Intel's vice president Pat Gelsinger chats on German heise online
The future perspectives of the IT Industry

Hanover (Germany), December 17th 2001 - The computers of the future will have processors with more than a million transistors. But can these "monster-processors" revitalize the saturated market? What is the PC landscape going to look like in 2007? Will there be enough users and applications to capitalize on these "next-generation" chips? These questions will be in the focus of heise online's first English language chat.

The podium consists of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Patrick Gelsinger, Intel's most important man in the technology sector and Andreas Stiller, editor with German computer magazine c't. They will discuss, together with heise online users, new technologies and the possible physical or pragmatic limits of chip development. The chat begins on 19 December, at 18:00, CET (12:00 Eastern Standard). The chat room will be opened an hour beforehand. A link from heise online's site will lead directly to the chat.

The discussion partners:
Patrick Gelsinger, BA in electrical engineering, has worked for Intel since 1979, initially on CPU development. Later, he played a substantial role in the development of the 486 and the Pentium Pro. He instigated the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). As CTO, Gelsinger is head of the department "Corporate Technology Group" department, where he deals more with research than products. Gelsinger is responsible for long-term strategic development and for identifying areas of cooperation between departments.

Andreas Stiller, c't-editor and chip-expert, is a well known insider of the processor scene, who has been following computer industry developments for more than two decades.

heise online is a German Internet site with IT-news for people interested in computers. It pools the competence of the magazines c't and iX as well as the online magazine Telepolis. Since January 2001 heise online has offered its German speaking users, in a 14-day rhythm, an hour-long online conversation on computer related themes. There have been many controversial discussions between editors and invited experts. With its high number of participants, heise online chat has developed into one of the most popular IT chat events in Germany.