Kick off your training at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) by finding the technology tracks most relevant and valuable to your success. You can review the IDF technology track summaries and select the ones most relevant and valuable to your success.
Intel is continuing its unwavering commitment to advancing processor capability, instruction sets, and technologies in order to continue delivering on the promise of Moore’s Law. The 32nm implementation of the current Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, and future instruction set architecture extensions enables the delivery of greater performance and capabilities while also increasing energy efficiency. In this track, attendees hear about the features and capabilities in the 32nm Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Westmere, and get a preview of the microarchitecture following Westmere, Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Sandy Bridge. The track also covers advancements in instruction set extensions, a look under the hood, and software development tools. See sessions within this track.
Are you a hardware or software developer involved in the Mobile Internet Device (MID) or Smartphone category? If so, this is a must-attend track! Come learn about developing for Intel’s next generation MID and Smartphone platform, codenamed Moorestown. Learn how the Moblin Linux* software platform enables a rich, interactive, PC-like Internet experience. Come and interact with Intel architects, engineers and industry experts on designing for the platform, developing for an "always connected" experience, optimizing for rich media and gaming, and enabling platforms for service providers. See sessions within this track.
This track presents innovative technical advancements along with industry standard collaborative efforts to enhance usages on Intel® Desktop Platforms. See sessions within this track.
Getting the best performance and return from your computer system investment requires consideration of energy efficiency in design, procurement, asset power management, and deployment. This track offers an overview of Intels Eco-Technology strategy. Topics include: power and thermal developments, designing for low-power systems, Smart Grid technology, and an energy standards panel. See sessions within this track.
This track offers attendees insights into how system developers and ISVs can use Intel's power-aware products and energy-intelligent technologies to deliver industry leading energy-efficient performance and enable business growth in energy-limited environments. It also looks at thermal and mechanical technologies that enable all segments with innovative form factors from server (SSI Forum) and workstation to client and mobile. See sessions within this track.
Enterprise cloud is characterized by flexible infrastructures with the ability to launch workloads quickly and easily while scaling the workload up or down on demand. This can be done inside the data center, across data centers, or even into a service provider outside a firewall. Intel® technology leadership is driving the emergence of the enterprise cloud with a comprehensive suite of capabilities to ensure efficient data center deployment. Topics covered in this track include: hardware-assisted virtualization technologies, advanced microprocessor technology for outstanding performance, hardware-assisted security technologies, and power instrumentation technologies. Learn about these capabilities and opportunities to deliver new value to enterprise IT customers. See sessions within this track.
Longer battery life is an important vector of mobility. The sessions in this track present solutions for extending battery life through platform power reduction, system power management, compliance with regulatory requirements and standards, and innovations in power sources technologies. See sessions within this track.
This track includes sessions from the Gold Sponsors of IDF. See sessions within this track.
We are on the threshold of the next phase in the evolution of the Internet. At Intel we call this the Embedded Internet, an environment where billions of intelligent embedded devices will connect with larger computing systems, and with each other, to enrich our lives. This track focuses on how new embedded products and technologies from Intel can help you hit the fast-forward button to innovate this new generation of embedded products. See sessions within this track.
This track highlights innovations from our information technology industry and gives you an opportunity to hear about open innovation at Intel. Join the sessions in this track to hear about current and emerging technologies, working and living on the edge. See sessions within this track.
Fabric consolidation onto Ethernet is driving a transformation that will lead to simpler, more efficient data centers. The ubiquity of Ethernet and the ability for multiple traffic types to use the same network fabric results in a simplified network infrastructure, easier management, and standardized deployment on reliable Intel® Ethernet adapters. Advanced Intel technologies focused on I/O virtualization, storage over Ethernet, and high-performance messaging are making this transformation a reality. This track examines the challenges addressed by Intel’s I/O technologies and how these technologies benefit the virtualized data center and high-performance cluster applications. See sessions within this track.
Researchers at Intel Labs are driving innovations that will redefine future technology and how we’ll interact with our electronic devices. Learn what our researchers are doing to create technology that is more intelligent and responsive to our needs, building the foundation for future devices that will interact more naturally with us, and make our lives easier, more enjoyable and more productive. See sessions within this track.
Intel® Software unlocks the full range of capabilities of multi-core processing that can drive your business forward. Intel Software enables you to span multiple platforms and operating systems while minimizing your software development challenges. Intel, working closely with the ISV ecosystem, completes the equation by offering software services. This track provides attendees with a solid understanding of Intel’s current software direction including platform support detailing the latest processor architecture enhancements from a software perspective, O/S and ecosystem enabling, advances in software tools as well as technology efforts, and much more. See sessions within this track.
This track provides a listing of all the sessions on virtualization technologies—defining the future of the virtual data center and providing the industry-leading virtualization innovations for processor, chipset, software and I/O technologies. See sessions within this track.
This is a combined track covering NAND flash memory solid-state drive (SSD) and caching technology as well as main system memory. The NAND flash memory sessions provide insight into specific and unique computing platform applications, using leading-edge NAND silicon technology designs. The main system memory session covers the Intel main memory roadmap and the benefits of using DDR3 for client and enterprise platforms. See sessions within this track.
