Intel talks up WiMax 2 research

With the current WiMax platform still in the early stages of deployment, a collection of technology companies have begun efforts to find the successor to the high-speed wireless network. Intel said that it would be joining with a group of vendors including Samsung, Motorola, Alverion, Sequans, Beceem, ZTE and GCT on an effort to develop a system to one day replace WiMax. Dubbed WiMax 2, the system would be backwards compatible with traditional WiMax and could achieve peak speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Intel suggested that the standard could help seamlessly transition from WiMax as the wireless broadband platform begins to feel the strain of increased data traffic from increased smartphone and multimedia file transfer traffic. The efforts to develop WiMax 2 come as the first WiMax incarnation looks to make its mark on the wireless broadband sector. Rivaled by the Long Term Evolution (LTE) format, WiMax jockeying for market share in the fight to replace the current 3G wireless broadband system. Last month, US Telco Sprint made headlines with the introduction of the first retail handset built for use on the WiMax network.

Source: www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2261186/intel-talks-wimax-research

Intel Cap invests Rs 105 crore in three Indian companies

Intel Capital, the investment arm of technology giant Intel, announced today an investment of $23 million (around Rs 105 crore) in three Indian technology firms — July Systems, KLG Systel and commodity futures electronic exchange MCX. It did not disclose the individual amounts invested. Intel will fund these investments through its $250-million Intel Capital India Technology Fund, set up in 2005. Including these investments, Intel Cap has invested over 60 per cent of the fund. Intel Capital has invested more than $9.5 billion in over 1,050 companies in 47 countries. The company has been investing in India since 1998. It has invested more than $200 million (over Rs 920 crore) in India (including today’s announcements) across more than 60 companies. The company said it would focus more on new investments in 2010. Unlike 2009, when it chose to concentrate on portfolio firms and made follow-on investment. “Last year, we did see a need to focus on portfolio firms due to the global economic situation and hence our follow-on investment was also high. But, this year, portfolio firms are in a better position. For 2010, we do see a shift towards new investments,” said Arvind Sodhani, President of Intel Capital and Intel’s Executive Vice President. Intel Cap was one of the few venture capital outfits who continued to invest in the downturn as well. For 2009, the VC firm invested $327 million, including $100 million in new investments globally. It made 107 investments worldwide, including 25 new investments and 82 follow-on investments in portfolio companies. Of this, half its dollar investments were made outside the US and Canada. In India, last year, the VC firm closed five deals, of which three were follow-on. In 2008, Intel Cap invested $51 million (Rs 233 crore) in nine companies in India – six of these were new investments, while three were follow-on.

For further: www.business-standard.com/india/news/intel-cap-invests-rs-105-crore-in-three-indian-companies/389792/

Pure play riding high intel

In March, Intel announced it would outsource manufacturing of some Atom processors to TSMC, the world's leading foundry. The move could not have been caused by lack of fab capacity, or by the superiority of TSMC's fabs. Intel has the most advanced fabs in the world, is ahead of every other player in process transitions, and at the moment probably has plenty of capacity. The transition was probably about margins, and definitely about customization. Intel with low-margin products like Atom, the risk of a capacity excess due to swings in demand increases, and this risk is compounded by the massive costs of new fab investments. Moreover, TSMC, used to the hustle-bustle of custom orders for custom players and with lots of SoC experience, could customize silicon more for different players more easily than Intel. Santa Clara is hesitant to produce custom models for even the largest customers; Apple's finagling of special-model Core 2 Duo chips for the iMac was quite a coup, and even now these are open to everyone. Now, more details have emerged, as the Taiwan Economic News reports that TSMC will manufacture not only Moorestown's southbridge, but the Atom-based SoC, as well, during this quarter. With both components of the platform on TSMC's process, and subject to customization, Intel's device-manufacturing partners, which so far include LG and Nokia, will be able to order Langwell-derived southbridges customized for the needs of their devices, on TSMC's 65nm process. Presumably, TSMC's SoC expertise has been useful in enabling this. It's also possible that Intel is trying to allay concerns about single-sourcing from handheld vendors, who can point out the massive number of vendors hawking chips in the competitor ARM family. Putting TSMC in charge of some Atom manufacturing is one way to avoid some of those problems on a contract basis, without the renegacy risk of a licensing agreement similar to the one that gave AMD an x86 franchise.

