Intel was founded in 1968 by Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore. Strategically, it is closely allied with Microsoft because the Windows 3.x and 95 operating systems are designed for x86 microprocessors. The popularity of Windows creates a demand for Intel or Intel-compatible microprocessors. Many people refer to this alliance as Wintel (short for Windows-Intel).
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Intel 17-2-09
The world's largest manufacturer of computer chips. Although it has been challenged in recent years by newcomers AMD and Cyrix, Intel still dominates the market for PC microprocessors. Nearly all PCs are based on Intel's x86 architecture.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Intel kills off IDF Taipei
Intel kills off IDF Taipei
Gives IDF Beijing a haircut
Posted in PCs & Chips, 9th February 2009 20:26 GMT
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If you have booked you travel and hotel accommodations for the upcoming Intel Developer Forum shindigs in Taipei, Taiwan, and Beijing, China, you are going to have to make some changes to your itinerary. These events have been crushed by the economic downturn.
Intel has put up a small notice on the IDF site explaining that IDF Beijing is being cut in half, and IDF Taipei is now gone. "Given the current economic circumstances and business pressures the industry is facing globally, IDF Beijing 2009 is being reformatted to a one-day event," the note said.
"IDF Beijing will feature keynotes, technical sessions and technology showcase all tailored for the Chinese market."
The Beijing event was to be held April 8 and 9 of this year, and the Taipei event was to be held November 16 and 17. The flagship IDF event is still on, of course, and will be held from September 22 through 24 in San Francisco, California.
These three events were put on the Intel corporate calendar for 2009 - and presumably given budget funds - on November 20, so you can see how quickly economic conditions have deteriorated and how much Intel wants to cut costs.
In mid-January, Intel reported sales doFriday, February 13, 2009
AMD Phenom Processor
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Intel Faster
The Ultimate Performance Platform
Ultra-Scalable Sun Fire x4450/Intel 7460/GigaSpaces XAP Platform - Benchmark Results Posted on February 11th, 2009 Filed under: Benchmarks, Business Drivers, Engineering Resources, Technology, Trading
Shay Hassidim, Deputy CTO of GigaSpaces, writes on the company’s blog that for the last few weeks they ran a joint project with Sun and Intel — A Scale-Up Benchmark on Sun Fire X4450 multi core servers using Intel Xeon 7460 processors (4 CPUs with six cores each) with GigaSpaces XAP middleware. The benchmark focused on application scalability and latency and tested the platform with mission critical applications in different scenarios, including web-based transactions and credit risk calculations. The results showed that the combined platform provides very scalable behavior with very low, deterministic latency for highly concurrent applications.
More about the GigaSpaces XAP Benchmarks and the results are here.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Linux Graphics Drivers from Intel
News
2009-1-15:xf86-video-intel 2.6.0 released, with DRI2, XvMC for Mpeg2 on i965, HDMI audio support, better TV image quality, basic SDVO LVDS support, together with Intel 2008Q4 graphics package released.2008-10-20:xf86-video-intel 2.5.0 released, with GEM memory manager and kernel mode setting support, EXA performance improvement, LVDS detection improvement, GM45/G4X freeze fixed, together with Intel 2008Q3 graphics package.
2008-10-3:Intel Integrated Graphics Device OpRegion Specification RPM released.
2008-7-23:xf86-video-intel 2.4.0 released, with new Intel 4 series chipset support, improved 965 exa render performance, integrated HDMI support, and SDVO HDMI support.
2008-4-22:xf86-video-intel 2.3.0 released, with XvMC-i915 and panel-fitting merged.
2007-11-16:xf86-video-intel 2.2.0 released, EXA replaces XAA as the default acceleration method.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Intel 40004
The 4004, the world's first microprocessor, is signed with the initials F.F., for Federico Faggin, its designer. Signing the chip was a spontaneous gesture of proud authorship. It was also an original idea, imitated after him by others. Faggin initially etched the F.F. inside the design. Later he moved them to its border, like the autograph on a work of art. The signature is a particularly poignant testimony because, at the time of its birth, the first microprocessor, far from being considered a milestone by Intel's management, represented a diversion from the mainline business of the company which was memory chips.
The birth of the 4004 was an intense moment witnessed by Faggin alone, working into the night in the deserted Intel labs. He had received the 4004 wafers from the manufacturing line at around 6 PM, in January 1971, as people were leaving for the day. With hands trembling and heart pounding he loaded the wafers in the wafer prober and connected it to the tester. A sigh of relief raised from his chest, above the humming of the instruments, as he observed electrical activity in the device. As the testing progressed, the tension was gradually transforming into elation as all the critical functions showed to be operating properly. At around 3 AM, exhausted and ecstatic, Faggin left the lab. At home his wife, Elvia, was waiting for the news. "It works"! he announced, and they shared the happiness in this moment of triumph.
The birth of the 4004 was an intense moment witnessed by Faggin alone, working into the night in the deserted Intel labs. He had received the 4004 wafers from the manufacturing line at around 6 PM, in January 1971, as people were leaving for the day. With hands trembling and heart pounding he loaded the wafers in the wafer prober and connected it to the tester. A sigh of relief raised from his chest, above the humming of the instruments, as he observed electrical activity in the device. As the testing progressed, the tension was gradually transforming into elation as all the critical functions showed to be operating properly. At around 3 AM, exhausted and ecstatic, Faggin left the lab. At home his wife, Elvia, was waiting for the news. "It works"! he announced, and they shared the happiness in this moment of triumph.
Monday, February 9, 2009
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ntel® Chipset Device Software is the new name for the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility; this name will be seen when running the installation package.
The Intel® Chipset Device Software installs the Windows* INF files. The INF files inform the operating system how to properly configure the chipset for specific functionality, such as AGP, USB, Core PCI, and ISAPNP services.
Note: This version of the utility no longer contains support for chipsets using an I/O controller hub older than the Intel® 82801EB controller hub (ICH5).
Note: This version of the utility no longer contains support for Microsoft Windows* Millennium Edition and Windows* 98SE.
**Important**
The Intel Chipset Device Software provides _functionality_ for AGP and USB, _not_ AGP or USB drivers. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS UTILITY IF YOUR DEVICE MANUFACTURER IS RECOMMENDING IT TO CORRECT AN "AGP DRIVER," "AGP GART," OR "USB DRIVER" ISSUE; IT WILL NOT CORRECT YOUR ISSUE.
The Intel® Chipset Device Software installs the Windows* INF files. The INF files inform the operating system how to properly configure the chipset for specific functionality, such as AGP, USB, Core PCI, and ISAPNP services.
Note: This version of the utility no longer contains support for chipsets using an I/O controller hub older than the Intel® 82801EB controller hub (ICH5).
Note: This version of the utility no longer contains support for Microsoft Windows* Millennium Edition and Windows* 98SE.
**Important**
The Intel Chipset Device Software provides _functionality_ for AGP and USB, _not_ AGP or USB drivers. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS UTILITY IF YOUR DEVICE MANUFACTURER IS RECOMMENDING IT TO CORRECT AN "AGP DRIVER," "AGP GART," OR "USB DRIVER" ISSUE; IT WILL NOT CORRECT YOUR ISSUE.
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