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To: Elmer who wrote (160672)	2/28/2002 1:54:45 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<font color=green>Elmer, I am now listening to Anand Chandrasekhar about Intel's mobile solutions. - The first interesting tidbit was that the mobile market grew in 2001, despite the overall market falling by a large amount. "Notebook sales saved Christmas". - Wireless technologies will drive mobile sales in the future. - Demonstrated a "Convertable" laptop, that can function as a laptop, or be folded over to convert into a tablet PC. - Thinks that the trend is moving towards thinner and lighter notebooks in the future. Right now, the market sweet spot is closer to full sized notebooks over thin and light. Anand sees this moving towards thin and light in 2003 and 2004. - Demonstrated new Toshiba notebook that, when closed, measures about 0.6 inches. When open, looks paper thin. Very cool. Also has 802.11b built in. - Says that improvements in the Mobile Pentium 4 have reduced power levels by more than 50%. It will allow higher performance without sacrificing battery life over the previous generation of processors (Pentium III-M). New SpeedStep, new Deeper Sleep, and new Alert power modes make this possible. - Demonstration of Mobile Pentium 4 performance. First public demonstration using Pentium III-M vs Pentium 4-M. Laptops are configured exactly the same except for the processor and chipset. - They are running software decode of high resolution 1024i HDTV. In terms of video, the Pentium III-M falls slightly out of sync, while the Pentium 4-M runs at full frame rate. Then they turn on the audio. The Pentium III-M is scratchy and broken, while the Pentium 4-M sounds beautiful. That's because the audio is Dobly Digital 5.1, and faster CPUs are required to play it properly. - The second demonstration is on 802.11a. They are having a collaborative session between two people, and sending images over the wireless network. The network compresses the data in real time, and sends it via 196-bit encryption to the other mobile PC. - The Goal is to have "Seemless Wireless Connectivity" "That Just Works" "Securly" "Wherever you are". The trend is to also go towards "A Battery that Lasts..." "As Long as you do" "Without Weighing you Down". - Introduces a new concept. Like Cell phones, there is "talk time" and "standby time". This will eventually move to notebooks, too, because of wireless networking. The idea is not just to increase battery life while "talking" to others via network, but also when idle. - Another goal is "Innovative New Form Factors" "That are Easy to Use" "Small and Light Enough" "To Carry them Everywhere". Lastly, Intel wants "Great Performance" "To Handle Every Application" "Foreground and Background" "While Streaming Data Smoothly". - Banias will be Intel's future mobile architecture, completely replacing the Pentium 4 line of processors in mobile. It will allow Intel to further their "goals". - Demonstrated the Odem chipset, which will work for Banias, but currently uses a Northwood processor for demonstration purposes. (This suggests a common Front Side Bus). It is continuing to loop a video feed, which already suggests stability in this chipset. - Talks about wireless challenges, foremost of which is "seemless" connectivity. In other words, moving between wireless networks without losing your connection. - Introduces the Intel Mobility Enabling Program. It's an industry wide collaboration that works towards Platform Guidelines, Wireless Stacks, and Platform Enabling. The goal is to have yearly "targets" for what to expect for a mobile PC. - Example for 2003 would be a Banias processor running Windows XP with 802.11 dual band wireless networking, Bluetooth, quick connectivity, CAPI based security, < 1.2 inch wide, < 4.5 lbs, and between 4.5-6.0 hours of battery life. - Ran video about a Microsoft collaboration in getting Intel's mobile goals to happen. - Fall IDF will include more details on Intel's new Mobile goals. In the first half of 2003, the first Mobility systems will be shipping, and the Intel Mobility Enabling Program will enter Phase II. It looks like Intel's mobile roadmap also includes a number of very interesting developments. I am excited about what Banias may offer. If Intel is willing to abandon Pentium 4 in favor of Banias, it must be something very special. I am looking forward to Fall IDF for more information. wbmw