News about Intel as it relates to Linux

 Intel design points to Air-sized budget PCs, Apr 07, 2008

Users will not have to choose between thickness and price when having to choose an ultraportable notebook, Intel has claimed during a presentation at its own Developer Forum.

Intel has launched what it believes are the world's smallest processors, dubbed the Atom.

Intel said it left the OLPC program because the organization had asked it to stop selling a competing low-cost computer.

An ultra-low-cost laptop for children will be soon be available for purchase in computer stores in Vietnam. The "Hacao Classmate PC" is based on Intel's Classmate PC design, and will come pre-installed with Hacao Linux, a Vietnamese-language Linux distribution based on Puppy Linux.

Intel yesterday launched an open-source project called LessWatts.org, which it hopes will reduce the power consumption of Linux-based servers, PCs and other devices.

Intel has unveiled an ambitious project aimed at developing open source software for mobile devices. The Moblin project comprises a Linux kernel, UI framework, browser, multimedia framework, and embedded Linux image creation tools, along with developer resources such as documentation, mailing lists, and an IRC channel.

Intel and the One Laptop per Child project have unveiled a partnership that ends the long standing rivalry between the low cost notebook project and the chipmaker.

Intel's recent moves to embrace Linux for its consumer ultra mobile devices is likely to signal a major shift in the battle over web content and delivery, industry experts predict.

Intel is developing its own take on the mini-tablet, with a new ultra-mobile PC platform to be announced at this week’s Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The big surprise? It’s based on Linux.

Intel has unveiled a new solid state hard drive based on Flash memory that aims to provide a low cost alternative to mechanical hard drives.

With Intel Corp. processors supporting the company's Virtualization Technology (VT) becoming more pervasive, Linux kernel developers are writing the code to improve hardware virtualization and hence performance.

Intel has released open-source software to give Linux full-fledged support for 3D graphics, a move that could give its graphics chips a leg up over rivals.

In a move that could drastically improve Linux applications' hardware support, Red Hat is to open 17 new testing centres in conjunction with Intel

Intel has partnered with a Mexican telecoms company to sell an affordable PC designed for first-time computer users in developing countries. It's the latest effort by technology vendors to develop products for emerging markets.

Intel said the PC would be a small, energy efficient system with "full-featured" PC technologies. It will be cheaper than typical PCs, with the price adjusted for local conditions and family incomes, Intel said, without providing a specific price.

Intel is widening its small business offerings with a low-cost, high-capacity storage product

To stay one step ahead of the competition, Intel is investing heavily in new software strategies of which open source is a fundamental part

Aside from writing Linux software—it wrote Linux drivers for Centrino, for example—Intel has also worked on broader efforts, such as assisting resellers in emerging computer markets by creating kits for building Linux desktops.

So, Linux becomes a forbidden for those who want to watch a movie legally. Think this is by chance? Think it won't catch on? There is a $300 million plus ad campaign cooking to make sure you equate digital media with EF, and don't question that you are giving up all your rights to pay for the privilege.

The British Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has built a large cluster from Linux Networx which includes Intel EM64T processors linked to Nvidia FX3400 high end graphics cards.

Speaking about Open Source for enterprises, Chandrashekhar said, "We would like all operating systems to run and be available on our platform. While Linux is going good at the back end, at the client side, it is going nowhere."

For the past few weeks, I have been looking at and working with SuSE Linux for EM64T as well as Win x64. Both operating systems are good and stable. However, the question that keeps coming up is, who needs 64 bits now?

There's one more, and potentially life-saving crutch for Itanium -- and that's Linux. Even Dell offers Red Hat Linux on its high-end servers, while on its (even higher) high-end systems HP offers only Linux or its own OpenVMS -- which despite the protestations of some of its ardent supporters, looks to be going nowhere today.

Everyone knows Intel wants to sell processors but the question is does it really care what operating system is running on the chip? The answer is apparently yes. It's taken notice of the effect Linux is having in the IT market and it's reacting.

Intel and Novell on Monday said Linux is gaining on Microsoft's Windows operating system in Brazil thanks to government policies pushing open source software.

The chipmaker has created a new Open Source Program Office, increasing its commitment to boosting Linux

Intel has created a group to focus on Linux and other open-source software issues, the newest move to bring the open-source operating system closer to parity with competing products from Microsoft.

"The demand for Linux on the desktop, while still small, is growing and represents an opportunity for Intel's channel network," Intel spokesman Scott McLaughlin said in a statement.

Improvements to Linux have led Intel to permit Linux laptops to sport the Centrino brand for the first time.

Intel, the world's biggest semiconductor maker, said it is helping Chinese and Indian customers build personal computers that use the Linux operating system, an alternative to Microsoft's Windows software.

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