Congrats to Ash Cairo, who is the August winner of Android at Play! You might remember my post back in July, which detailed Intel’s sponsorship of the contest. It’s running from July to November this year and there’s a top prize of $25,000, so we’ve already seen some interesting examples of how Intel architecture is [...]
During the keynote at IDF, Michael DeCesare, Co-President of McAfee, came on stage to talk about McAfee’s Social Protection work. This demo was about sharing pictures on Facebook. The problem with putting your images online is that you have no control over them once you have hit ‘share’. Do you ever delete photos you put [...]On day two of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), Renée James, Senior VP and general manager of the Software and Services Group at Intel, spoke of Intel’s vision for transparent computing. As she spoke the words “TRANSPARENT COMPUTING” appeared across the screen to reinforce this new direction. Thankfully she clarified what this means. In brief, [...]Suspense is a very powerful marketing tool, a fact that Apple fans are all too familiar with. Mounting rumours surrounding the launch of Apple’s latest device the iPhone 5 worked well in helping to create the customary buzz we’ve come to associate with high-profile releases. It was interesting then when I spotted an article in [...]Here are some photos from day two of Intel Developer Forum, which is taking place now in San Francisco. They show the media centre (where all the work happens!), the education centre (a paint and glitter covered corner where young people are coding during the conference), the giant chess set delegates can use to unwind, [...]
At IDF yesterday, a Coca Cola vending machine was rolled out centre stage. This was not any Coke vending machine; it was an Intel interactive vending machine. It is powered by an Intel Core i7 processor and is equipped with Wi-Fi, quite a smart vending machine. Intel’s executive VP Dadi Perlmutter decided to purchase a [...]
As David Perlmutter, Executive VP of Intel Architecture Group touched on in his opening keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012, Haswell is the talking point of this conference so far. In 2013 Intel plans on launching the fourth-generation Core processor, codenamed Haswell. Haswell represents the “tock” in Intel’s “tick-tock” development model: “Tocks” represent a redesign [...]
David Perlmutter, Executive VP of Intel Architecture Group kicked off the 15th Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 with the umbrella theme of reinventing computing. Perlmutter said: “This is not the first time we talk about reinventing computing and it won’t be the last time”. Intel’s ambitious vision for the next decade is to create and [...]Intel Developer Forum is taking place this week in San Francisco, and Softtalkblog has a roving reporter there. Here are some pictures that give you a flavour of the event, and what Intel’s plans, strategies and priorities are for the year ahead… Filed under: Event Tagged: IDF 2012