Intel Corporation announced a new effort with Google that
aims to accelerate Intel’s business in smartphones.
The company also revealed that Intel’s engineers are
working on a new class of platform power management for Ultrabooks that will
aid in the delivery of always-on-always-connected computing.
Intel’s president and CEO, Paul Otellini, made the
announcements during the opening keynote of the Intel Developer Forum in San
Francisco.
Computing is in a constant state of evolution,” said
Otellini, describing the opportunities and challenges facing Intel and the
industry.
The unprecedented demand for computing from the client
devices to the cloud is creating significant opportunity for the industry.
Intel is innovating and working with our partners to deliver computing
experiences that are more mobile, secure and seamless. I’m excited about the
new experiences that will be created across a range of devices, and we’re just
getting started,” Otellini added.
Addressing a major corporate goal of growing Intel’s
business in adjacent computing market segments, Otellini discussed the
company’s recent efforts to accelerate its smartphone business and showcased a
form factor reference design based on Intel Atom processor, and running the
Android platform.
Otellini then introduced Andy Rubin, senior vice president
of Mobile at Google. The two executives outlined plans to enable and optimize
future releases of the Android platform for Intel’s family of low power Atom
processors. The joint effort is designed to speed time-to-market of Intel
technology-based smartphones running the Android platform.
Our collaboration with Google will bring a powerful new
capability to market that helps accelerate industry innovation, adoption and
choice,” said Otellini. I’m excited by the possibilities of this collaboration.
It will enable our customers to bring exciting new products and user
experiences to market that harness the combined potential of Intel architecture
and the Android platform.”
This announcement builds upon the two companies’ recent
joint initiatives to enable Intel architecture on Google products. Joint
initiatives include Chrome OS, Google TV, and the Android Software Development
Kit (SDK) and Native Development Kit (NDK).
Otellini predicted that Ultrabook systems will provide
the most satisfying and complete computing experience. The company is working
with industry partners to deliver mainstream-priced products beginning this
holiday season for this new category of lighter, sleeker compute companions.
Intel’s engineers will further accelerate Ultrabook
innovation with Intel’s Ivy Bridge” 22nm technology early next year with the
help of the company’s revolutionary 3-D Tri-gate transistors.
He highlighted the broad enabling work between Intel and
Microsoft, and pointed to the future opportunities that Windows 8 will present
across tablets, hybrid devices and new form factors such as Ultrabooks.
Otellini also described the new class of platform power
management in development for the 2013 Haswell” products for Ultrabooks. The
advances in silicon technology and platform engineering are expected to reduce
idle platform power by more than 20 times over current designs without
compromising computing performance.
Otellini expects that this design change, combined with
industry collaboration, will lead to more than 10 days of connected standby
battery life by 2013. The advancements will aid in delivery of
always-on-always-connected computing where Ultrabooks stay connected when in
standby mode, keeping the e-mail, social media and digital content up-to-date.
Looking further into the future, Otellini predicted that
platform power innovation will reach levels that are difficult to imagine
today. Intel’s researchers have created a chip that could allow a computer to
power up on a solar cell the size of a postage stamp.
Referred to as a Near Threshold Voltage Core,” this
Intel architecture research chip pushes the limits of transistor technology to
tune power use to extremely low levels.
Otellini was joined on stage by Candace Worley, senior
vice president and general manager, Endpoint Securityat McAfee. She discussed how Intel and McAfee have been working
together on a range of innovative hardware assisted software security
solutions.
The two executives reinforced the growing need for
continued investment and innovation as billions of new computing devices are
expected to connect to the Internet and with one another.
Worley introduced McAfee’s new DeepSAFE technology
platform that works with hardware capabilities found in the Intel Core i3, i5
and i7 processors. DeepSAFE technology provides new levels of security and a
different vantage point by operating below the operating system. This
technology will launch in a McAfee enterprise product later this year.
Otellini announced that Intel is working with McAfee on a
roadmap of security solutions that extend across the spectrum of computing from
embedded devices to the cloud.
With computing continuing to evolve, Otellini emphasized
the need for seamless, consistent and interoperable experiences across a
variety of devices. To help support this vision, Intel is now building
capabilities into a broad array of devices including Ultrabooks and all-in-one
computers. Otellini demonstrated several new capabilities that will be
available on Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba systems later this holiday season.
Intel Capital recently announceda $300 million Ultrabook Fund to help drive innovation in this new category of
devices.
Ultrabook systems will marry the performance and
capabilities of today’s laptops with tablet-like features.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
