The future perspectives of the IT Industry
Intel's vice president Pat Gelsinger chats on German
heise online
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.
Press contact:
Sylke Wilde
Heise Medien Gruppe
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Telefon: +49 [0] 511 5352-290
Telefax: +49 [0] 511 5352-563
sylke.wilde@heise-medien.de