For further details visit as : http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/07/pure-play-riding-high-as-intel-tsmc-gf-stmicro-make-love.ars

HP has made to its series of laptops

Compaq 515 and the Compaq 610 are the two latest additions HP has made to its series of laptops. As far as their specifications are concerned, both of them are almost similar, the only difference being that 610 has an Intel processor while 515 has AMD. The 14.1 inch HP Compaq 515 is powered by an AMD Athlon X2 processor and is also compatible with the Turion X2 processor. ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics card provides the graphics. The HP Compaq 610 is a 15.6 inch laptop which supports both Intel Core 2 Duo and Celeron Dual Core processors. Further, there is also an Intel’s GMA X3100 integrated chipset on the board. The common features to both these laptop computers include 3GB RAM and up to 250GB of hard drive space, a DVD burner, mono speaker, microphone, Wi-Fi and LAN connectivity, three USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard slot, SD memory card slot and VGA output. For Operating System, there is a choice between Windows Vista Business and the Windows Vista Basic. The HP Compaq 515 and the HP Compaq 610 are priced at $429 (approx. Rs. 29,410) and $449 (approx. Rs. 30,780) respectively.

For further details visit as : http://www.freshnews.in/hp-launches-compaq-515-and-compaq-610-159533

IDC regner med billige Atom-prosesss

IDC regner med at de billige Atom-prosesssorene representerte 25 prosent av Intel totale leveranser av prosessorer for bærbare pc-er i forrige kvartal, men at dette bare utgjorde 8,1 prosent av omsetningen til selskapet innen denne sektoren. Intels andel i det totale CPU-markedet vokste med 1,6 prosent til 78,9 prosent i forrige kvartal. AMD leverte 20,6 prosent av prosessorene, noe som er en nedgang på 1,6 prosent i markedsandelen. Via Technologies er den eneste utfordreren av betydning til de to kjempene og beholdt sin markedsandel på 0,5 prosent. Det er altså først og fremst i markedet for mobile pc-prosessorer at veksten skjer, også for Intel. Selskapet hadde i andre kvartal en markedsandel på 86,9 prosent, en økning på 2,6 prosent siden første kvartal. AMDs markedsandel var på 12,6 prosent i andre kvartal, en nedgang på 2,4 prosent. I markedet for prosessorer til servere og arbeidsstasjoner er økningen til Intel langt mer forsiktig. Selskapet oppnådde en markedsandel på 89.9 prosent, noe som er 0,5 prosent høyere enn det IDC registrerte i første kvartal. Andelene tas fra AMD, som endte opp med en 10,1 prosent markedsandel. I markedet for prosessorer til stasjonære pc-er beholdt både Intel og AMD sine andeler på henholdsvis 70,2 og 29,4 prosent. IDC mener at økningen i prosessorsalget først og fremst skyldes pc-produsentenes behov for å fylle lagrene igjen, ikke økt etterspørsel i sluttbrukermarkedet. Derfor mener analyseselskapet at man ikke kan si at pc-prosessormarkedet er i ferd med å kunne friskmeldes, men at det fortsatt er i en svak tilstand. Shane Rau, forskningsdirektør for halvledere til pc-markedet i IDC, sier i en pressemelding at det bare er den faktisk etterspørselen i pc-markedet som egentlig har noen betydning.

