While it seems like Apple Computers’ big release of 2012 is likely to be iPhone 5, the new iPad and the iPhone 4S continue to sell remarkably well. But handheld devices and tablet computers are not the only Apple product lines. The MacBook Pro is getting exciting new upgrades that are energizing Apple consumers. Read more »
There are many computer enthusiasts who enjoy the process of building their own computers. It can be a real challenge to assemble your personal computer from the bottom up. For those computer lovers who enjoy the process of assembling their own computers, the next step after making their own personal computer is assembling their own server from scratch. For that, you have to start with a powerful, flexible motherboard. For that, the TYAN S7050 Motherboard is an exceptional option! Read more »
Intel is the largest producer of computer processing chips in the world. Nearly every desktop and laptop uses Intel’s chips – Pentiums, Core i3, etc. – and they are reliable processors. Intel calls its current line of processors Sandy Bridge. Intel originally released the Sandy Bridge processing chips in January 2011, after announcing them in 2009. Read more »
With all of the leaps forward in the way entertainment is presented, from enhanced audio standards to 3-D Blu-Ray players, it is almost surprising to learn that microprocessor production has been occurring on a two-dimensional scale for so very long. Even the current generation of microprocessors, in stores now, runs on transistors that are two dimensional. While they are faster and more intricate than the earliest transistors from 1947, they are essentially the same design. Until now, the transistor has been refined by improved manufacturing methods and changes in the materials used to manufacture them. All of that is about to change, though. Intel is releasing computers based on their Ivy Bridge technology, the world’s first transistors designed with three dimensional pathways!
The Ivy Bridge processor is a 3-D Tri-Gate transistor and what that means to consumers is that it is fast! The Ivy Bridge processor advances the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture that Intel pioneered and released in 2011. While the Sandy Bridge used circuit pathways that were 32 nanometers wide, the Ivy Bridge improved the pathway to 22 nanometers! With that improvement in the die, Intel’s new Panther Point (Series 7) chips will have more transistors per chip . . . by several orders of magnitude! The change in ten nanometers allows Intel to use a vastly greater number of transistors in their new chips.
What does this change mean for you?
There are very few companies in the technology sector that invest heavily in research and development anymore. Ironically, for an industry that has seen the greatest growth come from spontaneous invention, the computer and consumer electronics markets have stopped investing as much time, money, and resources on pure discovery. While most big businesses in the technology sector work to refine already-existing technologies, Intel continues to innovate. Leading the software development efforts of Intel is Renee J. James.
Renee J. James serves Intel as one of the company’s Senior Vice Presidents. James acts as the General Manager of the Software and Services Group, which is a key division of Intel. Intel, which develops advanced computer hardware, relies upon the Software and Services Group to ensure that the hardware they create in the laboratories functions with the dominant software platforms on the market. In some ways, Renee J. James works as a corporate ambassador between Intel and every major OS and software provider in the world!
With a new year comes a plethora of corporate shake-ups. 2012 is no different and Intel, the world’s leading manufacturer of microchips, was one of the big companies to celebrate after the annual Consumer Electronics Show by moving key personnel around. While several well-known members of Intel’s executive staff moved around – like David Perlmutter, whom the Board promoted to Chief Product Officer – there was perhaps no greater beneficiary of the corporate shake-up than Brian Krzanich. Brian Krzanich is now the Chief Operating Officer of Intel!
Brian Krzanich was Intel’s Vice President and General Manager for Manufacturing and Supply when he was tapped to be the new Chief Operating Officer. Krzanich served as General Manager for Marketing and Supply since 2007 and before that, he worked for four years as part of the Assembly Test team, ensuring quality control at Intel was up to the company’s lofty standards. Brian Krzanich first came to the attention of Intel’s executives when he devised a process to manufacture technologies at the .13 micron-process level. This was a breakthrough at the time and helped put him on the radar of those he will now work with as Chief Operating Officer.
In this age where the world is continually getting smaller through improved communications networks and less expensive means of transportation, it is not uncommon for multinational corporations, even those based in the United States, to have a very diverse executive portfolio. Even Intel, the chip manufacturer based in Santa Clara, California, has executives from other countries. This makes sense, though, as Intel has a habit of hiring from the best and brightest minds around the world. After graduating from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, with a degree in Electrical Engineering, David Perlmutter came to work for Intel. Now, Perlmutter is an Executive Vice President for the company, as well as the General Manager of Intel’s Architecture Group.
As General Manager of the Intel Architecture Group, David Perlmutter is responsible for determining which products Intel will develop. Because Intel has such a massive research and development branch, the company needs an executive to determine which projects are worth pursuing and which experiments need to be retooled. The position calls for someone who has the judgment to evaluate the state of technology and the vision to push the envelope of what is possible. David Perlmutter is just that type of visionary.
Shortly after graduation from the Technion, Perlmutter worked hard on innovating new microprocessor designs. His engineering talents were impressive and he innovated new designs of branch target buffers and multiprocessing cache coherency protocols which he holds the patents for! Those developments brought David Perlmutter to the attention of Intel. Eager for just such an inventor, Intel hired Perlmutter to head their development team. In that role, Perlmutter designed the Intel i387 and then created the microarchitecture for the Intel Pentium processor! David Perlmutter led the teams that fundamentally change an entire generation of microchips!
With that type of success in his portfolio, the Board promoted Perlmutter through the ranks of the research and development divisions of Intel. He had vital roles in Intel’s microprocessor manufacture for mobile phones, allowing Intel to enter the ultra-low power handheld market. As the natural evolution of his successes, CEO Paul Otellini promoted him once again. As General Manager of the Intel Architecture Group, Perlmutter is responsible for overseeing all of Intel’s products from data centers to consumer electronics.
Not one to rest on his laurels, David Perlmutter shepherded Intel’s latest breakthrough, Sandy Bridge, to the forefront of Intel’s manufacturing effort. Sandy Bridge is a microprocessor with a revolutionary new microarchitecture, said to be a leap forward much like the Pentium was. If Sandy Bridge lives up to its potential, David Perlmutter will prove that his best days are not behind him!
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