Multiple Rivals Poise To Attack Intel As Chip Giant Kicks Off IDF

Hothardware ^ | Monday, September 10, 2012 | Joel Hruska

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Intel's Developer Forum (IDF) starts on Tuesday, and the chip manufacturer is expected to discuss its Ivy Bridge refresh, Haswell, talk about its upcoming 32nm tablet platform, Clover Trail, and possibly share a few details on its 22nm Atom SOC's. Performance per watt is going to be a major focus at IDF this year; Haswell is rumored to be capable of idling below 10W. Intel always uses IDF as a demonstration platform and roadmap update, but it's particularly important this year, when competing foundries have struggled with 28nm and Intel itself just cut its Q3 guidance.

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Intel is getting serious about the Mobile Market...it seems.

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Several of Intel's rivals are gearing up their own demonstrations for this week. In AMD's case, that's normal -- Sunnyvale almost always does its own event during IDF -- but ARM and Apple are newcomers to this particular fray. Here's what to expect from each:

[ari-freedom]

Don't mess with the IDF!

[Hodar]

It won’t be long before you just blu-tooth your monitor,keyboard and mouse to your phone. Everything will be in the cloud - your humble cell phone will be your connection to everything.

Soon, the most mundane thing your cell phone will do, will be to handle incoming and outgoing calls.