Asia Pacific can lead convergence of computing and communications into the mainstream
Announcement posted by Intel 14 Oct 2003
End-user Benefits of Convergence and New Technologies Outlined at Forum
John Antone, vice president and general manager of Intel Asia-Pacific, said the next wave of innovation - converged products for digital homes that combine computing and communications - could be developed here in Asia.
"Last year at IDF we said Asia's developers would continue to play a role among the world's leading convergence developers," said Antone to 1,800 developers attending the Intel Developer Forum. "This year we're saying companies in Asia have the opportunity to lead how this industry designs and markets products to an increasingly global customer base. Not only will the digital homes and offices of tomorrow be developed here in Asia, those home and office products are more likely to be consumed here in Asia than in the U.S. or Europe."
Greater Asia is already the number one market in the world for telephone lines, mobile phones, and cable television said Antone. By 2010, he expects China to be the largest consumer of PCs, and the Asia region to consume more than the Americas or Europe. "There is a huge opportunity to drive worldwide innovation into all of the world's digital homes and offices from right here in Taipei," said Antone.
"Our business opportunity is a worldwide opportunity," said Antone. "We must work together to drive the regulations and policy issues all over the world, to ensure that products work together, and provide real value for our customers wherever they are."
The Intel Developer Forum will offer more than 70 sessions of technical tracks covering the areas of desktop, mobile, enterprise, software and solutions, communications and wireless.
Senior Intel executives will also deliver keynotes during the two-day event, sharing their vision and unveiling strategies and the latest technological developments focused on the convergence of computing and communications.
Convergence of Computing And Communications
The convergence of consumer electronics, mobile computing, communications and desktop platforms is driving new usage models and enabling access to new services. In today's "connect anytime/anywhere" society, silicon solutions, software solutions and hardware solutions are being integrated into the home, the office and virtually across all wireless devices. Access to personal digital content anywhere in the home is being made possible by new devices, platforms and technologies developed in Taiwan. Today, Louis Burns, Intel vice president and general manager of Desktop Platforms Group demonstrated a new Intel platform, a next-generation chipset codenamed Grantsdale.
Digital Home
Intel is focusing resources and attention on three areas that will provide significant opportunities for the IT and consumer electronics industries in the coming years. Specifically, Intel plans to introduce new products, support new standards and invest in initiatives surrounding enterprise computing, mobile Internet clients and the digital home.
In the digital home, the development of standards will be essential to sharing content across multiple devices. Intel's involvement with organisations that span the content and consumer electronics industries, such as the Digital Home Working Group, will help shape standards that benefit consumers. As an example, the DTCP/IP standard will for the first time, enable home users to share content downloaded from the Internet wirelessly to various consumer electronics devices in the home. By working with content providers and others in the industry, this technology is likely to be a cornerstone to expanding digital home entertainment and enhancing how individuals experience digital content. During his keynote, Burns demonstrated the reality of the digital home with a range of
industry-specification-based interoperable products and services that are now available or will be soon.
Enterprise
Information technology executives and developers today heard Intel Vice President of Enterprise Platforms Group and General Manager of Platform Products Group Abhi Talwalkar talk about Intel's industry-leading technologies and solutions addressing the key areas of security, reliability and flexibility. Talwalker discussed wide-scale and flexible Itanium processor-based solutions deployment, technology leadership in enterprise I/O architectures, memory and other core platform elements supported by critical advancements in the solutions areas of software, manageability, modularity and industry leading high- performance computing.
Communications
Mike Ricci, vice president and general manager of Business Development in the Intel Communications Group discussed how the application of modularity to an industry could have a profound impact on reduced product costs, improved design efficiencies, and ultimately increased profitability. He discussed how Intel and other industry leaders believe that the time for modularity in the communications equipment market has arrived. For many years communications equipment required a customised design approach due to the regional nature of most equipment sales. With the growing availability of standard modular components designed with the needs of the global market segment in mind, companies today have a range of development choices from silicon, software and platform level building blocks. Ricci discussed the availability of standard modular components in communications equipment, the broad ecosystem Intel and the industry have established for this market segment, and the opportunities available for developers to accelerate design cycles for next-generation wired and wireless network equipment at reduced costs. Ricci also discussed the importance of wireless communications as a catalyst for the next growth stage of the industry.
Mobility
Mobility is mandatory for consumers and businesses today as it allows anytime, anywhere communication. Mobile users today includes teenagers gaming on a mobile phone against someone half way around the world, executives connecting to the corporate database through a wireless PDA and an entrepreneur running a voice over IP call and account review on a notebook computer in a virtual office at the local cafe. Designing for mobility is changing the characteristics of products from technology and design of hardware to functionality and portability of software. This is changing existing businesses and creating new ones.
Research Bringing on a Radio Renaissance
Future technology businesses, usages models, and devices are increasingly tied to the growing global wireless infrastructure. Wireless connectivity will connect users across cities, throughout their workplaces, and in their homes. Drawing on the value of this new future is an emerging platform of converged communications and computation products. Justin Rattner, senior Intel Fellow and director of Microprocessor Research, will discuss the innovations that will transform the radios, devices, and applications of the future. Rattner will demonstrate converged technologies that adapt to the wireless channel, adapt to traffic, and adapt to the dynamic needs of its
users. The combination of these technologies will significantly increase the range, bandwidth, capacity, and reliability of wireless networks and transform the user's experience and usage models. These technologies will be built on the foundation of Intel's industry-leading silicon process technology, Moore's Law.
