Intel Developer Forum Fall 2006 - News Roundup

News Roundup

This week Hardware.Info attends the Fall 2006 edition of Intels Developer Forum. During this event Intel gives us a sneak peak into the products and technologies of the future. On this page you'll get an overview of all the news we've published during the event.

Friday September 29th

• First quad core benchmarks  

Thursday September 28th

• Lower power usage for notebook screens
• Intel DDR3 chipset up-and-running
  
• Save power by disabling your LAN connection
• NEC shows Wireless USB devices

Wednesday September 27th

• Intel 945GC chipset for budget Conroes
• Intel to introduce SSE4 with 45 nm processors in 2007
• Intel and IBM working on PCI Express extension: Geneseo
  

Tuesday September 26th

• Intels quad-core roadmap
• Intel shows prototype teraflop chips with 80 cores
• New 'Santa Rosa' Centrino platform brings better performance
• First 45 nm processors in 2H07
• Confirmed: Kentsfield in November
  

Monday September 25th

• Kentsfield support in Windows XP Home
• New technologies speed up WLAN
• Intel shows single chip MIMO WLAN adapter
• Is this the notebook of the future?
  
• Homeplug AV: 200 Mbps through your power socket
• Intel starts validating Wireless USB devices