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For the 12th year in a row, Intel was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), the distinguished global indexes that track the economic, environmental and social performance of leading companies. Gordon Moore instilled a legacy of sustainability and consciousness at Intel that continues today so the company takes great pride in its inclusion in the DJSI. Learn more on why Intel cares so much about this designation.





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Already hitting the books and back into the swing of things at school? But is your technology keeping up with you in the classroom? Intel takes you Back to School this year, and shows off the latest systems powered by the Intel® Core™ family of processors. Whether you’re a parent looking to give your middle-school student a leg up in all subjects, or a college junior looking for an updated system to tote around campus, Intel has something for you.

 


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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Otellini described how the spread of smarter, Internet-connected devices presents engineering challenges and opportunities for the industry.
• Intel is extending its chip design, manufacturing techniques and software expertise to offer more complete hardware and software platforms and related services for new market segments.
• Innovative technologies and concepts demonstrate Intel’s leading computing architecture delivering a consistent, interoperable Internet experience across a range of devices.
• Smart TV-enabling products to become available this Fall from D-Link*, Google*, Logitech*, Sony* and Telecom Italia*.

 


 

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2010 – Intel Corporation’s CEO Paul Otellini today highlighted several trends and technologies that have created a “new marketplace for pervasive computing” that poses engineering challenges that are also opportunities for the high-tech industry.
These trends include the proliferation of billions of smarter, Internet-connected devices that include PCs, phones and cars; and how individuals want to seamlessly move between devices to connect with friends, get information and be entertained. Otellini said people “will choose the device that provides the best experience for any given intended use and that no one device will win.”

 

Intel is positioning itself to advance – and benefit from – this transformation in the computing marketplace. The company is extending its chip design, manufacturing techniques and software expertise to offer more complete hardware and software platforms and related services that deliver energy-efficient performance, security and Internet connectivity across a large, dynamic range of devices. The company is developing products that span high performance PCs and servers to a broad range of other “smart” devices that currently or soon will connect to the Internet.

 

“Computing has become an indispensible part of our daily lives,” Otellini said in a tone-setting speech to open the company’s semi-annual Intel Developer Forum. “Our vision is to create a continuum of personal computing experiences that provides consistency and interoperability across all Internet-connected devices in the home, car, office or in your pocket.

 

“At the heart of this continuum will sit Intel technology that will make devices smarter, more powerful and more useful,” he added. “We’re changing how we develop and deliver solutions so we can deliver on this vision.”

 

Intel has made limited investments beyond the PC in recent years. However, it has made nearly $10 billion in acquisitions over the last year – starting with Wind River – to help the company extend its capabilities. Otellini said Intel’s recently announced, planned acquisitions of Infineon’s* Wireless Solutions Business and McAfee Inc.* will enhance the company’s ability to deliver products that offer a choice of wireless connections, and more effectively counter the increasingly sophisticated security attacks happening on a broad range of Internet-connected devices. The planned purchase of Texas Instruments’* cable modem business will add to Intel’s ability to deliver Internet services to consumer electronics devices.

Intel’s CEO also described how the benefits of Moore’s Law and Intel’s leading-edge transistor technology are being applied to different computing segments for increasingly capable and energy-efficient processors. The company’s unique High-k metal gate transistor technology enables 10 times less power leakage from generation to generation while continuing to improve performance.

 

“There’s tremendous innovation happening for PCs today,” Otellini said, citing several examples including the upcoming 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family, Intel® Wireless Display technology, and manageability technology for business PCs. “I’m excited about Intel’s prospects for bringing its rich history of computing expertise to other markets.”

 

The Intel® Core™ processor, Intel® Atom™ processor and Intel software tools are playing a role transforming data centers, the Internet “cloud” and other areas that are being transformed by the proliferation of smarter, Internet-connected devices. Otellini highlighted Intel’s progress in these areas. He also demonstrated several technologies that showed Intel’s leading computing architecture delivering a consistent and interoperable Internet experience across multiple devices.

