Jason Dunn
02-21-2004, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114857,tk,dn022004X,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article...n022004X,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"The "tera" era of the computing world is approaching, and the semiconductor industry will have to rethink many of its architectural approaches in order to handle the vast datasets of the future, says Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Intel. As is traditional, Gelsinger took the last day of the biannual Intel Developer Forum here to describe the chip maker's plans for new technologies and products in the coming five to ten years. In the past, he has talked up everything from software-defined radios to biosensor networks, but this year he focused on Intel's fundamental role as a chip architect."