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Chip Shot: New Configurable Processor for Embedded Markets

November 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Intel is making it easier for customers to customize processors in various embedded markets with the debut of the Intel® Atom™ processor E600C series. The configurable processor simplifies design, lowers development costs and offers greater flexibility for faster time-to-market. Formerly codenamed “Stellarton,” the processor pairs the Intel® Atom™ E600 processor with an Altera* Field Programmable Gate Array on a single package, ideal for application such as industrial machines, portable medical equipment and communications gear. View the multimedia press kit for more information.

Chip Shot: Who Will Change the World Next?

November 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

The judges have voted and now it’s your turn to choose. The 2010 Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge wrapped up yesterday by rewarding business plans that have great potential for improving our world. Learn more about this year’s teams of young entrepreneurs from around the world and their game-changing innovations, then VOTE for your favorites over at Inspire!

Itâ€s impossible to take a bad shot of Johnny Depp: Photog

November 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Legendary photographer Albert Watson has said that it is impossible to take a bad picture of Johnny Depp. Watson, who has shot more than 200 Vogue covers, was talking to a crowd at the Core Club celebrating his new book, ”UFO (Unified Fashion Objectives).” “He”s a very good-looking man. But he doesn”t like you to [...]

Chip Shot: New Twists on Classic Games

November 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Traveling around the holidays and need netbook apps for the road? Intel AppUp^SM offers interesting twists to classic games. Played more than 10 million times, Moxie 2 lets you go through a hand of 64 letters “Solitaire” style to make unique words and transform them into other words by adding and replacing letters. Njam, a cross-platform Pac-Man-like game, has single and multiplayer modes with customizable level skins. Championship Hearts offers dozens of Hearts variations, and players can personalize games with different card decks, card faces and backgrounds.

Chip Shot: Telework Comes to Federal employees

November 19th, 2010 | No Comments

The U.S. House today passed the telework bill, requiring executive agencies to support the option of employees working remotely as much as possible. The Federal government has trailed the private sector in adopting a mobile workforce, but its need to compete for talented new hires, and to ensure continuity of operations despite man-made and natural disasters, made the benefits of telework compelling. State and local governments may follow the Federal government’s example in shifting employees from desktop to notebook computers.

Chip Shot: GM’s Shift from RISC Triples Design Power

November 18th, 2010 | No Comments

By replacing RISC systems with Xeon-based Linux servers, GM has more than tripled its computational capability for advanced simulation and design and cut associated electrical consumption and hardware ownership costs by more than 75 percent. GM has used the compute power to reduce its new car design cycle to just 18 months from 48.

Chip Shot: Intel Capital America Fund 80% Invested

November 17th, 2010 | No Comments

At the eleventh annual Intel Capital CEO Summit in Huntington Beach, CA, Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini gave an update on Intel Capital’s Invest in America (IIA) Fund, a $200 million commitment to investing in innovation in the U.S. over the next two years. In less than nine months, Intel Capital has invested nearly 80% of the committed dollars in 56 companies around the country. These investments, totaling $156 million, are in exciting new areas from cloud computing and cleantech to educational gaming and smartphones. Intel, along with 24 fellow Venture Capitalists, is committed to the nation’s global competitiveness and investing in industries that will produce the next high tech jobs in the U.S.

Chip Shot: Intel Confirms CognoVision Acquisition

November 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Intel has acquired CognoVision Solutions Inc., a privately held software company based in Toronto, Canada. CognoVision processor-intensive video analytics software based computer vision algorithms for digital signs, many of which are increasingly being powered by Intel Core processors. The acquisition is part of Intel’s overall digital signage strategy, which also includes the recently announced Intel, Microsoft and NEC strategic relationship. Intel is not providing more detail at this time.