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The future won’t know what hit it. INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM – San Francisco, September 22–24, 2009

Technology Insights

Technology Insights, one of our most popular sessions, offers speakers who deliver visionary ideas along with detailed reviews of technology foundations. Take this exclusive opportunity to hear firsthand from Intel Fellows as they reveal important technology insights into the possibilities that lie ahead.

Intelligent and Expandable High-End Intel® Server Platform, Codenamed Nehalem-EX

September 22, 2009

3:00 pm – 3:50 pm
Room 3016

Steve Pawlowski

Steve Pawlowski

Intel Senior Fellow and General Manager of Enterprise Architecture and Planning, CTO, Digital Enterprise Group

The next generation expandable segment server processor, codenamed Nehalem-EX, is critical to today’s enterprise computing. For server consolidation, virtualization, cloud computing, data demanding applications, and other technical computing environments, Nehalem-EX greatly improves scalable performance, memory bandwidth and capacity, flexibility, and provides advanced Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features. At this Technology Insight, Steve Pawlowski provides an in-depth analysis of these technical advancements.

Moorestown: Intel’s Next Generation Platform for MIDs and Smartphones

September 23, 2009

2:05 pm – 2:55 pm
Room 3016

Shreekant (Ticky) Thakkar

Shreekant (Ticky) Thakkar

Intel Fellow and Ultra Mobility Group Chief Platform Architect

Intel’s next generation Mobile Internet Device (MID) and Smartphone platform, codenamed Moorestown, is scheduled for launch by 2010. In this Technology Insight, hear Ticky Thakkar describe how Intel has been able to dramatically reduce platform idle power by up to 50x (compared to typical first generation Intel® Atom™ processor based platforms) and meet the requirements of next generation handheld devices. Ticky will provide an overview of how the various pieces of the platform, including the 45nm system-on-a-chip (SOC), I/O hub, Mixed Signal IC (MSIC), wireless solutions and software, work in concert to deliver an always connected experience. Ticky will discuss the innovative power management techniques that are making it possible for Intel to enable a media-rich user experience and PC-like Internet capability while shrinking the form factor of devices and delivering extended battery life.