Intel Donley

At Computex 2007, Intel showed off a new concept PC called Donley. The Donley display swivels 360 degrees to unveil the keyboard and a 5 inch touchscreen.

Engadget reports on plan by Intel to give its Santa Rosa mobile platform a high definition upgrade.

Intel's Flexible Displays

Chip giant, Intel sees bendable cellphones, GPS navigators and PDAs in their future. The company has filed patents reflecting the concept, the displays will be made up of two flexible sheets and magnetically controlled pixels.

Fujitsu has announced 3 new notebooks featuring Intel's brand new chipset. The "Santa Rosa" chipset according to Intel was developed for laptops and offers an FSB of 800Mhz (Core 2 Duo).

The FMV-BIBLO NX (pictured) features a 15.4 inches monitor with a resolution of 1440x900, Core 2 Duo T7200, 400 GB HDD, A/B/G Wifi, 1GB of RAM, and a Blu-Ray burner

The FMV-BIBLO NF features a 15.4 inches monitor with WXGA resolution, Core 2 Duo T5500, 120 GB HDD, A/B/G Wifi, 1GB of RAM and DVD DL Burner.

The FMV-BIBLO MG features a 13.4 inches screen (XGA) and Bluetooth.

Intel's New Mobile PCs will skip Microsoft's Vista in favor of Linux . Called a Mobile Internet Device , or MID, the devices will have screen sizes from 4.5 to six inches with a target audience described as "consumers and prosumers."

MID can be used for "staying in touch", entertainment, information and location-based services. Intel’s presentation specifically cites Google Maps and Web-based "office and enterprise applications" . Connectivity will be provided through Wi-Fi and support for wide-area coverage via 3G HSDPA.

The Register is reporting that Apple had more chip options than previously reported.

A chip start-up that created a high performance, low power processor compatible with existing Mac software had been working closely with the computer company for many months

Apple was looking for a new chip supplier largely because it was struggling to find a decent part for its key laptop line. IBM could not deliver the right performance per watt characteristics needed for slim, powerful kit and was struggling to produce chips as efficiently as Apple would like.

PA Semi - a maker of low-power Power processors - formed a tight relationship with Apple - one meant to result in it delivering chips for Apple's notebook line and possibly desktops. The two companies shared software engineering work, trying to see how Apple's applications could be ported onto PA Semi's silicon. When word leaked out that Apple had signed on with Intel, it shocked the PA Semi staff, according to multiple sources.

"PA Semi was counting on that deal," said one source. "They had lots of guys walking around in a daze when Apple went to Intel. They had no idea that would actually happen."

March 31, Intel chip maker unveiled an initiative to help deliver PCs to people in developing nations, who might not be able to afford the types of desktops and notebooks that are popular today in markets such as the United States.

The initiative, dubbed Discover the PC, will emphasizes things like cost, size and power efficiency, yet still deliver PCs capable of running familiar applications and accessing the Internet, Intel said in a statement.

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HP today introduced two notebook series, the HP Compaq 9400 Notebook PC series and HP Compaq 6300 Notebook PC series featuring the latest Intel® Core™ Duo processor technology, which enables users to simultaneously run multiple applications to work more efficiently. Integrated mobile broadband connectivity in select models allows access to corporate networks, email and the Internet without being tied to a wireless hotspot.

Intel is showing off the dual core Xeon Sossaman processors in Japan

The Sossamans are blade runners, Impress.co.Jp has pictures and some text relating to the CPUs and the motherboard.

The motherboard in question is the Supermicro X6DLP-4GT, which uses the E7520 chipset. via

Sony VAIO type F TV and type S Series Notebooks

Sony, Japan has announced the elease of 2 new PC's based on the Intel Duo Core.

The SZ series r will come with a 945GM Express or GeForce Go 7400 graphics card and a 13.3" WXGA screen that uses LED's on the high end models. the casing is made out of Carbon Black or Premium Carbon. The CPU's range from a T2300 (1.66GHz) to a T2600 (2.16GHz).

The F TV series, aimed for TV use with their 15.4" screens. The F will get a new Mpeg card for the video part, and will have at least a T2300 at 1.66Ghz, a 160GB HDD, a DL burner and a 945GX Xpress graphics card that offers a 1280x800 resolution.

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Nokia, Motorola, Intel form alliance for mobile TV

Nokia has teamed up with Intel Corp., Motorola, Texas Instruments and Modeo, owned by Crown Castle International Corp, to promote the DVB-H technology standard for mobile TV.

DVB-H stands for Digital Video Broadcasting: Handhelds

DVB-H is a terrestial digital TV standard that allows the receiving device to move freely while receiving the transmission, thus making it ideal for mobile phones and haldheld computers to receive digital TV broadcasting over the digiTV network (without using mobile phone networks at all).

