Pankaj Kedia is the Director of the MID program at Intel. The Mobile Internet Device is based on the new Intel Atom X86 processor, which should consume less power at similar X86 performance as previous Intel Ultra Low Voltage processors. The Atom systems might be able to dissipate low enough heat to be able to run without fan. Some of the MIDs will be using Linux OSes that permits to optimize the interfaces to the lowest possible system requirements. During this interview, Pankaj Kedia explains how the Atom processor works, when it will be available, how much it will cost, what makes the difference between the regular Atom and the Atom Centrino. No talk on camera though comparing Intel’s Atom to the AMD Geode or VIA C7M’s performance, price and power consumption.
An IBM representative at CeBIT 2007 shows some Linux software that can utilise the whole power of the Cell processor chip, which for certain processor intensive tasks as Multimedia, 3D, physics simulation is 10 to 50 times faster than Intel or AMD single and dual core chips.
A software to install on your Windows XP computer with media center extender. Then it transcodes any kind of video in realtime to play it back on consumer electronic devices, be them on your local network, like a cheap mpeg2 set-top-box or be it on the go, with a 3G or Wifi mobile device.
A very interesting interview with Frank J. Moizio Worldwide Strategic Marketing Manager for Texas Instruments, about the DLP technology, the new 1080p projectors announced at the IFA, the cheaper 720p projectors, the technology that makes 1080p more expensive for now. And also the rear-projection DLP HDTVs in a new smaller form factor, and also the more vivid LED backlighting technology with DLP.
IBM is doing a Cell processor demo, creating a high definition 3D model on the fly. I am talking with the chief architect of the IBM Cell project about the power of the Cell processor compared to the fastest Intel and AMD processors available. For certain tasks as encoding video, decoding video and generating 3D graphics, IBM’s 9-core Cell processor is about 10 times faster! That is simply amazing, and supposedly the Cell processor will run Linux and be available from around October this year.
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