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Rupert Goodwins' San Francisco IDF Diary
Blog The Moscone Center is a huge, squat lump of concrete and glass dedicated to corporate conferences -- as IDF went on in our bit, another was hosting the 48th year of the Biophysics Conference. Then I see the Hollywood-bright day outside, and forgive...
[March 4, 2002, 8:59]
Rupert Goodwins' San Francisco IDF Diary
Blog Today started in Holloway at 6am, and ended in San Francisco at midnight -- that is to say, 8am GMT. Saturday 23/02/2002 and Sunday 24/02/2002 What can you say about a 26-hour day, except "ouch"? There is nothing nice about sitting in the back of a...
[March 4, 2002, 8:59]
Rupert Goodwins' San Francisco IDF Diary
Blog And to think: some people come to San Francisco for the nightlife. Wednesday 27/02/2002 More keynotes, more sessions, more pancreas-endangering finger food in the hacks' enclave. Away from the organised activities, most fun is to be had watching...
[March 4, 2002, 8:59]
Rupert Goodwins' San Francisco IDF Diary
Blog Thursday 28/02/2002 I don't think I can gaze upon the face of another silicon chip without shuddering, ever again. Which is why I spend the morning in sessions looking at silicon chips in extreme close-up, and why I then allow myself to be...
[March 4, 2002, 8:59]
Rupert Goodwins' San Francisco IDF Diary
Blog Which means there's no time to talk about the six-foot-five African American transvestite hookers built like rugby players, the life-affirming aspects of running red lights onto freeways by mistake, what happened when The Register met The Inquirer...
[March 4, 2002, 8:59]
IDF: From The Show Floor
News For the three days of IDF, James B, our ZDNet Blogger at Large, has been posting dispatches from the show floor, giving the techie's-eye view of what's going on. IDF - Day 2 - Gloves are Off Day 2 marks a change in direction for the '07 IDF.
[September 20, 2007, 18:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Scarcely have my feet touched the ground on return from IDF in San Francisco — my diary from then will be with you next week, time travel fans — than I'm whisked off to Glasgow for a spot of radio presenter training.
[October 6, 2006, 18:55]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog This year, the Spring IDF is in San Francisco, always a romantic city. But right now, two days before it kicks off, IDF means just one thing: new shirts. Clearly, my fellow Europeans at IDF are a similarly conscientious and mathematically gifted...
[February 20, 2004, 16:05]
Preview: Intel Developer Forum
News At IDF -- the Intel Developer Forum -- next week, one of the big debates will be: "What exactly is a dual-core processor? The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker will provide details about a host of processors in San Francisco.
[February 25, 2005, 16:40]
Intel Steps Up A Gear
News The show could also be the last IDF attended by Intel chief executive Craig Barrett before he makes way for his replacement Paul Otellini. Intel has unveiled a whole range of new technologies and appliances at its annual developer event in San...
[March 3, 2005, 16:40]
IDF Goes Beyond Chips
News Sebastian Thurn, the professor overseeing Stanford University's Junior project brought the driverless car to IDF. Sun used IDF to show off an as-yet-unannounced server with four quad-core Intel processors.
[September 21, 2007, 15:48]
IDF: Next Generation Serial ATA Kicks Off
News Barely six months after the first version of the storage interface Serial ATA was announced -- and before product is available -- the working group has announced at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) in San Francisco that work is starting on version 2.
[February 26, 2002, 8:57]
Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)
White Papers Intel announced the new extensions at the spring 2004 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) held in San Francisco. This white paper focuses on Intel's 64-bit extensions to the IA-32 platform. Previously code-named Clackamas Technology (CT), the official name...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog You might have thought that it had some role to play in the digital entertainment industry - but there's nary a hint at IDF. The rest of the day is more briefings, from which I mostly excuse myself due to a slight allergy to the house dust in the...
[August 30, 2005, 13:55]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog Last day and for many of those attending IDF, traditionally the tastiest. Me, I'm staying on for a couple of days in San Francisco. Thursday 9/9/2004 Chief technical officer Pat Gelsinger is the chap in charge of Intel's crystal ball, and this is...
[September 10, 2004, 18:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Yes, it's that time of the year again when Intel drums up the interest for Fall IDF, the developer forum most likely to come up with some interesting snippets. I only really care about the technology, but marketing has a much higher power-to-weight...
[August 12, 2005, 18:40]
Dual-core Chips Will Not Share Cache
News Other IDF highlights include the release of an Itanium 2 with 9MB of cache, according to sources. Intel is likely to flesh out its dual-core chip strategy at the Intel Developer Forum, which takes place in San Francisco in September.
[August 26, 2004, 8:20]
Rupert Goodwins' San Jose Diary
Blog There's an opportunity to find out, which I fluff: there's a round table with Pat and about 15n journalists at the very end of IDF, but there isn't enough time to ask all the questions. And with that, IDF was over.
[September 19, 2003, 18:25]
Intel Looks To Do Well By Doing Good
Leader That's par for the course, but at this IDF there was also a lot more talk of what technology can do for parts of the world not normally concerned with the fastest processor or the latest storage technology.
[August 30, 2005, 16:00]
Contest Winner Takes Vaio Out In The Field
Blog The winner of that contest will also get a trip to San Francisco for IDF, including flight and £500 spending money--not to be sniffed at. What better place to take a lightweight, tough notebook out for a spin than the somewhat rugged Brecon Beacons?
[June 14, 2007, 13:03]
