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Intel CEO addresses Microsoft Office on ARM

Intel CEO Paul Otellini characterized the prospect of Microsoft Office running on ARM chips as a potential "downside" during an earnings call today before trying to allay any fears of encroachment into the traditional PC market.

It is axiomatic that Microsoft Office, the worldwide gold standard for office application suites, has been one of the main reasons Windows software and Intel processors have such staying power. So, the specter of Office running on top of ARM processors from Intel chip rivals in the future is no small concern for the world's largest chipmaker. Microsoft said last week at CES … Read more

Intel CEO: How we will compete with ARM

Intel CEO Paul Otellini today spelled out how his company will compete with the burgeoning ARM chip ecosystem, which has taken the lead in tablet designs, during the chipmaker's fourth-quarter earnings conference call.

In the call, Otellini was quick to address tablets, a market currently centered on Apple's iPad, which runs on Apple's flavor of the ARM processor design. Motorola, RIM, and Samsung have also based their tablet products on power-efficient ARM processors. He discussed a few ways Intel could ultimately prevail in the tablet and smartphone markets.

Operating system three-fer: "In 2011, you will also … Read more

Samsung's Galaxy Tab red flag for Intel

No. 2 chipmaker Samsung is showing Intel how to succeed in the brave new world of tablets and smartphones.

While Intel is the largest chipmaker in the world, Samsung is No. 2. And, unlike Intel, it also has a large and successful affiliated consumer arm that churns out products like the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Not surprisingly, many of those products use Samsung silicon too.

That's a vertically integrated strategy that Intel can't match. And that's not all. Samsung also supplies chips to outside customers (Intel's business model) like Apple which use its chips in outrageously popular … Read more

Intel: Dell, Toshiba, Acer tablets coming in 2011

Intel CEO Paul Otellini said today that its chips will be in more than 35 different tablet designs in 2011, while clarifying that two lines of Atom processors will be used in tablets.

"We're going to make sure we support all of the viable operating systems that are in the marketplace," Otellini said at the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Technology Conference. The conference audio was streamed live over the Internet.

Intel listed more than 15 brands, including upcoming consumer tablets from Toshiba, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, Acer, and Motion Computing. "A number of them on Windows. A … Read more

Intel creating first chip for outside manufacturer

Intel traditionally builds chips for its own use, but it's now branching out to create one for another manufacturer.

Intel will create chips based on its 22-nanometer technology for Achronix Semiconductor, Achronix announced today. This marks the first time Intel is designing a chip for another manufacturer and may indicate that the chip giant is looking to do some contract manufacturing for outside customers.

Based in San Jose, Calif., Achronix will use Intel's 22-nanometer chips to develop its own Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). FPGAs are integrated circuits that can be programmed after they've been manufactured, allowing … Read more

Otellini's IDF talk hits on smart devices, software

SAN FRANCISCO--At the Intel Developer Forum on Monday, Intel CEO Paul Otellini devoted considerable portions of his keynote address to smart devices and Intel's expanding software businesses.

Otellini led off with a stat, saying that the current number of 2.8 billion smart devices worldwide will double by 2014. "No single device is going to meet the demand for pervasive computing," he said.

Intel's plan to address the smart-device market is to tap into its planned acquisitions of Infineon and of Texas Instruments' cable modem division.

"Infineon is a leader in 3G and cellular. Together … Read more

Intel's Otellini: Google TV shipping this month

Updated 3:25 p.m. PDT with comment (in a sense) from Google.

According to one of Google's key partners on the Google TV project, devices could be here sooner than we expected.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that Google TV devices "start shipping this month." It wasn't clear whether he meant that devices would be available for consumers to buy this month, or whether he simply meant that the hardware partners will start shipping the devices into retail channels this month; a Google representative would only … Read more

Intel CEO: U.S. faces looming tech decline

ASPEN, Colo.--Intel Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini offered a depressing set of observations about the economy and the Obama administration Monday evening, coupled with a dark commentary on the future of the technology industry if nothing changes.

Otellini's remarks during dinner at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum here amounted to a warning to the administration officials and assorted Capitol Hill aides in the audience: unless government policies are altered, he predicted, "the next big thing will not be invented here. Jobs will not be created here."

The U.S. legal environment has become so … Read more

Intel expands college-level competition

Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced on Tuesday expanded initiatives to spur entrepreneurship and education.

Speaking at the World Congress on IT in Amsterdam, Otellini said the annual Intel Challenge will spread beyond its previous arenas in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America to include France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

The Intel Challenge is a competition that awards seed money to college students who create the most innovative and effective business plans. The criteria includes creating a positive effect on society and a positive return on investment by tapping into fields such as semiconductors, nanotechnology, mobile and wireless, and … Read more