Successful mobile systems must meet the changing needs of consumers, gamers, and businesses. The sessions in this track present Intel’s vision of future products to address each. We provide details on the latest Intel product developments supporting high-performance mobile systems, netbooks and the new class of ultra-thin laptops. We also share component advancements that enable great designs: system power management, thermal management, wireless communications, and the drive to make everything thinner. See sessions within this track.
The next big growth opportunity in computing is building solutions for affordable Internet-centric portable devices such as Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), netbooks, nettops, in-car infotainment devices, and other embedded devices. The pillars for delivering full Internet and rich media experiences on these devices are: efficient hardware, innovative software, and high-speed Internet connectivity. Intel’s silicon innovation is the Intel® Atom™ processor technology that delivers energy-efficient performance in small form factor packages. To enable the software industry to innovate in this space, Intel initiated Moblin.org, an open source community for sharing technologies, ideas, and code. At the heart of Moblin.org projects is the Moblin Linux* software platform; an optimized, feature-rich integrated software stack comprising an operating system plus plug-ins that enables a full Internet and rich media experience. This track helps you focus your software development strategy to align with Moblin technologies and opportunities. See sessions within this track.
This track provides a listing of the sessions on PCI Express* (PCIe*) technology. These sessions include information on usages, requirements and proposed features for this ubiquitous interconnect architecture, beyond the current PCIe 2.0 specifications. Get an under the hood, comprehensive update on Intel's contributions to the next generation of the PCI Express architecture features and extensions to meet the emerging server and client I/O applications over the next few years. See sessions within this track.
With the digital age in full swing, we are generating and saving more and more digital information, both at work and at home. The Intel Storage track shows you several new storage related technologies and products. Come learn about the next generation Serial Attached SCSI technology (SAS) and forthcoming processors based on Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, ideally suited for enterprise and small business storage. This track also focuses on the new Intel® Atom™ processor, a spectacular solution for home and consumer storage products. Join us for informative ideas on designing for the storage trends of the future. See sessions within this track.
Learn about the next generation of Intel® architecture based system-on-a-chip (SOC) designed for a range of consumer electronics market segments, from Blu-ray Disc* players to cable set-top-boxes. See what Intel is doing to bring Internet services to the TV to give consumers more choices and control of their TV experience. See sessions within this track.
Cloud Computing is an emerging trend which is driving many changes in large Internet portal and Web 2.0 service provider operations and management. In the public cloud computing data center, architectures can seamlessly and dynamically scale, and resources are pooled, allowing users to pay only for what they need when they need it. The companies providing these massive scale outs, also known as "Hyperscale service providers, are differentiated by their size — tens of thousands of servers — the foundation of which is Intel technology. Intel is driving Hyperscale initiatives to address unique processor, technology, platform, software, and data center requirements for these service providers. In this track, attendees hear about the optimized technologies that are enabling the public cloud: energy-efficient platform alternatives, process/cycle migration, encryption and security protocols, containerization and isolation in the cloud, new form factors, virtualization integration, and simplified management technologies for data centers. See sessions within this track.
This track includes the special sessions at IDF including Intel Fellows: Live and Uncensored, Technology Insights, Industry Insights and other special sessions. See sessions within this track.
This track provides the latest in the SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) technology. The sessions include topics on the usage of the advanced power management features, USB 3.0 device design guidelines, how to participate and gain access to the Peripheral Interoperability Lab (PIL) for early validation testing and Peripheral Developer Kit (PDK) availability, ECN/Errata updates on USB 3.0, and an update on USB 3.0 Software and Industry enabling. The sessions include demonstrations of early prototypes designed to the USB 3.0 specification. See sessions within this track.
This track demonstrates how Intel technologies combine to accelerate end user innovation and scale performance forward as new generations of solutions become available. Key technology discussions include: Software Tools, PCI Express* 3.0 Technology, Intel® Cluster Ready, 10 GB Ethernet, High Performance Computing /Workstation Architectures, and Mission Critical Computing. See sessions within this track.
Get the latest technical information on the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) industry standard specification updates and future direction. Learn how industry leaders are building on the Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for UEFI open foundation and developing innovative firmware solutions beyond BIOS. See sessions within this track.
The importance of visual computing applications continues to grow and as a result, developers must ensure that their software is optimized to take full advantage of the hardware on which it runs. This track provides application developers updates on the tools and technologies to help ensure that their visual applications can be optimized on Intel platforms to enhance the end user experience. The track includes sessions on future architecture, tools to balance and optimize workloads, enhancement of media applications, and other future visual computing technologies. Both desktop and mobile usages as well as product demonstrations are included. See sessions within this track.
This track covers Intel’s business client technologies, both desktop and mobile. Come learn how Intel® vPro™ technology addresses not only the manageability and security issues facing businesses today but how it can positively impact your company’s bottom line. This track will feature the capabilities of Intel® Virtualization Technology, Intel® Active Management Technology and Intel® Core™2 Duo processors in a business computing context. Intel® vPro™ technology significantly advances business client capabilities and, quite simply, offers security and manageability like never before. See sessions within this track.
