Intel IDF 2008 San FranciscoDay Three BriefingsDevelopers get boost for multicore appsAs Intel prepares for multiple cores in every machine, it is bringing new tools to the table for software developers. Pat Gelsinger, Intel's senior vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, said as multiprocessing had historically been synonymous with supercomputing, parallel software has mostly been limited to a narrow set of applications. On the other hand, the vast majority of consumer software has been designed for single-processor environments, he told ZDNet Asia in an interview Wednesday during the Intel Developer Forum (IDF).Intel: Programmable matter takes shapeMobile phones in future could be thumb-sized in pockets, and in practically an instant, be effortlessly transformed into PDA-sized devices to send e-mail. In the final keynote of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer, shed some light on work around programmable matter, as he teased the audience with what Intel believes would apply as technology in the next four decades.Woz urges engineers to follow their heartsIn an on-stage interview with Tech Nation's Moira Gunn here at the Intel Developer Forum, Wozniak talked about a life driven by his passion for the electronics and computing. And passion can be a more important incentive than money, he said. "The rewards are in your head. The reward is invisible. It's what you like to do," said Wozniak, who designed the Apple I computer and its commercially successful successor, the Apple II, largely during his spare time.Goodbye Lithium-ion, hello silver zincEven during the rise of Lithium ion, another battery technology which is safer and longer lasting was already in use by aerospace and military industries. During an interview with Ross Duebar, CEO of ZPower, at IDF 2008 in San Francisco, he made claims that silver zinc cells are the wave of the future. It can last 40 percent longer and, since it's a water-based technology, is a lot safer than Lithium ion with little chance of an explosive encounter. Moreover, the components in a silver zinc battery are recyclable and reusable. |
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ferdiei says...
while the software community is becoming more aware of open platforms such as Linux with gaining popularity & mass acceptance, Intel has now realised that SW giants like Microsoft & the likes no longer holds the future or have highest influence on TECH anymore, which swings the balance from strictly software-driven electronic world enabling force, to a CPU/GPU-driven future, more linked to an increasingly networked world.
Aug 19, 2008 20:16
while the software community is becoming more aware of open platforms such as Linux with gaining popularity & mass acceptance, Intel has now realised that SW giants like Microsoft & the likes no longer holds the future or have highest influence on TECH anymore, which swings the balance from strictly software-driven electronic world enabling force, to a CPU/GPU-driven future, more linked to an increasingly networked world.
Aug 19, 2008 20:16
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