IDF Fall 2007 Content Index

Day Two:

• Yorkfield to launch at 3GHz
  Intel's first 45nm desktop part, the Core 2 Extreme QX9650, will launch at 3.00GHz on a 1333MHz front side bus.
  
  
• Mobility is driving into the mainstream at pace
  Intel has said that mobility is now mainstream and shipments are on schedule to overtake desktop shipments in 2009.
  
  
• Intel unveils Montevina – next-gen mobile platform
  Intel has disclosed some information on its next-generation mobile platform, codenamed Montevina.

Otellini talks with Glenn Hinton about Nehalem (left) / Otellini holds up the world's first 32nm microchip (right)

Day One:

• Westmere is Nehalem's successor
  Gelsinger has revealed that Westmere is Nehalem's successor. It's an evolution of the Nehalem design and will include a few refinements.
  
  
• Nehalem adds 7 more SSE4 instructions, SMP working
  Pat Gelsinger delivered a few more tidbits of information on Nehalem. SMP is already up and running with QuickPath technology.
  
  
• USB 3.0 to arrive at superspeed in 2008
  Pat Gelsinger announces the formation of the USB 3.0 promoters' group. Specification will be finalised in 1H08.
  
  
• Gordon Moore joins IDF’s 10th year celebration
  Gordon Moore, the father of the microprocessor and the industry's pace maker, joins in IDF's 10th year celebration.
  
  
• Intel has answers to AMD's Fusion
  Intel says it will propel integrated graphics performance by a factor of ten by 2010. Will this be enough to take on Fusion?
  
  
• Larrabee is Intel’s entry into discrete graphics
  Otellini talks briefly about Larrabee's capabilities during his keynote.
  
  
• Wolfdale breaks seven world records
  During Otellini's keynote, three world records were broken with an overclocked Yorkfield processor live on stage and another four were broken before the keynote.
  
  
• Penryn will launch on November 12th
  Intel has revealed that the first of 20 processors that make up the Penryn family will launch on November 12th.
  
  
• Intel demonstrates first working 32nm chip
  Otellini showed off the world's first working 32nm chip and says Intel is on track for volume production to start in 2009.
  
  
• Nehalem is up and running with 8 cores, 16 threads
  Intel CEO Paul Otellini unveiled the company's next generation architecture during his keynote this morning. Say hello to Nehalem.

Day Zero:

• Intel says the future is in Mash Making
  Intel says that the future of the Internet is in Mash Making. And we're not talking about mashed potatoes...
  
  
• Intel has world’s fastest Si-Ge Photo detector
  Intel has developed a silicon- and germanium-based photo detector that can detect laser light signals at over 40Gbit/sec.