Intel plans to revolutionise computing
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Intel has announced plans that it believes will enable the company to take a lead in the future of computing.
The first announcement is that the company will work with Google to enable and optimise future versions of Android for its low power Atom processors. This means that all future versions of the Android platform will be able to support Intel technology.
In a move designed to speed time to market for Intel based smartphones running the Android platform, it will enable Intel to take advantage of open source accessibility and leverage its technology across a wider range of devices.
Intel president and ceo, Paul Otellini, said optimising the Android platform for Intel architecture would speed up industry adoption. "Together we are accelerating Intel architecture and bringing new levels of innovation to a maturing Android platform," he said.
The move builds on the two company's recent initiatives to enable Intel architecture on Google products such as Chrome OS and Google TV.
Otellini also announced that Intel engineers are working on a new class of platform poIwer management for its Ultrabook laptops, that will aid the development of 'always-on-always-connected' computing. According to Otellini, Ultrabook systems will provide 'the most satisfying and complete computing' experience.
From early next year, the systems will be integrated with Intel's Ivy Bridge 22nm technology with the help of the company's 3D Tri-gate transistors. Further plans involve a new class of platform power management to be integrated in the Haswell products for Ultrabooks. According to Intel, advances in silicon technology and platform engineering are expected to reduce idle platform power by more than 20 times over current designs. This, said Otellini, could result in more than 10 days of connected standby battery by 2013.
Finally, it has been revealed that Intel researchers have created a chip that could allow a computer to power up on a solar cell the size of a postage stamp. Referred to as a 'near threshold voltage core', the architecture research chip pushes the limits of transistor technology to tune power use to extremely low levels.
