Intel CEO Outlines Company’s Plans to Lead Future of Computing
Yesterday, in his Intel Developer Forum keynote at San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini revealed how advances in silicon technology and platform engineering will reduce idle platform power for the “Haswell” chip in 2013, lowering it by more than 20 times over current technology designs, a development expected to usher in a new class of platform power management for Ultrabooks that will aid in the delivery of always-on-always-connected computing.
“Computing is in a constant state of evolution,” said Otellini, describing the opportunities and challenges facing Intel and the industry. “The unprecedented demand for computing from the client devices to the cloud is creating significant opportunity for the industry. Intel is innovating and working with our partners to deliver computing experiences that are more mobile, secure and seamless. I’m excited about the new experiences that will be created across a range of devices, and we’re just getting started. ”
Otellini also discussed Intel’s recent efforts to accelerate its smartphone business and showcased a form factor reference design based on Intel Atom processor, and running the Android platform.
Joining Otellini on the keynote stage was Andy Rubin, Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google, with the two executives outlining plans to enable and optimize future releases of the Android platform for Intel’s family of low power Intel Atom processors. The joint effort is designed to speed time-to-market of Intel technology-based smartphones running the Android platform.
“Our collaboration with Google will bring a powerful new capability to market that helps accelerate industry innovation, adoption and choice,” said Otellini. “I’m excited by the possibilities of this collaboration. It will enable our customers to bring exciting new products and user experiences to market that harness the combined potential of Intel architecture and the Android platform.”
Tuesday’s announcement builds on the two companies’ recent joint initiatives to enable Intel architecture on Google products. Joint initiatives include Chrome OS, Google TV, and the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and Native Development Kit (NDK).
Pushing the Limits of Low Power for Ultrabooks and Beyond
Otellini also predicted that Intel’s Ultrabook subnotebook systems will provide the most satisfying and complete computing experience available, and affirmed that the company is working with industry partners to deliver mainstream-priced products beginning this coming holiday season for this new category of lighter, sleeker computer companions.
Intel’s CEO affirmed that the company’s engineers will further accelerate Ultrabook innovation with Intel’s “Ivy Bridge” 22nm technology early next year with the help of the company’s revolutionary 3-D Tri-gate transistors, and highlighted the broad enabling work between Intel and Microsoft, pointing to the future opportunities that Windows 8 will present across tablets, hybrid devices and new form factors such as Ultrabooks.
Otellini also described the new class of platform power management in development for the 2013 “Haswell” CPUs for Ultrabooks. The advances in silicon technology and platform engineering are expected to reduce idle platform power by more than 20 times over current designs without compromising computing performance. Otellini said he expects that this design change, combined with industry collaboration, will lead to more than 10 days of connected standby battery life by 2013. The advancements will aid in delivery of always-on-always-connected computing where Ultrabooks stay connected when in standby mode, keeping the e-mail, social media and digital content up-to-date.
Looking even further into the future, Otellini predicted that platform power innovation will reach levels that are difficult to imagine today, noting that Intel’s researchers have created a chip that could allow a computer to power up on a solar cell the size of a postage stamp. Referred to as a “Near Threshold Voltage Core,” this Intel architecture research chip pushes the limits of transistor technology to tune power use to extremely low levels.
Another guest joining Otellini on the stage was Candace Worley, senior vice president and general manager, Endpoint Security at McAfee, who discussed how Intel and McAfee have been working together on a range of innovative hardware assisted software security solutions.
Worley introduced McAfee’s new DeepSAFE technology platform that works with hardware capabilities found in the Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors. DeepSAFE technology provides new levels of security and a different vantage point by operating below the operating system. This technology will launch in a McAfee enterprise product later this year.
Otellini announced that Intel is working with McAfee on a roadmap of security solutions that extend across the spectrum of computing from embedded devices to the cloud.
Seamless, Consistent, Interoperable Experiences
With computing continuing to evolve, Otellini emphasized the need for seamless, consistent and interoperable experiences across a variety of devices. To help support this vision, Intel is now building capabilities into a broad array of devices including Ultrabooks and all-in-one computers. Otellini demonstrated several new capabilities that will be available on Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba systems later this holiday season.
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