Plenty of well-choreographed "gee-whiz" factoids and hoopla marked the opening of the Intel Developers' Forum in Taipei yesterday, with special emphasis given to what the chip maker calls the fourth stage of the internet - the pervasive or imbedded web.
In his keynote, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, Anand Chandrasekher, primed the more than 3000 conference delegates by telling them that 40 years after Intel was born Asia now accounts for over 25 per cent of its revenues and that the region is also the fastest growing online.
The internet has changed everything, he said, before boldly adding: "The internet runs on PCs and PCs run on Intel architecture."
In 1971, he said that the Intel 4004 chip had 2250 transistors. In 2008, the Core 2 Duo had 820 million. "To make the Core 2 Duo using 1971 technology would produce a chip 8ft by 6ft in size and would require power used by 200 homes to run it."
He said that, "As the next billion people connect to and experience the internet, significant opportunities lie in the power of technology and the development of purpose-built devices that deliver more targeted computing needs and experiences."
He then cited the Atom and upcoming Nehalem processors and the Moorestown platform scheduled for release in 2009-2010, as prime examples of innovation and technology leadership.
But it is progress made in the Mobile Internet Devices (MID) segment that dominated day one of the forum, especially with the first working demonstration of the Moorestown platform.
Moorestown integrates the 45nm processor, graphics, memory controller and video encode/decode onto a single chip and an I/O hub codenamed Langwell, which supports a range of I/O ports to connect with wireless, storage and display components.
Chandrasekher said Intel will reduce Moorestown platform idle power by more than 10 times, compared to the first-generation MIDs based on the Intel Atom processor.
He said that Moorestown platforms will support a range of wireless technologies including 3G, WiMAX, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and mobile TV.
Intel is also collaborating with Ericsson for HSPA data modules optimised for Moorestown.
Kirk Skaugen, Intel general manager of Server Platforms Group, then expanded on the embedded web theme, explaining that in the beginning the internet connected mainframes and was the preserve of a "privileged few". The second stage in the mid-'90s saw PCs and servers connect "the many". We are now experiencing the "ubiquitous" web, he said, connected via cell phones. The fourth stage will be the "embedded web" where 15 billion devices talk to each other.
However, he warned that this pervasive, embedded web will dramatically increase the amount of data being created, putting a strain on storage capabilities, as well as the world's infrastructure backbone required to transmit the data.
In his keynote, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, Anand Chandrasekher, primed the more than 3000 conference delegates by telling them that 40 years after Intel was born Asia now accounts for over 25 per cent of its revenues and that the region is also the fastest growing online.
The internet has changed everything, he said, before boldly adding: "The internet runs on PCs and PCs run on Intel architecture."
In 1971, he said that the Intel 4004 chip had 2250 transistors. In 2008, the Core 2 Duo had 820 million. "To make the Core 2 Duo using 1971 technology would produce a chip 8ft by 6ft in size and would require power used by 200 homes to run it."
He said that, "As the next billion people connect to and experience the internet, significant opportunities lie in the power of technology and the development of purpose-built devices that deliver more targeted computing needs and experiences."
He then cited the Atom and upcoming Nehalem processors and the Moorestown platform scheduled for release in 2009-2010, as prime examples of innovation and technology leadership.
But it is progress made in the Mobile Internet Devices (MID) segment that dominated day one of the forum, especially with the first working demonstration of the Moorestown platform.
Moorestown integrates the 45nm processor, graphics, memory controller and video encode/decode onto a single chip and an I/O hub codenamed Langwell, which supports a range of I/O ports to connect with wireless, storage and display components.
Chandrasekher said Intel will reduce Moorestown platform idle power by more than 10 times, compared to the first-generation MIDs based on the Intel Atom processor.
He said that Moorestown platforms will support a range of wireless technologies including 3G, WiMAX, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and mobile TV.
Intel is also collaborating with Ericsson for HSPA data modules optimised for Moorestown.
Kirk Skaugen, Intel general manager of Server Platforms Group, then expanded on the embedded web theme, explaining that in the beginning the internet connected mainframes and was the preserve of a "privileged few". The second stage in the mid-'90s saw PCs and servers connect "the many". We are now experiencing the "ubiquitous" web, he said, connected via cell phones. The fourth stage will be the "embedded web" where 15 billion devices talk to each other.
However, he warned that this pervasive, embedded web will dramatically increase the amount of data being created, putting a strain on storage capabilities, as well as the world's infrastructure backbone required to transmit the data.
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