About IDF
The Intel Developer Forum is the technology industry's premier event for hardware and software developers. Held worldwide throughout the year, IDF brings together key industry players to discuss cutting-edge technology and products for PCs, servers, communications equipment, and handheld clients. For more information on IDF and Intel technology, visit http://developer.intel.com.
About Intel
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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"Last year at IDF we said Asia's developers would continue to play a role among the world's leading convergence developers," said Antone to 1,800 developers attending the Intel Developer Forum. "This year we're saying companies in Asia have the opportunity to lead how this industry designs and markets products to an increasingly global customer base. Not only will the digital homes and offices of tomorrow be developed here in Asia, those home and office products are more likely to be consumed here in Asia than in the U.S. or Europe."
Greater Asia is already the number one market in the world for telephone lines, mobile phones, and cable television said Antone. By 2010, he expects China to be the largest consumer of PCs, and the Asia region to consume more than the Americas or Europe. "There is a huge opportunity to drive worldwide innovation into all of the world's digital homes and offices from right here in Taipei," said Antone.
"Our business opportunity is a worldwide opportunity," said Antone. "We must work together to drive the regulations and policy issues all over the world, to ensure that products work together, and provide real value for our customers wherever they are."
The Intel Developer Forum will offer more than 70 sessions of technical tracks covering the areas of desktop, mobile, enterprise, software and solutions, communications and wireless.
Senior Intel executives will also deliver keynotes during the two-day event, sharing their vision and unveiling strategies and the latest technological developments focused on the convergence of computing and communications.
Convergence of Computing And Communications
The convergence of consumer electronics, mobile computing, communications and desktop platforms is driving new usage models and enabling access to new services. In today's "connect anytime/anywhere" society, silicon solutions, software solutions and hardware solutions are being integrated into the home, the office and virtually across all wireless devices. Access to personal digital content anywhere in the home is being made possible by new devices, platforms and technologies developed in Taiwan. Today, Louis Burns, Intel vice president and general manager of Desktop Platforms Group demonstrated a new Intel platform, a next-generation chipset codenamed Grantsdale.
Digital Home
Intel is focusing resources and attention on three areas that will provide significant opportunities for the IT and consumer electronics industries in the coming years. Specifically, Intel plans to introduce new products, support new standards and invest in initiatives surrounding enterprise computing, mobile Internet clients and the digital home.
In the digital home, the development of standards will be essential to sharing content across multiple devices. Intel's involvement with organisations that span the content and consumer electronics industries, such as the Digital Home Working Group, will help shape standards that benefit consumers. As an example, the DTCP/IP standard will for the first time, enable home users to share content downloaded from the Internet wirelessly to various consumer electronics devices in the home. By working with content providers and others in the industry, this technology is likely to be a cornerstone to expanding digital home entertainment and enhancing how individuals experience digital content. During his keynote, Burns demonstrated the reality of the digital home with a range of
industry-specification-based interoperable products and services that are now available or will be soon.
Enterprise
Information technology executives and developers today heard Intel Vice President of Enterprise Platforms Group and General Manager of Platform Products Group Abhi Talwalkar talk about Intel's industry-leading technologies and solutions addressing the key areas of security, reliability and flexibility. Talwalker discussed wide-scale and flexible Itanium processor-based solutions deployment, technology leadership in enterprise I/O architectures, memory and other core platform elements supported by critical advancements in the solutions areas of software, manageability, modularity and industry leading high- performance computing.
Communications
Mike Ricci, vice president and general manager of Business Development in the Intel Communications Group discussed how the application of modularity to an industry could have a profound impact on reduced product costs, improved design efficiencies, and ultimately increased profitability. He discussed how Intel and other industry leaders believe that the time for modularity in the communications equipment market has arrived. For many years communications equipment required a customised design approach due to the regional nature of most equipment sales. With the growing availability of standard modular components designed with the needs of the global market segment in mind, companies today have a range of development choices from silicon, software and platform level building blocks. Ricci discussed the availability of standard modular components in communications equipment, the broad ecosystem Intel and the industry have established for this market segment, and the opportunities available for developers to accelerate design cycles for next-generation wired and wireless network equipment at reduced costs. Ricci also discussed the importance of wireless communications as a catalyst for the next growth stage of the industry.
Mobility
Mobility is mandatory for consumers and businesses today as it allows anytime, anywhere communication. Mobile users today includes teenagers gaming on a mobile phone against someone half way around the world, executives connecting to the corporate database through a wireless PDA and an entrepreneur running a voice over IP call and account review on a notebook computer in a virtual office at the local cafe. Designing for mobility is changing the characteristics of products from technology and design of hardware to functionality and portability of software. This is changing existing businesses and creating new ones.
Research Bringing on a Radio Renaissance
Future technology businesses, usages models, and devices are increasingly tied to the growing global wireless infrastructure. Wireless connectivity will connect users across cities, throughout their workplaces, and in their homes. Drawing on the value of this new future is an emerging platform of converged communications and computation products. Justin Rattner, senior Intel Fellow and director of Microprocessor Research, will discuss the innovations that will transform the radios, devices, and applications of the future. Rattner will demonstrate converged technologies that adapt to the wireless channel, adapt to traffic, and adapt to the dynamic needs of its
users. The combination of these technologies will significantly increase the range, bandwidth, capacity, and reliability of wireless networks and transform the user's experience and usage models. These technologies will be built on the foundation of Intel's industry-leading silicon process technology, Moore's Law.
About IDF
The Intel Developer Forum is the technology industry's premier event for hardware and software developers. Held worldwide throughout the year, IDF brings together key industry players to discuss cutting-edge technology and products for PCs, servers, communications equipment, and handheld clients. For more information on IDF and Intel technology, visit http://developer.intel.com.
About Intel
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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