IDF Fall 2008 Content Index

We've currently got our top man out attending the Intel Developer Forum Fall 2008 in San Francisco in America and he'll be bringing us all the latest and most breaking news straight to the front page of bit-tech.net.

If you're a bit strapped for time however, or if you just don't want to wade through all the other great content we have on the site, then this is a handy breakdown of all the latest tech news from the Fall 2008 Intel Developer Forum.

The older stories are lower down on the page, so if you just want to stay briefed on the latest headlines then you only need to glance at the top half of the page. The highlighted stories are the ones we reckon are of extra special interest to our readers. All links will open in a new window, so if you want to pass on your thoughts then direct them all to the forums. Enjoy!

Day Three

• Rattner: Machines more intelligent than us by 2050
  Justin Rattner worryingly believes that machines have the potential to become more intelligent than humans by 2050.
  
  
• MID runs World of Warcraft, 1080p video... poorly
  Intel is still banging the MID drum, but it's not good news when demos are unconvincing and devices are uninspired.
  
  
• Intel says WiMAX to reach a billion by 2012
  Craig Barrett reckons that WiMAX will reach 50 million by the end of the year and a billion people by 2012.
  
  
• First dual-core Atom slips out
  Intel has quietly announced the first dual-core Atom processor at IDF. It comes complete with a new motherboard that's almost the same as the last one.

Day Two

• Intel to make big Visual Computing push with devs
  With the announcement of Visual Adrenaline, Intel will offer comprehensive support for game developers.
  
  
• Carmack on multi-threading in id Tech 5
  John Carmack spoke about multi-threading support in the new id Tech 5 engine during Renee James' software keynote at IDF.
  
  
• Intel and DreamWorks unveil InTru 3D
  One of the coolest things shown off at IDF was the fruit of a partnership between Dreamworks and Intel.
  
  
• Nehalem likely to launch at 3.2GHz
  After playing with many of the Nehalem machines dotted around IDF, it looks like the fastest Intel Core i7 processor at launch will be clocked at 3.2GHz.
  
  
• Moorestown is on track for 2009/2010
  Anand Chandrasekher said that Moorestown is on track for 2009/2010 and shows off silicon for the first time.
  
  
• Yahoo! announces widget partnership with Intel
  Yahoo! is working with Intel to deliver an Internet experience on Intel's CE 3100 media processor.
  
  
• Intel launches SoC aimed at Consumer Electronics
  Eric Kim announces Intel's first Consumer Electronics focused system on a chip during his Digital Home keynote.
  
  
• Small form factor Penryn chips announced
  Intel announces small form factor Montevina/Penryn chips... looks like we'll be seeing an updated Macbook Air soon.

Day One

• Intel announces mobile quad-core processors
  Dadi Perlmutter announces imminent availability of mobile quad-core processors based on the Penryn architecture.
  
  
• Pat Gelsinger embeds himself in the Internet
  Intel sees the next evolution of the Internet as one that's embedded. 15 billion connected devices by 2015, reckons Pat.
  
  
• Intel X18-M 80GB SSD smiles for the camera
  You've read all the details on Intel's upcoming SSDs; now we've taken a pre-production X18-M 80GB SSD apart for you.
  
  
• Gelsinger talks Nehalem power management
  Pat Gelsinger spent quite a bit of his keynote talking about Nehalem's new power management technology known as Turbo Mode
  
  
• Nehalem derivatives detailed
  We've got the skinnies on the various Nehalem derivatives that'll be released over the next six-or-so months.
  
  
• Intel outlines SSD plans
  Intel has revealed that the first SSDs will be available very soon, with more to follow in the first quarter of 2009.
  
  
• Intel gets political in opening IDF keynote
  Intel Chairman Craig Barrett used this morning's opening keynote to deliver some strong political messages to the western world.

Pre Show

• Intel intros Connected Visual Computing initiative
  Intel talks about its research efforts behind a new Connected Visual Computing initiative.