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Intel chief bets on Internet

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The Internet is the thing. It will change the universe and will become the basis for information access, e-commerce, communications and entertainment. These are the reasons why Craig Barrett, CEO, Intel, is positive about the future. He added that Internet had just started its build up globally and would eventually change the way we live.

He was delivering the keynote address at the Intel Developer Forum that got underway on Monday here. The essential developer event has attracted engineers, developers and analysts from all over the world.

Barrett pointed out that the turbulence era for the Internet was over and it was time for the industry to consolidate and prosper. He said that there was immense opportunity for the growth of the Internet, especially in the emerging markets. "Now is the time to breakaway and bring to consumers some exciting technology. The only way to beat the recession is to bring out new technology and innovate."

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Barrett said that silicon would continue to drive the semiconductor industry for another 15 years, at least. According to him, by then each processor will have two billion transistors and have speed of 30 GHz. The processors would be fabricated on 10 nm thin wafers against the current thickness of 0.13 mm. He added that even if the base changes to nanotubes or other elements, the basic technology to build those switches in the transistors would remain the same.

The Intel Chief said that the four areas that Intel should closely work with the developer community are security, Web services, broadband and wireless. "The technologies are basically there. Open standard is emerging as an important trend, along with computing segmentation and communications modularity."

In his address, Michael Fister, VP and GM (Enterprise Platforms Group), Intel, displayed some of the technologies that Intel is working on in the server space. He also announced that in the IA 64 architecture series, after McKinley, Intel was working on Madison and Deerfield series, which would be released in 2003. This would be followed by Montecito series, expected in 2004. Rubbing off speculations, Fister said that Itanium was just the beginning and the momentum in this area was increasing.

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Manoj Chandran

San Francisco

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