IDF Spring '04 coverage in full

We'll gather chips in the Spring

Enterprise Systems

• Intel unveils 64-bit capable Xeon
• Intel's Barrett hints at 64-bit compatibility glitches
• Who sank Itanic?
• IBM shows Itanic love with Power4 benchmark
• The point of Itanium keeps floating with new chips
• HP to pump IDF full of Opteron boxes
• Function trumps form at Intel showcase
• Intel downbeat about 64-bit extensions
• Abolish Free TV - Intel lobbyist

Personal Hardware

• Intel to ship 64-bit Pentium 'in time for Longhorn'
• Grantsdale DX9 support limited to pixel shader only

Mobile Systems

• Intel moots Centrino-style home PC platform
• 'Centrino 2' to launch next Autumn
• 90nm Dothan to lead consumer Centrino drive
• Intel to combine Wi-Fi, Bluetooth in Centrino 2
• Intel chief touts mobile 3D chip, ignores next-gen XScale
• Intel to kill off Mobile Pentium 4 'around Q1 2005'

Storage

• Seagate spins 10k rpm disks

Wireless

• UWB group dumps IEEE to speed wireless USB, 1394
• Intel to combine Wi-Fi, Bluetooth in Centrino 2
• Intel prototypes portable 'Tele-Phone'