IDF Spring 2005 Day 1 - Craig Barrett's Keynote
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 1, 2005 1:48 PM EST- Posted in
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Craig Barrett - The Political Advocate
Barrett has been an increasingly more politically active member of the tech industry, promoting changes and innovation in everything from education to broadband adoption.
Barrett candidly referred to WiMAX as a part of the solution to the "half-assed broadband in the US today" which drew quite a bit of applause from the audience. Barrett has been quite upset about how far behind other countries the US lags in terms of broadband and wireless connectivity, and it looks like WiMAX may finally calm some of his worries.
WiFi Coverage at the Moscone Convention Center where IDF is held in San Francisco
WiMAX coverage of San Francisco
Barrett also talked a bit about some of Intel's sponsored science and engineering competitions for students, which he feels are necessary to help drive innovation in the future by enabling students to be equipped with the education they need. Barrett's focus on education is an important one to highlight, despite the fact that it isn't directly related to any of Intel's products, it is a refreshing focus to hear someone commit to regularly.
Final Words
We're off to NVIDIA's keynote about their Intel SLI chipsets, we'll be reporting on that within the hour so check back soon.
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semo - Wednesday, March 2, 2005 - link
i'm all for "by wire"...electrical transmission/control is a lot more reliable than a mechanical one
and i wouldn't want wintel in my (future) car either
ProviaFan - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link
OMG, I hope that this ridiculous car does not show the way the industry is going. I vow to _never_ drive a car that is steered or otherwise controlled "by wire" in the sense of having a Wintel computer system in between me and the steering mechanism.sprockkets - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link
Nice, but the whole reason for internal windows is so you can have less drag. Not sure why you need a overkill x86 processor for that.Of course, why would I want a piece of junk Chrysler anyhow?
Doormat - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link
WiMax cant be the solution to the half-assed broadband in this country. Its simply too slow (72Mb/s per node IIRC), when compared with most cable-based broadband speeds between 1.5 and 5Mbit/s. You'd need something a lot faster, or possibly lots of frequencies to get it to replace broadband over coax or fiber.Dubb - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link
holy typos batman!val - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link
In Great Russia, barrets goes for You!pxc - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link
What about Intel HD Audio with ALSA, TrianoCore, NForce SLI/LGA775 and PCI-E 1.1?!?!?!?Kalessian - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link
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