For further details visit as : http://www.digi.no/820005/intel-vinner-i-voksende-prosessormarked

Pure play riding high intel

In March, Intel announced it would outsource manufacturing of some Atom processors to TSMC, the world's leading foundry. The move could not have been caused by lack of fab capacity, or by the superiority of TSMC's fabs. Intel has the most advanced fabs in the world, is ahead of every other player in process transitions, and at the moment probably has plenty of capacity. The transition was probably about margins, and definitely about customization. Intel with low-margin products like Atom, the risk of a capacity excess due to swings in demand increases, and this risk is compounded by the massive costs of new fab investments. Moreover, TSMC, used to the hustle-bustle of custom orders for custom players and with lots of SoC experience, could customize silicon more for different players more easily than Intel. Santa Clara is hesitant to produce custom models for even the largest customers; Apple's finagling of special-model Core 2 Duo chips for the iMac was quite a coup, and even now these are open to everyone. Now, more details have emerged, as the Taiwan Economic News reports that TSMC will manufacture not only Moorestown's southbridge, but the Atom-based SoC, as well, during this quarter. With both components of the platform on TSMC's process, and subject to customization, Intel's device-manufacturing partners, which so far include LG and Nokia, will be able to order Langwell-derived southbridges customized for the needs of their devices, on TSMC's 65nm process. Presumably, TSMC's SoC expertise has been useful in enabling this. It's also possible that Intel is trying to allay concerns about single-sourcing from handheld vendors, who can point out the massive number of vendors hawking chips in the competitor ARM family. Putting TSMC in charge of some Atom manufacturing is one way to avoid some of those problems on a contract basis, without the renegacy risk of a licensing agreement similar to the one that gave AMD an x86 franchise.

For further details visit as : http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/07/pure-play-riding-high-as-intel-tsmc-gf-stmicro-make-love.ars

HP has made to its series of laptops

Compaq 515 and the Compaq 610 are the two latest additions HP has made to its series of laptops. As far as their specifications are concerned, both of them are almost similar, the only difference being that 610 has an Intel processor while 515 has AMD. The 14.1 inch HP Compaq 515 is powered by an AMD Athlon X2 processor and is also compatible with the Turion X2 processor. ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics card provides the graphics. The HP Compaq 610 is a 15.6 inch laptop which supports both Intel Core 2 Duo and Celeron Dual Core processors. Further, there is also an Intel’s GMA X3100 integrated chipset on the board. The common features to both these laptop computers include 3GB RAM and up to 250GB of hard drive space, a DVD burner, mono speaker, microphone, Wi-Fi and LAN connectivity, three USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard slot, SD memory card slot and VGA output. For Operating System, there is a choice between Windows Vista Business and the Windows Vista Basic. The HP Compaq 515 and the HP Compaq 610 are priced at $429 (approx. Rs. 29,410) and $449 (approx. Rs. 30,780) respectively.


For further details visit as : http://www.freshnews.in/hp-launches-compaq-515-and-compaq-610-159533

IDC regner med at de billige

IDC regner med at de billige Atom-prosesssorene representerte 25 prosent av Intel totale leveranser av prosessorer for bærbare pc-er i forrige kvartal, men at dette bare utgjorde 8,1 prosent av omsetningen til selskapet innen denne sektoren. Intels andel i det totale CPU-markedet vokste med 1,6 prosent til 78,9 prosent i forrige kvartal. AMD leverte 20,6 prosent av prosessorene, noe som er en nedgang på 1,6 prosent i markedsandelen. Via Technologies er den eneste utfordreren av betydning til de to kjempene og beholdt sin markedsandel på 0,5 prosent. Det er altså først og fremst i markedet for mobile pc-prosessorer at veksten skjer, også for Intel. Selskapet hadde i andre kvartal en markedsandel på 86,9 prosent, en økning på 2,6 prosent siden første kvartal. AMDs markedsandel var på 12,6 prosent i andre kvartal, en nedgang på 2,4 prosent. I markedet for prosessorer til servere og arbeidsstasjoner er økningen til Intel langt mer forsiktig. Selskapet oppnådde en markedsandel på 89.9 prosent, noe som er 0,5 prosent høyere enn det IDC registrerte i første kvartal. Andelene tas fra AMD, som endte opp med en 10,1 prosent markedsandel. I markedet for prosessorer til stasjonære pc-er beholdt både Intel og AMD sine andeler på henholdsvis 70,2 og 29,4 prosent. IDC mener at økningen i prosessorsalget først og fremst skyldes pc-produsentenes behov for å fylle lagrene igjen, ikke økt etterspørsel i sluttbrukermarkedet. Derfor mener analyseselskapet at man ikke kan si at pc-prosessormarkedet er i ferd med å kunne friskmeldes, men at det fortsatt er i en svak tilstand. Shane Rau, forskningsdirektør for halvledere til pc-markedet i IDC, sier i en pressemelding at det bare er den faktisk etterspørselen i pc-markedet som egentlig har noen betydning.

