Intel Issues CPU Road Map

摘要

As it tries to maintain its lead in the semiconductor market over a revitalized AMD, Intel is moving forward with a new vision of multicore processors running vir-tualized applications while consuming power more efficiently. These ambitions were on display at August's Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco. The chipmaker hosted more third-party vendors than ever before at the event, where it showcased upcoming technologies for health care, mobility, digital homes and other verticals. Intel CEO Paul Otellini kicked off the show with a keynote address outlining the company's upcoming plans. Much of Intel's recent growth has come in the mobility space, with the Centrino notebook processor comprising roughly 36 percent of the units shipped in 2005. Moreover, in the second quarter of this year, notebooks outsold desktop PCs for the first time ever.