WiMAX for Notebooks in 2008 – Perlmutter said that mobile WiMAX will deliver the "true" Mobile Internet and make broadband personal. In a technology demonstration, Perlmutter showed for the first time Intel's mobile WiMAX with MIMO technology solution integrated into a concept Centrino-based notebook. Intel plans to make WiMAX an option with its next-generation Montevina processor technology for notebooks due in 2008.

Intel '07 Ultra-Mobile Platform Arrives - Chandrasekher introduced the Intel® Ultra Mobile platform 2007 (codenamed "McCaslin") for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs), with systems available over the summer from Aigo*, Asus*, Fujitsu*, Haier*, HTC* and Samsung*, all based on Windows* Vista and the Origami* Experience. The Intel Ultra Mobile platform 2007 is based on the Intel processor A100 and A110, the Intel 945GU Express Chipset and the Intel ICH7U I/O Controller Hub, where the power and package have been optimized for unique ultra-mobile requirements.

Next-Generation "Menlow" in 2008 - Intel will pull in its next-generation platform for MIDs and UMPCs – codenamed "Menlow" – from late 2008 to the first half of 2008. Menlow will include a new processor, codenamed "Silverthorne", based on a new 45nm Hi-k low power microarchitecture. The platform also includes the next-generation chipset, codenamed "Poulsbo," providing a single-chip solution. Silverthorne and Poulsbo were both designed from the ground up for MID and UMPC platforms. Chandrasekher demonstrated the world's first working Menlow-based prototype.

Alliance to Drive Mobile Internet Innovation – Comprised of such industry-leading original design manufacturers as Asus*, BenQ*, Compal*, Elektrobit*, HTC*, Inventec*, and Quanta*, Intel announced the formation of the Mobile Internet Device Innovation Alliance. Members of the alliance will work together to solve engineering challenges associated with delivering the full Internet in ever-smaller MID form factors including power management, wireless communications, and software integration. Alliance members are expected to launch Menlow-based products in the first half of 2008.

Intel Mobile Internet Ecosystem Growing – A sign of the growing momentum behind the MID and UMPC categories, Chandrasekher said Intel is working with such companies as Adobe*, Hanwang*, Lingtu*, MobiTV*, Samsung Displays*, Tencent*, and Tom.com* to enable enhanced and optimized displays, applications and services for a simplified, rich consumer experience. He also outlined Intel's intent to pursue Linux as an OS alternative for MIDs and announced the support of Red Flag* and Canonical*, provider of the popular Ubuntu Linux OS, as the first Linux OS vendors.

Mark Bohr, "Silicon Technology Leadership and the New Scaling Paradigm"
Intel Senior Fellow, Technology and Manufacturing Group
Intel continues to lead the industry in silicon advancement, being the first to introduce strained silicon technology on 90nm and now the first to introduce high-k metal gate transistors on 45nm. Intel Senior Fellow Mark Bohr will provide a technical view into these achievements. Intel has a silicon research and technology pipeline that will continue to produce a new process technology every two years, in accordance with Moore's Law. Mark will describe how transistor scaling has changed and some of the technologies being explored for future advancement.

45nm for Ultra-Mobility – Bohr said that Intel now has working versions of a new 45nm processor – codenamed "Silverthorne" – based on Intel's revolutionary Hi-k Metal Gate transistor technology and a new low power microarchitecture for UMPCs and MIDs. Silverthorne joins Intel's already working versions of its 45nm Hi-k Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Intel Xeon family of processors (codenamed "Penryn") optimized for mobile, desktop, workstation and servers systems.

Intel 45nm High-k metal gate transistor technology for energy efficiency - Intel's 45 nm technology uses the company's revolutionary high-k metal gate transistors that provide a breakthrough in energy efficient silicon technology. Bohr reiterated that Intel's 45 nm technology is on track for production in the second half of this year, with two factories up and running in the second half of this year with two more in production by the second half of 2008.

Future Silicon Technology Research - Bohr outlined several options that Intel continues to research and consider for future technology generations to deliver the benefits of Moore's Law, including tri-gate transistors, Indium Antimonide (InSb) quantum well transistors and carbon nanotube interconnects.

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