longest active power use time of any chip. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:05:15 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Intel 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News anonymous http://www.osnews.com/story/24353/Intel_Discovers_Bug_in_6-Series_Chipset/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24353/Intel_Discovers_Bug_in_6-Series_Chipset/ "Intel just announced that it has identified a bug in the 6-series chipset, specifically in its SATA controller. Intel states that 'In some cases, the Serial-ATA ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives'. The fix requires new hardware, which means you will have to exchange your motherboard for a new one. Intel hasn't posted any instructions on how the recall will be handled other than to contact Intel via its support page or contact the manufacturer of your hardware directly." Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:41:57 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Intel 4 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News gogothebee http://www.osnews.com/story/24346/Microsoft_Asks_Intel_for_a_16-core_Atom_Server_Chip/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24346/Microsoft_Asks_Intel_for_a_16-core_Atom_Server_Chip/ "The Intel Atom processor line is associated with low power usage in devices such as a netbook or nettop computer. The emphasis is definitely not on performance, it's on pushing up battery life on a device with a small display and mid-range graphics requirements while still managing a decent desktop experience. Microsoft thinks Atom can do more, though, and wants to use it in servers. With that in mind it is calling on Intel to up the cores in an Atom chip to 16, and deploying it as a low power server chip solution." Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:15:54 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Intel 20 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News sawboss http://www.osnews.com/story/24328/Intel_Developing_Security_Game-Changer_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24328/Intel_Developing_Security_Game-Changer_/ "Intel's chief technology officer says the chip maker is developing a technology that will be a security game changer. Justin Rattner told Computerworld on Tuesday that scientists at Intel are working on security technology that will stop all zero-day attacks." Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:35:49 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Intel 9 http://www.osnews.com/topics/25 News fran