IDF September '06 Bulletin
 

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition supports Quad Core
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6815

One of the key differences between XP Home Edition and XP Pro was that XP home wouldn't have scalable processor support - of course at the time this wasn't a concern, but now with us being on the dawn of Quad core this may well raise a question.



Day Zero: Intel's Corporate Technology Group
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6814

Day Zero of the Intel Developer Forum - the warm up day, if you will - kicked off Monday with Abel Weinrib giving a presentation on the Corporate Technology Group, of which he is Vice President and Director. This group is about innovation; coming up with swanky new technologies that find their way into future products.



Day Zero: Tera-scale computing
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6818

Intel's working on silicon chips with lasers on them. Now that's almost as exciting as a shark with a laser on it, right? Actually no, it's probably more exciting. Tera-scale computing, here we come.



Day Zero: Alan Crouch's wireless world
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6819

As demands on our mobiles grow so too do the problems we have with the ever increasing number of wireless networking standards. 3G, CDMA, GSM, WiFi, WiMAX. The solution isn't to have just one prevailing standard, but to use all the standards seamlessly, says Intel.



Quad Core Plans
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6820

Details on Intel's quad core launch plans, anyone?



Standards, rights protection and technical policy
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6822

How do we protect rights holders while giving consumers the feedom they expect, nay, deserve? How do we stop the radio waves from becoming cluttered, but encourage the innovation of new products? Intel answers these questions, or at least, it tries.



Day One: CEO Paul Otellini keynote
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6826

Record ramp up, 45nm fabs and Apple on board. Intel CEO, Paul Otellini, delivers a positive keynote speech on day one of the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Find out what he's chuffed about and the future developments Intel's working towards in our keynote summary.