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IDF - Day Zero
Blog It's the biggest IDF ever outside the US. An IDF fixture takes the stage. Forget buzzword bingo - we decide what IDF needs is a Moore's Law Drinking Game. Sunday is winding down. The usual suspects are gently digesting the Squid Beard and crispy...
[April 16, 2007, 6:55]
IDF: Intel Sneaks A Peek At New Tech
News IDF: Intel's got wireless in hand Rupert Goodwins is exploring IDF for ZDNet UK -- click here to see some of his favourite gadgets from the show so far, and see the moment when Rupert got Segwayed. Hardware madness is an IDF favourite - click here...
[September 10, 2002, 12:02]
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]
IDF Day Zero: Of Intel China, Carrying Small And Living Large
Blog The IDF is still in the process of construction, and most of the booths and displays are still being assembled. He bounded onto stage with the irresistible energy of a small otter and unveiled the words of power for this IDF: Kerry Small, live large.
[April 1, 2008, 20:46]
IDF - More To Come
Blog Apologies for the lack of service on IDF issues. This will be remedied later this week. Lots to say, and as soon as possible it'll be said. Meanwhile, just a quickie: you may recall a prediction that Microsoft's mis-steps over Vista, XP and the...
[April 7, 2008, 10:06]
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' IDF Diary
Blog At last, IDF itself. Tuesday 17/02/2004 Which means the first keynote, which means it's time to find out whether what everyone expects -- the 64 bit extensions to the Pentium -- are going to happen. On the way to the show, however, there's more...
[February 20, 2004, 16:05]
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. Monday 25/02/2002
[March 4, 2002, 8:59]
Nehalem Sighted At IDF
Blog Hot off the press from our Shanghai correspondent at IDF — a picture of Nehalem, Intel's next-generation processor: Rupert's keyboard seems to bear a few battle scars too — more from our man at IDF later.
[April 1, 2008, 9:51]
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. Wednesday 24/08/2005 There was a classic Knupffer moment last night, towards the end of the evening's press party.
[August 30, 2005, 13:55]
Wireless Ascends At IDF
News COMMENT: Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary NEWS: Intel makes a mesh of wireless networking With Wi-Fi in the ascendant, Intel is already looking ahead to a possible replacement Intel on slow road to 64-bit PC chips
[February 21, 2003, 16:54]
IDF: Ultramobile Intel Processor Breaks Cover, Adopts Linux, Gets Alliance.
Blog Building on tradition" was the keynote theme - so it's good to see that the oldest and most honourable tradition of IDF, that streaming video doesn't and isn't, is holding true even in the age of 45nm
[April 18, 2007, 4:53]
Breaking UMPC News From IDF
Blog Our much-travelled Technical Editor Rupert Goodwins is currently deep in Intel briefings at IDF in Beijing, but he's managed to dodge the PowerPoint for long enough to send us this pic of a prototype Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC):
[April 16, 2007, 12:08]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog But right now, two days before it kicks off, IDF means just one thing: new shirts. This year, the Spring IDF is in San Francisco, always a romantic city. Clearly, my fellow Europeans at IDF are a similarly conscientious and mathematically gifted...
[February 20, 2004, 16:05]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog Last day and for many of those attending IDF, traditionally the tastiest. Thursday 9/9/2004 Chief technical officer Pat Gelsinger is the chap in charge of Intel's crystal ball, and this is the time he gets to give it a good rub in public.
[September 10, 2004, 18:30]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog Alas, the demos don't all go to plan -- another traditional IDF entertainment -- but some are simply puzzling. Today's keynote is more of the same. Mike Fister, manager of Enterprise Platforms, has grown a rather exciting Mexican Bandito moustache.
[February 20, 2004, 16:05]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog Indeed, Rattner was leading another trend at IDF, the move away from the blue shirt and the khaki slacks. I promise faithfully to tell you why all of this matters just as soon as I manage to rid myself of the image of Otellini in Speedos, a picture...
[August 30, 2005, 13:55]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog It's a good idea to show your commitment to developing markets by having your chief executive publicly welcome the first delegation from the Chinese government ever to visit IDF; it's a bad idea when that lets a disrespectful British journalist...
[September 10, 2004, 18:30]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog Then came Mr IDF himself, Pat Gelsinger. And so we hit the full-on IDF. All Star Trek fans know what that means — and indeed, the red shirt count dropped dramatically as IDF progressed. Ties are as out of place in IDF as bikinis in Riyadh.
[March 20, 2006, 12:00]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog I also overhear the following conversation, which can only happen at IDF. Wednesday 8/3/2006 This is the day I start to lose it. We've had the Core architecture overview in the keynotes. We've had the Core architecture overview in the press...
[March 20, 2006, 12:00]