For further details visit as : http://www.digi.no/820005/intel-vinner-i-voksende-prosessormarked

Reason for laptop runs out of juice so fast

Imagine if automakers got together and started measuring the gas mileage of new cars with a cool test of their own making—one in which the cars were rolling downhill with their engines idling. Suddenly you'd have some pretty amazing claims: Why, that three-ton SUV gets 300 miles per gallon! This subcompact gets 500! In tiny print at the bottom of the window sticker you'd find a disclaimer saying that, well, um, you know, your mileage may vary. Crazy, right? Yet that's more or less what's happening with laptop computers and their battery lives. Right now, I'm looking at a Best Buy flier touting a $599 Dell laptop that gets "up to 5 hours and 40 minutes of battery life." Down in the fine print comes a disclaimer explaining that "battery life will vary" based on a bunch of factors. Translation: you ain't gonna get five hours and 40 minutes, bub. Not ever. Not even close.So how can Dell and Best Buy make that claim? These battery-life numbers are based on a benchmark test called MobileMark 2007 (MM07). The test was created by a consortium called BAPCo (Business Application Performance Corp.), whose members are—you guessed it—computer makers and other tech companies. AMD, the No. 2 maker of microprocessors, is a member of BAPCo, but now has become a whistle-blower. AMD says PC makers know full well that the new tests produce misleading numbers, but they are touting them anyway.

For further details visit at:www.newsweek.com/id/202572?from=rss

Intel Core i7 and AMD Phenom II @ 3.6GHz - Wired2Fire Velocity and Hellspawn XFire PCs

Sales of £1,000-plus base units are usually the harbinger or litmus test for the state of the economy. Boutique builders, specialising in customised, bespoke systems have indeed found it difficult in the current recession, seeing demand drop-off faster than anticipated.

However, quality companies tend to survive the tough times and weather the storm which eliminates much of their competition. Wired2Fire, a system builder based out of Dorking, Surrey, is hoping that its wares stand the test of time, and we took it upon ourselves to look at two pre-overclocked systems featuring AMD's Phenom II and Intel's Core i7 chips, with both clocked in at a tasty 3.6GHz. Enter the Wired2Fire Velocity XFire and Hellspawn XFire, centred around AMD and Intel, respectively. Featuring near-identical components, comparisons should be more interesting than usual. Read on to find out which is better.

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Intel Centrino 2 with vPro Technology

Intel Centrino 2 with vPro Technology

Keep your workforce more secure, managed, and mobile. With security and manageability built right onto the chip, Intel® Centrino 2 with vPro technology provides hardware-assisted remote isolation, diagnostics, and repair, so you can manage your mobile workforce remotely, even if the system's OS is unresponsive.¹ And with exceptional dual-core performance, 5X better wireless performanceΩ and the longest possible battery life.²

Now you can also get notebooks with Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology in astonishingly thin and light packages. As the smallest version of Intel® Centrino® processor technology yet-50 percent smaller-you're most mobile workforce can enjoy the sleekest full-featured and performance packed notebooks³ along with improved energy efficiency and power savings.

For more info intel.com/products/centrino2/vpro/index.htm?iid=notebook_body+resources_vpro

Intel Core 2 Duo Processors

Maximum everything. Energy-efficient performance. Multimedia power.

Intel Core 2 Duo processor

Based on Intel Core microarchitecture, the Intel Core 2 Duo processor family is designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance so you can do more at once without slowing down.

Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processors

With Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor, you'll experience revolutionary performance, unbelievable system responsiveness, and energy-efficiency second to none.

Big, big performance. More energy efficient.¹ Now available in smaller packages. The Intel Core 2 Duo processor-based desktop PC was designed from the ground up for energy efficiency, letting you enjoy higher performing, ultra-quiet, sleek, and low power desktop PC designs.

