Linux Ready for Prime Time, Intel Says
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Despite all the Linux hype, the open-source movement has yet to make a huge splash in the desktop market.  That may be about to change, thanks to chipmaking giant Intel Corp. -washingtonpost.com
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After years of speculation, there are many who believe that Linux is about to become a major platform for advanced mobile devices. And, not surprisingly given Linux's history, there are those who strongly disagree.
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InfoWorld - As Red Hat prepares to launch the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system on Wednesday, the question is again being asked whether a robust and feature-laden operating system is really needed for some computing situations.
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Novell today announced the November availability of SuSE Linux Professional 9.2, targeted at both unfamiliar users and open source enthusiasts, and compatible with standard 32-bit PC processors as well as AMD Athlon 64 and Intel Extended Memory 64
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Intel&#39;s Chief Technology Officer, Pat Gelsinger, implied that the Internet needs upgrading, and his company is ready to assist.
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Intel-based PCs are shipping now and AMD systems with the technology are on the way.
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With the new Linux-based OpenPower line, IBM serves notice that Intel may not be the best choice for all business-related tasks, says IDC analyst Dan Kusnetzky.
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Netra line of servers will have Linux as an operating system option.
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As the SuperComputing 2004 show kicks off in the US city of Pittsburg this week, Linux technology will be well represented among the big honking processor, storage and networking technologies on display.
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Intel plans to offer WiMax and 3G support as options for ultraportable devices running Windows or Linux.
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(InfoWorld) - Intel plans to show ultramobile PC devices based on its upcoming Menlow chip platform running AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) and the Ubuntu Linux distribution at the Intel Developer Forum on Wednesday. The demonstrations will offer a clearer view of what Menlow devices may look like and the capabilities they will offer when released. Due to hit the market in early 2008, Menlow is based on the dual-core Silverthorne processor and single-chip Poulsbo chipset. Intel is betting this package will spur demand for small, portable computers with long battery life and wireless connectivity. It hopes to see many of these devices run Linux instead of Windows, and Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, is scheduled to be joined on stage by Mark Shuttleworth, the CEO and founder of Canonical, to show a device running on an alpha version of Ubuntu Mobile, a Linux distribution designed for ultraportable PCs. Chandrasekher also plans to demonstrate a Menlow-based device running Adobe Systems' AIR, a runtime environment for Web applications that function like desktop applications and work on a range of operating systems. AIR applications can be written using HTML, Flash, and AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). As part of the AIR demonstration, Chandrasekher is expected to show a device running the Adobe Media Player, an AIR application that can download and play "premium content," Intel said.
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InfoWorld - At the Intel Developer Forum trade show in San Francisco last week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said the company will ship quad-core processors for servers and gaming PCs, beginning in November.
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InfoWorld - IDC on Wednesday painted an optimistic outlook for Linux over the next few years, predicting that overall revenue for desktops, servers, and Linux-compatible packaged software will reach &#36;35 billion by 2008.
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Upcoming chips will lead to relatively inexpensive hardware, company says.
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INTEL, the worldâs largest company making computer microchips, said it expected a much better performance in the first half of next year.
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Dell will expand its Linux offerings by preinstalling SuSE Linux on its servers starting later this year. By Larry Greenemeier. The same day Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer issued an E-mail to customers promoting
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(InfoWorld) - Intel is making samples of itsÂ Penryn server chipsÂ widely available to computer makers ahead of a planned product launch during the fourth quarter, a company executive said Wednesday. "We're now broadly sampling [Penryn] for all the various platforms," said John Antone, vice president and general manager of Intel Asia-Pacific, in a telephone interview. PenrynÂ is the code name given to the 45-nanometer versions of Intel's processors. The server version of the Penryn chips will be the first to hit the market, followed by mobile and desktop chips. Intel hasn't said publicly when the Penryn launch will happen, except to say the chips will be available during the fourth quarter. The company hopes the chips willÂ keep up the pressureÂ on rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which has seen its server market share shrink in recent months. The Penryn launch will happen after AMD's upcoming server chip, calledÂ Barcelona, hits the market. Originally scheduled for a mid-year launch, the quad-coreÂ Barcelona chips will begin shippingÂ in August, and will be available in servers from September. AMD is betting the server chip's design and performance will stem its market share losses, butÂ Intel remains confidentÂ that Penryn will extend its lead. Preparations for Penryn's impending launch come as Intel appears to have regained its mojo, following several missteps last year. On Tuesday,Â Intel reportedÂ a 44-percent increase in second-quarter profit, to $1.3 billion. Lower selling prices for its microprocessors during the period were offset by higher than expected unit shipments, the company said. Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan, accounted for 51 percent of Intel's $8.7 billion second-quarter sales, largely because so many of the world's computers are manufactured in the region, the company said. That figure does not reflect where those computers are bought by end users. When looked at from a consumption basis, processor shipments to end users in the three main regions -- the Americas; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Asia -- are roughly equal, with each accounting for about one-third of unit shipments, Antone said. Â