The tie-up, called the Mobile DTV Alliance, aims to encourage open standards for TV broadcasts to mobiles, focusing on the North American market.

The Mobile DTV Alliance said more than 10 DVB-H network trials are under way or have been completed, including in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Britain and the United States.

Nokia, Motorola, Intel form alliance for mobile TV - Reuters

Micro-Star International (MSI) today launched the S262, its first notebook based on Intel’s new Centrino Duo mobile technology, featuring a carbon-fiber cover and a 12.1-inch widescreen LCD display.

With Intel’s Napa platform, the MSI S262 supports 65nm dual-core Yonah processors, the 945GM chipset series and the Intel PRO/ Wireless 3945 a/b/g network solution. The Napa-based model also provides tri-band 802.11a/b/g wireless connectivity, enabling users to use the Internet wherever they are.

In addition, the S262 series delivers Dolby surround sound capability and has a DVD burner, offering up to 8.5GB in storage capacity.

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AMD yesterday, unveiled its vision to apply the power and flexibility of the PC to enable enhanced digital entertainment experiences on all the screens in peoples’ lives. AKA AMD unvieled their Intel Viiv Clone..

As part of this vision, AMD plans to extend the professional AMD LIVE! brand to full-featured consumer multimedia desktop and notebook PCs expected to be delivered in mid-2006. True to AMD’s customer-centric approach, AMD LIVE! is meant for innovative, complementary, industry-friendly solutions that enhance the consumer electronics and broadcast devices already accepted and used by consumers today. AMD LIVE! experiences should offer users the ability to seamlessly connect, store, distribute, access and enjoy digital media content in multiple rooms throughout their home and even take it with them to enjoy on the go, virtually anytime, anywhere.

As part of re-branding strategy, chip maker Intel Corp. is launching a new corporate and brand identity that will include a re-worked company logo, a change in the ubiquitous "Intel Inside" stickers, and a shift from the Pentium name for its micro-processors.

Intel's image change, to coincide with next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is part of an effort by new Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini to push Intel into home entertainment. The company, whose processors run more than 80 percent of personal computers, is trying to gain a foothold in the consumer market to counter slowing growth in PC chips.

``Intel has been struggling to find a way out of PCs for the last six or seven years,'' said Eric Ross, an analyst at ThinkEquity Partners in New York, who rates the stock ``buy'' and doesn't own it reports Bloomberg. ``I never dreamed they'd drop `Intel Inside.' Their marketing has been exceptionally successful.''

The change in Intel's brand is the first step in a $2.5 billion marketing campaign, BusinessWeek reported earlier.

Intel also plans to introduce a new chip, which will be called ``Core,'' to complement its Centrino laptop and Viiv home entertainment components.

Samuel B Jones, chief investment officer at Trillium Asset Management, a leading Intel shareholder, said: “I understand why Intel would want people to understand that their focus is not just on PCs, but why abandon the existing branding? They have huge recognition globally and I’m not sure they need to go this far.”

Intel and Toray Ultrasuede (America) have unveiled 'fashionable' concept laptop PCs.

The laptops feature ultra micro-fibre Ultrasuede fabric integrated directly into the casing of Intel Centrino mobile technology-based laptop PCs, changing not only the look but also the feel of the system writes Bios. Intel Centrino mobile technology trims weight off a traditional laptop PC and provides wireless communications features with better battery life, while the unique Ultrasuede design should appeal to consumers' sense of style.

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As part of its forthcoming Intel Viiv technology PC platform, Intel Corporation is enabling a broad choice of on-demand, Internet-delivered digital entertainment along with several options for how families view, manage and share content - options that range from a "10-foot" living room TV viewing experience in the home to laptops or handheld devices for on the go.

Intel today said it is working with a wide variety of movie, music, television, gaming and photo editing companies worldwide and announced that more than 40 are already testing and verifying services and software applications to meet this objective.

Chip giant, Intel, announced the delay in volume production of a new Itanium processor for network servers because of problems with the quality of the product.

The server chip, which is being developed under the code name Montecito, was scheduled for release in early 2006, the company said, but will now be shipped in "mid-2006." Intel would not provide details reports New York Times

In other news AMD has a huge part last night.

Chip Giant Intel today launched its first server processors that place multiple microprocessors on a single piece of silicon today reports New York Times.

The new dual-core Xeon chips for two-processor servers promise up to a 50 percent improvement over systems with two single-core processors, said Shannon Poulin, director of product marketing at Intel's Server Platform Group.

New York Times writes the announcement months ahead of schedule shows "Intel stepping up its efforts to compete head-to-head with Advanced Micro Devices, which introduced its first dual-core server chip in the spring."

"We are very committed to enabling the industry for dual- and multi-core, and that's why we were taking a very measured approach to getting these out there and putting them in platforms," Poulin said.