 

“We’re excited by how the TV industry is making a transition from having just a few Internet-based services to a truly integrated Internet experience,” Otellini said. “We call this new category smart TV, and products are beginning to take off around the world.”

 

Otellini showed two smart TV-enabling products powered by the Intel® Atom™ processor CE4100 and Google* TV that will come out this Fall. The Sony Internet TV and the Logitech Revue* add-in box seamlessly combine access to the Internet with the TV viewing experience through the combination of Intel processors and the Google TV Android* platform. D-Link*, Telecom Italia* and several other companies are also expected to launch Intel® Atom™ processor CE4100-based devices soon.

 

Intel’s success in the embedded processor area is continuing with design wins for Intel Core and Intel Atom processors in more than 30 market segments that include cars, home energy management and digital signage. There currently are more than 3,800 embedded customer engagements for the Intel® Atom™ processor.

More information about the technologies demonstrated in the speech is available at www.intel.com/newsroom/idf.

 


About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.

 

Intel, the Intel logo, Core and Atom are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

 

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.





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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Intel detailed several new and improved features for its upcoming 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family for laptops and PCs. This will be Intel's latest processor, with a rich visual experience built-in.
• Expected to be in production later this year with new laptops and PCs available starting in early 2011.
• Chips will further expand Intel's battery life and performance leadership.
• First public demonstrations of Intel's next-generation Xeon™ server platforms, for both dual and multi-processing servers.

 


 

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2010 - Intel Corporation revealed today several significant design features for the company's 2011 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family at the Intel Developer Forum. The new and enhanced features will further extend Intel's chip performance and battery life leadership, and add a number of visually related features built right into the chips.

 

Codenamed "Sandy Bridge," the chips will be based on Intel's first new "visibly smart" microarchitecture produced on the company's cutting-edge manufacturing factories, or "fabs," at 32-nanometer (nm is a billionth of a meter) process technology with second- generation high-k metal gate transistors.

 

"The way people and businesses are using computers is evolving at an explosive rate, fueling demand for an even more powerful and visually appealing experience," said Dadi Perlmutter, executive vice president and general manager of the Intel Architecture Group. "Our upcoming 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family represents the biggest advance in computing performance and capabilities over any previous generation. In addition to offering these features inside Intel-based laptops, we plan to scale these advances across our server data center and embedded computing product portfolio."

 

The processor family will include a new "ring" architecture that allows the built-in processor graphics engine to share resources such as cache, or a memory reservoir, with the processor's core to increase a device's computing and graphics performance while maintaining energy efficiency.

 

The 2nd Generation Intel Core processor also includes an enhanced version of Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. This feature automatically shifts or reallocates processor cores and processor graphics resources to accelerate performance, tailoring a workload to give users an immediate performance boost when needed.

 

Laptops and PCs powered by the 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family are expected to be available early next year.

 

 

New Visual Experience - Visibly Smart

Intel's new processor graphics delivers enhanced visual features focused on the areas where most users are computing today:  HD video, 3-D, mainstream gaming, multi-tasking and online socializing and multimedia.

 

To obtain and view video faster, Perlmutter demonstrated hardware accelerated video editing using the architecture's dedicated silicon for media processing, which allows users to quickly convert video to other formats.

 

The 2011 chips also come with Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). AVX delivers improved performance, rich functionality and the ability to better manage, rearrange and sort data. A new 256-bit instruction set accelerates floating point intensive applications such as digital photo editing and content creation.

 

Intel also demonstrated a dual processor, next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor server running Vidyo* video conferencing software that utilizes the 32 threads available on the system, and takes advantage of the AES New Instructions set (AESNI). Next-generation Xeon™ processors for 2 socket servers and workstations run 8 cores and 16 threads per processor and are on schedule for production in the second half of 2011.

 

For more information on the Intel Developer Forum 2010, visit the press kit at www.intel.com/newsroom/idf

 


About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.

 

Intel, the Intel logo, Atom and Core are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

 

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.





