h u n t 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2006 Notice from Jeigh: Taken from: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ From Fortune Magazine July 25 2005, page 76 by Adam Lashinky INTEL OUTSIDE "Intel Inside" The technology behind Centrino now (in 2005) a $5 Billion business for Intel, was born in a research laboratory Israel. Dadi Perlmutter, was one of the Centrino architects said "We have a strong culture of debate and confrontation here" as the Vice president and leader of the Israeli chip designers. "Sometimes too much". THE TALE of how Intel developed Centrino a collection of wireless computers that Intel work synonymous with Wi-Fi broadband access is one that couldn't have happend at the home office because it would chalenging orthodoxy. In the late 1990s, when Intel was developing the Pentium 4the most important attribute of a new chip was processor speed, as frequency, measured in Gigahertz. But fast chip - consumed more power, which meant shorter battery life-perhaps the most critical feature for Wi-Fi enabled network computer. "At the time" say Perlmutter, "frequency was god. That was sold, You could argue many thing, but not frequency". That is, untill Simcha Gocman, an engineer in Perlmutter came to him with a suggestion. "He said if we could give up half the frequency, we could cut power consumption by half as well." Thet designing the Pentium M-using combinations of well Intel technology as well as designs from Intel's older and less powerfull MicroProcessor, the Pentium 3. THE RESULTS By focusing on mobility rather than Gigahertz, In tel created a winner, Centrino has delivered more than $5 billion in revenue since 2003 (this one was writed in 2005) when it was introduced. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