The new Xeons cost $1,043 each when bought in volume.

Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor maker, won its first order for a new mobile-phone processor in a contract to sell chips for Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices reports Bloomberg

The next version of the BlackBerry, a combination mobile phone and e-mail pager, will use the processor, codenamed Hermon, Intel said in a statement today. Hermon is a baseband processor, the key chip that runs the basic functions of phones.

Chip Giant Intel will provide the Dorrington software (makes it easier to share data in a home network) for OEM bundling with Napa notebook machines writes the Inquirer. This move will let people browse Intel's Viiv content directory service, stream personal content from it, and download info to the laptop.

Intel will also launch its notebook processors EM64T in 2006, although it hasn't yet decided what clock speeds the dual core Merom 65 nanometre processor will clock at. Merom will also support VT, EIST and the anti-viral XD bit.

Engadget has a cool round up of the upcoming chips from chip Giant Intel Corp. The company touted many of the new chips at the recent IDF event in San Francisco.

As reported here earlier this week, Intel plans to increase Chip Performance While Reducing Power Consumption. All new chips will contain at least two computing engines on a single chip.

Chip Giant, Intel Corp. said it will begin shipping three new computer chips in the second half of next year, for laptops, desktop PC's and corporate servers. All new chips will contain at least two computing engines on a single chip, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini told an audience of chip designers at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco reports Market Watch

Intel expects that shipments of "dual-core" chips will outpace that of other chips by late 2006, Otellini said.

"You're going to see Intel combine its R&D innovation, manufacturing and technology leadership with energy-efficient micro-architectures and powerful multicore processors to deliver unique platforms best tailored to individual needs," Otellini said. "We will deliver 'factor of 10' breakthroughs to a variety of platforms that can reduce energy consumption tenfold or bring 10 times the performance of today's products. At the same time, Intel innovation will continue to deliver unique digital enterprise, home, office and mobile features, such as greater manageability, security and virtualization, along with an increasing capability to manage and view digital content."

Alienware's 2U Hivemind 2525 is a new rack server touted to offer a powerful server solution for the ever-expanding needs of today's business environment. The 2U Hivemind 2525 rack server comes loaded with dual Intel Xeon processors for the ultimate in performance and stability. Xeon processors enable more data to be processed in less time by featuring an 800MHz front side bus and increased clock speeds. With Intel Hyper-Threading technology, the Hivemind 2525 enhances your productivity by allowing multiple tasks to be run simultaneously and increasing performance on multithreaded application

Processor
Intel Xeon 2.8GHz Processor, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB

Memory
512MB (2X256) ECC DDR SDRAM

Storage
Up to six hot swap bays
for up to 2.4 TB storage

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Jonathan Douglas, a principal engineer in Intel's Digital Enterprise Group speaking at the Hot Chips said Intel's first dual-core chip was rushed out in hopes of beating rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to the punch.

Following the company's realization that its single-core processors were over, Intel engineers started designing the Smithfield dual-core chip in 2004 writes PC WORLD

At the time, AMD had already started work on a dual-core version of its Opteron server processor, which it subsequently demonstrated in September of that year. AMD unveiled its dual-core Opteron chip in April, a few days after Intel launched Smithfield. AMD has since released dual-core desktop chips.

Douglas said, without mentioning AMD by name. "We needed a competitive response. We were behind," he said.

With development ahead of schedule, Intel Corporation today announced it is accelerating the availability of dual-core, hyper-threaded Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processors and Intel Xeon processors MP. The new processors will help improve server responsiveness, speed and multi-tasking by allowing software to manage information from up to four "brains" per Intel processor. In addition, Intel has begun a broad evaluation program of thousands of dual-core platforms for software developers and enterprise customers.

Monday, Chip Giant, Intel Corp, announced plans to introduce the dual-core Xeon MP, codenamed "Paxville," in 2005 aiming it at servers with four or more processors inside the computer, the launch was originally slated for 2006. The Paxville DP is designed to use the E7520 peripheral logic chipset, Intel said. Paxville DP is to be followed by a broader family of dual-core Intel Xeon processor-based platforms in the first quarter of 2006, codenamed "Bensley" for servers and "Glidewell" for workstations, Intel said.
Both 64-bit Paxville and Paxville DP processors are designed to utilize hyperthreading technology, allowing a dual-core processor to run four threads simultaneously.

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Chip giant, Intel Corp. is set to unveil a huge change in the underlying technology of its computer chips, one that emphasizes power efficiency and multitasking as much as raw speed reports Reuters

Details of the new chip designs -- along with information about Intel's shift -- are planned for the company's Developer Forum in San Francisco at the end of August.

The chips, codenamed Conroe for desktops, Merom for notebooks and Woodcrest for servers, should be available in the middle of 2006.