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Softex has introduced SecureDrive, which works with Intel Core vPro processors to manage the growing number of self-encrypting hard drives in PCs, a rapidly growing alternative to software-based encryption. For those at Intel IDF 2010, take Softex SecureDrive for a spin in booth # 675 in the Intel® vPro™ Technology Community.





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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Four new Intel Capital investments total approximately $30 million.
• Investments include cleantech, cloud computing and semiconductor manufacturing sectors.
• Intel Capital continues its commitment to fostering technological innovation in America.

 


 

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 14, 2010 – Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization, today continued its strong commitment to fostering entrepreneurship in the United States with the announcement of four investments totaling over $30 million.

 

The deals include Moab® unified automation intelligence technology provider Adaptive Computing; analog IC physical design software developer Ciranova; cloud computing infrastructure and services provider Joyent; and energy software and services provider Nexant.

 

“A culture of investment is essential to keeping the U.S. on the leading edge of technology innovation and stimulating economic activity,” said Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital and Intel executive vice president. “The investments in Adaptive Computing, Ciranova, Joyent and Nexant are the latest examples of Intel Capital’s commitment to advance the next technological breakthroughs by supporting innovation across a variety of sectors from chip design to cleantech to the cloud.”

 

Details on the new investments follow:
Adaptive Computing (Provo, Utah) provides intelligent automation software for high- performance computing (HPC), data center and cloud environments. Adaptive Computing’s solutions, powered by Moab, deliver intelligent governance that allows customers to optimally consolidate and virtualize resources, allocate and manage applications, improve service levels, and reduce operational costs. Adaptive Computing products manage the world’s largest computing installations and are the preferred intelligent automation solutions for the leading global cloud, HPC and data center vendors. Intel Capital’s investment will be used to expand Adaptive Computing's global cloud computing business.

 

Ciranova’s (Santa Clara, Calif.) electronic design software helps engineers implement “mixed analog-digital” integrated circuits in advanced semiconductor processes. The company’s products are used by semiconductor companies developing large-scale system-on-chip (SoC) ICs for consumer and communications devices such as mobile internet, broadband access, and high definition multimedia; they enable engineers to quickly integrate premium functions such as WiFi, Bluetooth and WiMAX into their chips. Intel Capital’s investment will be used primarily to expand the company’s sales and customer support operations.

 

Since 2004, Joyent, Inc. (Sausalito, Calif.) has provided infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS), delivering billions of page views each month for thousands of customers worldwide. Serving a network of service providers and thousands of customers with its Smart Technologies, Joyent is the only company that runs a major public cloud infrastructure, builds the technologies that power that infrastructure, and uses those technologies to enable multiple third-party public, private and hybrid clouds. Intel Capital’s investment will enable Joyent to expand international operations and invest in open-source Node.JS and other technologies in the company’s core PaaS cloud offering. This is Intel Capital’s second investment in the company.

 

Nexant, Inc. (San Francisco) provides intelligent grid software and clean energy solutions that advance electric power grid and alternative energy technologies and services. Nexant solutions span the entire energy value chain – from production to consumption. The company’s energy software and services are used by Fortune 500 companies, utilities, transmission and distribution system operators, chemical and petroleum majors, financial institutions, government agencies and development banks. With the ever-increasing energy consumed in data centers worldwide, Intel Capital’s investment will be used to expand Nexant’s software and services presence in IT and data center efficiency.

 

The funding for all four investments comes from the $200 million Intel Capital Invest in America Technology Fund. Announced in February, the fund invests in U.S.-based growth-oriented industries to foster sustained economic development and to anchor the nation's competitiveness on the global stage. It is part of a $3.5 billion initiative led by Intel and supported by many leading venture capital firms and corporations to support U.S. technology investment and to increase the hiring of recent college graduates.

 


About Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet, semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$9.5 billion in over 1,050 companies in 47 countries. In that timeframe, 175 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 241 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2009, Intel Capital invested US$327 million in 107 investments with approximately 50 percent of funds invested outside the United States and Canada. For more information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit www.intelcapital.com.

 

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

 

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.





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