Intel updates its roadmap

THE INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM began today and started with a keynote by Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini on the evolution of computing.

Up to now the world of computing has been defined by demanding users and smarter devices all tied together with a capable cloud. Most important to Otellini was the experience that the user gets from computing.

Otellini talked about Ivy Bridge, Intel's first 22nm processor, and its arrival that is due next year, but went on to talk about the firm's next generation chip beyond it which is called Haswell. He said that Intel will produce Haswell in 2013 and it possibly will use 20 times less power than Intel's present chips.

He predicted that in a device such as an Ultrabook the Haswell chip generation will deliver "uncompromised performance", all day use and 10 days of connected standby.

Otellini added that the firm has a line of sight to 14nm technology, which he said is "well into development and we're beginning to build and to tool our factories to support it."

The keynote included focus on and talk about Google's Android operating system. This started off with a look at a new office phone made by Cisco that runs Android. The phone's screen is a removable tablet.

With regard to smartphones Otellini said, "We want to make Intel architecture the platform of choice for smartphone ecosystems", and he forecast that Intel based phones will be on the market in the first half of 2012.

Andy Rubin, SVP of mobile at Google joined Paul Otellini on stage to announce a continued partnership between Intel and Google. Rubin said, "All future releases of Android will be optimised for Intel." µ