IDF Fall 2006 Content Index

Day Three:

• Intel urges quicker EFI adoption
  System manufacturers and mainboard makers are told to get with the programme and catch up with Apple on the new BIOS.
  
  
• Intel ClearVideo to accelerate high definition video
  Intel gives out details on its ClearVideo technology, a video featureset designed to improve playback of high definition video content on integrated chipsets.
  
  
• DDR3 roadmap still on track
  We get the details on Intel's transition to chipsets using DDR3 rather than DDR2.
  
  
• Why do we need teraflop computing?
  We speak to Steve Pawlowski, Intel Fellow and general genius, about what the tera-scale initiative means for users.

Day Two:

• Mobile future mooted
  We hear all about Intel's vision of a connected mobile lifestyle. This means 3G, ClearVideo and the meaning of life.
  
  
• Intel attempts to sideswipe AMD Torrenza with Geneseo
  Forget plugging in co-processors to HyperTransport, Intel wants designers to use PCI-Express and Intel's front side bus.
  
  
• DirecTV boxes to integrate Viiv
  The American satellite provider will ship a digital media adaptor with its new high definition DVR.
  
  
• Intel to ship 1M quad-cores before AMD ships first
  Pat Gelsinger states that Intel plans to ship one million quad-core chips before AMD ships its first.
  
  
• Intel offers $1m for case designs
  Think you can design the sexiest PC on the planet? Intel has some money waiting for you if you can put your modding where your mouth is.

Day One:

• Intel IPTV exec sounds off on DRM, iTV and YouTube
  Eric Kim, manager of the Digital Home group at Intel, blasts DRM then praises Apple's approach with its iTV streaming box, and throws in some YouTube criticism for good measure.
  
  
• Details of Robson flash tech
  Flash memory technology integrated on to the motherboard, combined with Windows Vista, should mean faster disk performance.
  
  
• More Kentsfield Details
  We have the details on the power usage, socket compatibility, performance bottlenecks and processor architecture.
  
  
• Next-gen platforms under the spotlight
  Gesher, Nehalem, Woodcrest, Woodcrest, Santa Rosa, 65nm, 45nm, 32nm... the list goes on.
  
  
• Intel shows off Core 2 Quad, Alan Wake
  Kentsfield gets a name, and we get a demo of the stunning new game from Remedy. Quad core goodness!
  
  
• Apple rocks up on stage with Otellini
  Phil Schiller shares the stage with Otellini and explains Apple's new Intel line-up.
  
  
• Intel says YouTube is going HD
  Otellini gets a bit over-enthusiastic about this year's most overused buzz word. Bandwidth costs? We've heard of them.

Pre-Show:

• No legal rights for consumer DRM
  Market expectations and rights holders dominate the policy view at Intel's regulatory dept.
  
  
• Intel tera-fies hacks with vision of the future
  [i]Chip giant stuns journalists with most punnable project name in technical history.[i]