Silicon will be the engine of convergence

Silicon will be the driving engine that will bring new capabilities to the

computing and communications industries, predicted Intel President Paul Otellini

at the opening day gathering of the Intel Developer Forum, Fall 2002. 

"While the computing and communications industries are going through

their largest correction in history, investments in emerging technologies,

exciting products and more robust infrastructure continue," notes Otellini,

who says that collectively, the industry is now poised to deliver new products

and services that provide real innovation and customer benefit.

Silicon is the convergence enigne and will power a new era of computing

Paul Otellini

"We are on the cusp of creating exciting new technologies that allow all

computers to communicate and all communication devices to compute. This will be

fueled by silicon advances that enable new levels of integration," Otellini

says. Remarking that Silicon is the convergence engine that will power a new era

of computing, Otellini adds, "Intel’s advanced 90-nanometer silicon

technology will bring logic and communications capabilities together on company’s

manufacturing lines for the first time ever."

He explained that Intel’s role would be to expedite this convergence by

delivering silicon-based platforms and common development environments.

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