Intel celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, as the integrated circuit turned 50.
Taking advantage of its 45 nanometer (nm) manufacturing and reinvented transistor prowess, Intel Corporation introduced a tremendous amount of new products, and achieved several R&D, environmental and corporate milestones this year. In addition to new products for Intel's traditional laptop, PC and server businesses, the company introduced a myriad of chips and technologies for new market segments and high-tech growth areas.
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Introducing Intel Core i7 Processors - In November, Intel introduced the world's fastest processor on the planet for desktop PCs and unique features such as Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Intel Hyper-threading Technology. The Core i7 processor family will ultimately scale to an 8-core chip, adding another 8 threads for 16 separate engines to handle a consumer or company's most grueling computing needs. Intel Turbo Boost technology shifts the processor into a higher gear for mind-blowing performance without a heat penalty.
Intel Centrino 2 and Intel Centrino 2 with vPro For Notebooks - As notebooks surpassed desktop PCs in popularity in 2008, Intel in July introduced its next-generation mobile platform for powerful new notebook PC designs that meet the needs of even the most demanding user. Intel's latest processor technologies are designed to enable breakthrough performance - even high definition video -- and improved battery life over previous generations.
The Intel Atom Processor Creates New Categories -- Intel's smallest processor was introduced this year. It is built using the company's smallest, reinvented transistors and created two new computing categories called Mobile Internet Devices and netbooks as well as extended Intel's presence and product offerings in the Embedded and Digital Health market segments.
WiMAX Gains -- Sprint unwired Baltimore, the first U.S. WiMAX city. Hundreds more networks are underway around the world and Intel shipped its first-ever combined WiMAX/Wi-
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Fi module for Intel-based laptops. Laptop makers are introducing WiMAX-ready notebooks and the FCC approved the merger of Sprint's WiMAX business with Clearwire, which includes investments from Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.
First-Ever Processor Milestones -- Intel introduced the world's first mobile quad-core processor, the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 and the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9100. And, the company unveiled its first six-core server chip under its popular Intel Xeon processor brand.
Mobile Small Form Factor Processors Inspire New Designs - How did Lenovo and Apple develop laptops that fit in an envelope? Intel introduced eight small form factor processors that reduced the insides of a PC by about 60% while reducing power consumption.
'Larrabee' Architecture Details For Future 'Visual' Computing - Aligning to Intel's 'Terascale' performance vision, Intel described features and capabilities of its first-ever forthcoming 'many-core' blueprint or architecture codenamed 'Larrabee.' The first product based on Larrabee targets the PC's graphics market and is expected in 2009 or 2010.
New Category of Smarter, Purpose-Built SoC Products -Intel announced it's ushering in a new category of highly integrated, purpose-built and Web-savvy System on Chip (SoC) designs and products. Based on Intel architecture (IA), the products will offer new levels of performance and energy efficiency versus traditional SoCs. In 2008, Intel unveiled IA SoCs targeted at the consumer electronics and embedded markets. Future SoCs will also be based on the innovative Intel Atom processor core, including 'Sodaville' and 'Lincroft.'
Intel in Consumer Electronics and the Television - Intel introduced its first in a new family of 'purpose built' IA SoCs for consumer electronics (CE), the Intel® Media Processor CE 3100 ('Canmore') for Internet-connected CE products. Intel also previewed a TV framework with Yahoo called the Widget Channel that will enable people to interact with and enjoy a rich set of 'TV Widgets' right from their TV.
Classmate PC -- Intel introduced a new generation of classmate PC reference designs in April for students K-12. Portugal announced it will bring 500,000 of these with Venezuela also committed to purchase another one million under the local OEM brand Magellan.
Intel® vPro ™ Technology Thinks and Acts for Itself - In September, Intel introduced the third generation of Intel vPro technology for business desktop PCs with new features that enable the PC to 'think and act' for itself, further automating IT functions. For example, a PC on its own can perform scheduled maintenance and even seek IT assistance when a problem occurs.
High Performance Line of Solid-State Drives (SSDs) Introduced -- Intel introduced the highest performing solid-state drives (SSDs) for computers in 2008. A replacement for the hard drive, these new SSDs unleash the full processing power of microprocessor for faster overall system responsiveness in a rugged, lightweight, low-power package. In the storage server environment, Intel's SSDs can reduce the total infrastructure, cooling and energy costs and lower total cost of ownership for enterprise applications by more than five times.
Intel Dual Socket Extreme Launches - In February, Intel introduced the Intel® Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform. Formerly codenamed 'Skulltrail,' this was one of the first enthusiast desktop platforms to support two quad core 45nm Intel Core 2 Extreme processors for a total of eight processing engines, and a choice of multi-card graphics solutions.
Intel and Microsoft Push Parallel Computing - In March, Intel and Microsoft partnered with academia to create two Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California at Berkeley. Under the alliance, Microsoft and Intel committed a combined $20m for the universities' research centers over the next 5 years to ultimately bring powerful software that leverages multicore chips.
R&D Nirvana - Intel showcased more than 100 projects inside its labs, ranging from the potential to one-day charge batteries using a wireless network to a robotic arm that can sense and place a coffee cup in a dishwasher. Researchers also developed a 'human Tetris'-like game where body movements are captured real-time on a large screen as they happen.
450 mm Wafers -- Intel, Samsung and TSMC announced in May that they will work together with many others to develop manufacturing processes using 450mm in diameter-measured wafer sizes, with a goal of a pilot line in 2012. Full production might be 2-3 years after that.
Otellini named 2008 CEO of the Year -- Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini was named 2008 CEO of the Year by CRO Magazine in the large market public company category. According to Jay Whitehead, president and publisher of CRO Magazine, 'The winners of CRO Magazine's CEO of the Year Award 2008 reflect the year's most important and effective leaders in professionalizing corporate responsibility practices within their own organizations.'
Intel Flexes its Green Power -- In 2008, Intel was named the No. 1 corporate purchaser of green power in the United States by the EPA, which estimates that Intel's record purchase has the equivalent environmental impact of taking more than 185,000 cars off the road each year. Intel committed to purchasing more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours of renewable energy certificates per year and was named the EPA's Green Power Partners of the Year.
$40m Saved: Energy Conservation -- Intel has implemented more than 250 energy conservation projects ranging from water to materials recycling since 2001, resulting in power savings of more than 500 million kWh in its facilities -- enough to power about 50,000 U.S. homes. Intel invested $20m in such projects, resulting in more than $40m in energy savings so far.
One Million Volunteer Goal and Math/Science Focus -- Intel committed to volunteer 1 million hours in 2008 as a way to honor its 40th year of business. In addition, Intel is committing $120m over the next 10 years to stimulate more interest among youth in math and science, so they will be prepared to address global challenges in innovative ways.
Intel Expands Channel - The channel now accounts for 25 to 30% of the company's total CPU sales. Additionally, this year Intel rolled out a broader mobile growth program to develop common industry specifications for notebook computers and announced locally assembled motherboards in Brazil and Intel's first localized boxed CPU in China.
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