Multitask with reckless abandon. Do more at the same time, like playing your favorite music, running virus scan in the background, and all while you edit video or pictures. The powerful Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor provides you with the speed you need to perform any and all tasks imaginable.

Love your PC again. Don’t settle for anything less than the very best. Find your perfect desktop powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and get the best processing technology money can buy. Only from Intel.

* Up to 6MB L2 cache
* Up to 1333 MHz front side bus

For more info intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/index.htm?iid=prod_desktopcore+body_core2duo

Intel Core 2 Quad Processors

The ultimate multi-core performance

Introducing Intel Core 2 Quad processor for notebook and desktop PCs, designed to handle massive compute and visualization workloads enabled by powerful multi-core technology. Optimized for the longest possible battery life without compromise to performance, Intel Core 2 Quad processors for notebooks allow you to stay unwired longer while running the most compute-intensive applications.

Providing all the bandwidth you need for next-generation highly-threaded applications, the latest four-core Intel Core 2 Quad processors are built on 45nm Intel Core microarchitecture enabling faster, cooler, and quieter mobile and desktop PC and workstation experiences.

Plus, with optional Intel vPro technology, you have the ability to remotely isolate, diagnose, and repair infected desktop and mobile workstations wirelessly and outside of the firewall, even if the PC is off, or the OS is unresponsive.

For more info intel.com/products/processor/core2quad/index.htm?iid=prod_desktopcore+body_core2quad

Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor

Extreme exhilaration. Extreme enjoyment.

It's gaming, digital photography, or video editing, today's high-impact entertainment demands breakthrough technology. Now with a new version based on Intel's cutting edge 45nm technology utilizing hafnium-infused circuitry to deliver even greater performance and power efficiency.

Your options, multiplied

Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor
When more is better—with four processing cores the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor delivers unrivaled¹ performance for the latest, greatest generation of multi-threaded games and multimedia apps.

Now with a new version based on Intel's cutting edge 45nm technology utilizing hafnium-infused circuitry to deliver even greater performance and power efficiency. The Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9770 running at 3.2 GHz delivers the best possible experience for today's most demanding users.

* 12 MB of total L2 cache
* 1600 MHz front side bus

For more info intel.com/products/processor/core2XE/index.htm?iid=prod_desktopcore+body_core2ex

Intel Core i7 Processor

The best desktop processors on the planet

Brilliantly fast

With faster, intelligent, multi-core technology that applies processing power where it's needed most, new Intel® Core™ i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in PC performance. They are the best desktop processors on the planet.¹

Multitask applications faster and unleash incredible digital media creation. And you'll experience maximum performance for everything you do, thanks to the combination of Intel® Turbo Boost technology² and Intel® Hyper-Threading technology (Intel® HT technology)³, which maximizes performance to match your workload.
Product information

* 2.93 GHz and 2.66 GHz core speed
* 8 processing threads with Intel® HT technology
* 8 MB of Intel® Smart Cache
* 3 Channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory

For more info intel.com/products/processor/corei7/index.htm?iid=prod_desktopcore+body_corei7

Intel Core i7 Processor Extreme Edition

Conquer the world of extreme gaming with the fastest performing processor on the planet: the Intel Core i7 processor Extreme Edition. With faster, intelligent multi-core technology that accelerates performance to match your workload, it delivers an incredible breakthrough in gaming performance.

But performance doesn't stop at gaming. You'll multitask 25 percent faster and unleash incredible digital media creation with up to 79 percent faster video encoding and up to 46 percent faster image rendering, plus incredible performance for photo retouching and editing.¹

In fact, Maximum performance for whatever you do, the combination of Intel® Turbo Boost technology² and Intel® Hyper-Threading technology (Intel® HT technology), which activates full processing power exactly where and when you need it most.
Product information

* 3.20 GHz core speed
* 8 processing threads with Intel® HT technology
* 8 MB of Intel® Smart Cache
* 3 Channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory

For more info .intel.com/products/processor/corei7EE/index.htm?iid=prod_desktopcore+body_corei7ex