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1999 Computer Platform Directions Outlined At Intel
Developer Forum
Intel President and CEO Drives Innovations in Market Segments
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1998--The computer industry's top technical experts are
gathering this week at the Intel Developer Forum to learn about new capabilities for the coming year's computing platforms.
The group will study developments ranging from the redesign of the PC to remove legacy issues to new platform designs for
more powerful, less costly Basic PCs. Also highlighted will be technologies that increase computing power and battery
efficiency for mobile computers, continuing developments for Intel(R) Architecture-based workstations and servers, and new
rich media instructions for a 1999 lineup of Intel microprocessors.
''The Intel Developer's Forum is a technical forum that is short on marketing hype and long on details,'' noted Dr. Craig
Barrett, Intel president and chief executive officer. ''The core challenge facing our industry is to make computers ever more
powerful while being easier to use and simpler to maintain. The solution to this challenge begins with the technical experts of
the industry coming together at this forum.''
Organized by Intel's chief technology architects, the forum, which runs from Sept. 15 to 17, addresses solutions for desktop,
workstation, server, mobile and embedded platforms.
A wide range of topics will be covered in the 15 graduate-level technical tracks and the over 80 in-depth technical sessions
and hands-on labs. There will also be 80 exhibits, facilitated peer discussions and distribution of developer toolkits that will
prepare the industry to focus its energies on the opportunities as well as the challenges in the year ahead. In addition, Intel
announced the formation of a publishing house called Intel University Press. This organization will distribute publications such
as Hardware Test Specifications that will help define the architecture for developers and design engineers. The Intel Developer
Forum is an important industry gathering that coordinates and synchronizes the various platform developments needed to bring
better computers to users in the upcoming year. A complete summary of the forum's agenda and content is available at
developer.intel.com/design/idf.
New Palm Springs Venue
The Intel Developer Forum is a semiannual technical forum designed to be the PC industry's premier source of tools and
training for advanced platform developers. It is one of the few company-sponsored technical conferences targeted at technical
computing experts.
The Intel Developer Forum moves to a new venue beginning this year -- the Palm Springs Convention Center. The next forum
is scheduled for Feb. 23-25, 1999.
Keynotes from Intel executives include: Barrett; Albert Yu, senior vice president and general manager, Microprocessor
Products Group; John Miner, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Server Group; Robert Jecmen, vice president of
Intel Architecture Business Group and general manager, Mobile and Handheld Products Group; and Pat Gelsinger, vice
president and general manager, Desktop Products Group.
The Intel Developer Forum technical track presentations on platform development will include Putting Next-Generation
Performance in Today's Desktop PC, Performance Consumer Desktops, Performance Business Desktops, Designing a Basic
PC, Optimizing AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) for Next-Generation Platforms, Memory Designs for 1999 Platforms,
Workstation Platforms, Server Technologies, Mobile Design Techniques and Embedded Technologies.
Detailed technical sessions within the tracks will include AGP-4X interface specifics, StrongARM processor design criteria,
implementing Wired for Management, the move toward Constant Computing, platform security trends, platform implications of
broadband connectivity, graphics API implementation, DVD audio specification, rewritable DVD, [They won't do MPEG-2 encoding in SW!] and a host of other topics
integral to advancing Intel Architecture platforms.
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products.
Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
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Contact:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif.
Howard High, 408/765-1488
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