Intel Developer Forum

Technology Tracks and Technical Sessions

• Access to Digital Home Trends and Intel® Viiv™ Technology
  Abstract: This track will lead audiences to access the latest consumer PC platform design in 2006-2007, including Intel® Viiv™ Technology.
  Target audience: This track is designed for product marketing, business decision makers, R&D managers, developers/designers designing digital home platforms and/or audiences showing high interest in learning Intel® Viiv™ Technology and consumer PC platform designs.

• Design with PCI Express* 2.0
  Abstract: Track attendees will hear from Intel, PCI SIG and industry experts on the latest developments within the PCI Express specifications and walk away with a better understanding of where PCI Express implementations are heading and how to best utilize this knowledge for their own company's product designs.
  Target audience: This track is designed for R&D managers, developers/designers designing PCI Express products and/or showing high interest in accessing the lateset PCI Express* 2.0 standards and technologies.

• Intel Advanced Technology and Research - Leap to The Future
  Abstract: This track provides insights into breakthrough Intel technology and research that is driving silicon and architectural innovation, setting the pace for industry as well as ethnography research in digital home space.
  Target audience: This track is designed for hardware and software developers, R&D manager and/or academia interesting in accessing Intel breakthrough technology and research.

• Mobile Platform Technologies and Trends
  Abstract: This track presents the latest Intel technical advancements and collaborative efforts with the industry to enable and enhance usages on upcoming mobile platforms.
  Target audience: This track is designed for product marketing, R&D managers, developers/designers designing mobile platforms and/or audiences showing high interest in learning Intel latest mobile platform technologies and trends.

• New Wireless Standards and Technologies
  Abstract: Realizing the unwired world requires more than removing the tangle of wires binding people and their devices. It requires eliminating each barrier that prevents one type of wireless device from communicating with another. This track presents the new wireless standards and technologies to knock down these barriers.
  Target audience: This track is designed for R&D managers, developers/designers, government, standards bodies, academia and industrial analysts designing wireless products and/or audiences showing high interest in learning latest wireless standards/technologies.

• Power Thermal Optimization for Power-Optimized Platforms
  Abstract: This track will give audiences insights in advanced power and thermal management architecture and technologies being made by Intel to drive power-optimized platforms.
  Target audience: This track is designed for product marketing, R&D managers, developers designing and/or validating platform power/thermal designs/solutions and/or audiences showing high interest in learning Intel latest power and thermal optimization technologies.

• Upcoming Flash and Main Memory Technologies and Applications
  Abstract: For those impacted, or just attracted, by the continued evolution in main memory and flash memory technologies and applications, this track will raise the awareness of several unique advances and opportunities.
  Target audience: This track is designed for engineers, engineering managers, system Integrators, technical marketing from PC OEMs/ODMs flash vendors, CE manufacturers and/or audiences showing high interest in learning latest FB-DIMM and flash technologies.

• Lab: Advanced Fan Speed Control (AFSC) Tuning Optimization
  Abstract: The lab track will lead the participants to learn how to set up and tune a Broadwater platform using AFSC for optimum acoustic performance.
  Target audience: This track is designed for desktop platform developers including MNCs, regional OEMs, channel integrators who have the fundamental concept of AFSC.

• Building Upon Intel Multi-Core Architecture
  Abstract: As users look to get more out of their computers, continued increases in realizable compute capability per watt will be critical to meet these growing user needs. Come to learn about Intel next generation multi-core architectures.
  Target audience: This track is designed for product marketing, R&D managers, developers/designers designing Intel architecture based platforms or audiences showing high interest in learning Intel latest multi-core architectures and researches.

• Channel Platform Technologies and Trends
  Abstract: The channel is a key provider of technology and solutions to Enterprise, Small Business, and Consumers. This track will provide insights into how Intel delivers unique platforms to the channel that address local market segment needs and the growing shift to mobile computing. Discover how Intel channel platforms and solutions create new oppotunities, unique usage models, and align with the software ecosystem.
  Target audience: This track is designed for system integrators, ODMs, and developers interested in designing customized computing and software solutions for Enterprise, SMB, and consumer local market segments.

• DTV and Network Media Products Design Upon Next Generation Intel?CE Platform
  Abstract: This track is to discover the Intel strategic direction for digital home, especially DTV platform and relevant product & technology. In addition, a new SoC architecture for media processors will be introduced.
  Target audience: This track is designed for following audiences: 1.Video and display processing HW/SW engineers 2.FAEs, FSEs 3.OEMs and ODMs targeting DTV and HD-ready flat panel TVs 4.STB developers.

• Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
  Abstract: The computer industry is moving beyond BIOS. See the specs, the technology, and the solutions based on the Extensible Firmware Interface and the Intel Framework implementation.
  Target audience: This track is designed for platform architects and managers of BIOS, firmware and platform software Engineers.

• Enterprise and SMB Storage Technologies and Trends
  Abstract: Storage Technologies represent key decision criteria in both Enterprise and SMB platform architecture decisions. These storage sessions focus on the application of new technologies supporting the Intel storage platform vision to increase Enterprise and SMB storage efficiency. Storage Bridge Bay, End to End Data Protection, Blockguard, DDF, Dual Core and Multi-Core technologies will be discussed.
  Target audience: This track is designed for developers and audiences showing high interest in designing enterprise and SMB platform architecture including storage system and servers.

• Enterprise Server Architecture and Performance Innovation
  Abstract: This track empowers the audiences to learn next generation enterprise platform technologies, focus areas include Intel® Xeon® processor architecture, server management, virtualization and optimizing networking performance on new Xeon® servers through Intel® I/OAT.
  Target audience: This track is designed for R&D managers, engineers/developers, product marketing and IT managers/architects designing server and workstation platforms.

• Next Generation Embedded Platform and Business Solutions
  Abstract: Embedded and communication infrastructure design tools driving force in tomorrow’s solutions. Obtain in-depth technical knowledge on the latest Intel communications solutions for embedded applications.
  Target audience: This track is designed for product marketing, R&D managers, developers/designers and/or audiences showing high interest in learning Intel latest embedded platform technologies and trends.

• Technologies for Tomorrow’s Digital Office
  Abstract: This track will cover the latest Intel business client technologies for digital office platform and feature Intel® Active Management Technology, Intel® Virtualization Technology and the capabilities of Intel multi-core processors and chipsets in a business computing context. The objective of this track is to understand how you can implement these tools to help your business customers' platforms be more secure, manageable and responsive.
  Target audience: This track is designed for product planner, R&D manager, developers, IT managers/architects, ISVs developing platform manageability & security solutions and/or audiences showing high interest in learning latest technologies and trends in digital office space.