IDF Technical Sessions Tracks

Business clients are now more diverse and dynamic than ever before. Preparing today for the business client solutions of tomorrow is difficult. In this track, you can hear how the compute continuum touches the business environment: from smart companion solutions, client-aware cloud to the new Intel® Small Business Advantage (Intel® SBA). Hear how PCs powered by a next generation Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor can provide cost cutting manageability and smart security features with intelligent performance to drive business results. See how the IT shop of 2012 will provide faster, smarter solutions for every business client need including Intel® vPro™ Technology module for Microsoft* PowerShell*, Host-based Configuration, Use Case Reference Designs, Intel® KVM technology and Intel® Setup and Configuration Service (Intel® SCS) version 7.1.

This track provides the strategies for designing hardware client platforms based on the latest Intel® technology. Sessions will span the entire range of client PC design, from Ultrabooks™ to all-in-one desktop PCs based on Intel® Core™ processors. In addition, a variety of new technology topics will be covered, including PC responsiveness, Thunderbolt™, and USB 3.0.

This track will highlight innovative programming frameworks, software that are enabling breakthrough applications, and new usage models on 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor based platforms.  Sessions will cover a variety of topics including OpenCL*, Browser Acceleration, and Media Usages.  There will also be sessions covering performance optimization tools and strategies. 

Cloud computing is an important transition and a paradigm shift in IT services delivery–one that promises large gains in efficiency, agility, and flexibility at a time when demands on data centers are growing exponentially. In this track, get the latest insights into Intel’s Cloud 2015 Vision. Hear about advancements in compute, network, and storage for the cloud data center that provides greater security, efficiency, data center simplification, and enabling client-aware clouds. Plus, get the latest on industry-enabling activities, reference architectures, and proven solutions for cloud computing.

Intelligently managing and supporting the traffic that's coming from billions of smart, newly connected devices creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity for our communications infrastructure, starting with standards-based platforms. High performing, highly integrated Intel architecture platforms enable the consolidation of control, application and data plane – and even signal processing – workloads on a single platform. Follow this track to learn from Intel technology experts how you can exploit our multi-core architecture and new software development kits to deliver unprecedented versatility in your communications systems.

In today's world of space and power constrained data centers a new class of servers and solutions is emerging that allow users an additional level of flexibility and control over their data centers as well as alleviating many traditional data center concerns.  At the foundation of these new technologies are Intel® server platforms, which fuel the world's businesses while delivering breakthrough levels of performance and efficiency.  In this track we’ll discuss Intel's unique way to address data center performance needs by implementing Intel® technology.

Longer battery life is an important vector of mobility. The sessions in this track present solutions and methodologies for extending battery life through platform power reduction, system power management, software optimization, and implementation of power management guidelines for PCIe, USB, and SATA devices using interconnect bus extensions.

This track includes sessions from the Gold Sponsors of IDF.

Illuminate, gain insight, and solve key high-performance computing challenges. This track offers attendees an insight into Intel® technology that brings transformations in discovery and design. Key technology discussions will include architectural trends, software tools, Intel® Many Integrated Core Architecture (Intel® MIC Architecture) and Intel® Many Integrated Core Software (Intel® MIC Software), Internet Wide Area RDMA Protocol (iWARP), Intel® software tools, Intel® Array Building Blocks (Intel® ArBB) , Intel® Cluster Ready, and Intel® Solid-State Drives.

This track demonstrates how Intel® technologies combine to accelerate end user innovation and scale performance forward as new generations of I/O solutions become available. Key technology discussions include: PCI Express 3.0*,  SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0), and Thunderbolt™ technologies.

This track delivers the system design information and selected technical details needed to develop the next generation of Intel® Atom™ processor-based devices. Intel experts will reveal both the market opportunity and the technical underpinnings for designing netbooks (including classmate PC), tablets, entry-level desktops, and more.

This track addresses the challenges and opportunities that the industry faces in maintaining the PC’s leadership as a ubiquitous information technology device. Sessions will span the entire range of client PCs, from desktop gaming machines to new Ultrabook™ laptops, all with Intel® Core™ processors. Additional topics include technologies for new media experiences and opportunities for value-add services.

In the era of the embedded Internet, with billions of new connected devices on the way, what does it take to be amazing? To stand out, design and deliver the seamless and life-enhancing solutions that will power our smart, connected world? Learn from Intel technology experts as we show how intelligent and ubiquitous connectivity is enabling a massive transformation in the way people use and experience computing. This track will help you understand how Intel technologies, software, security solutions, and ideas can be harnessed and assembled to deliver rich and exciting user experiences in embedded applications, and enable you to design solutions that empower businesses and individuals to improve efficiency and productivity.

Researchers at Intel Labs are innovating today for the new and advanced compute experiences of tomorrow. Learn what our researchers are doing across the computing spectrum to create technology that is more secure, more efficient, and highly adaptive to an ever-changing environment.

Join the sessions in this track to find out where and why solid-state drive technology excels.  Hear about system level optimizations required to maximize the performance and endurance of solid-state drives. The track also explores the continuous evolution of non-volatile memory technology and its future direction.

If you are interested in hearing from Intel and Industry IT professionals on Enterprise IT future trends, challenges and potential solutions, this is the track for you. Hear about Cloud, Data Centre, Enterprise Application platforms, Device consumerization and Service Management. This track covers a number of topical challenges being faced by Enterprise organizations and focuses on medium to long term efforts to address these.

Ultrabook™ is Intel's vision to transform the PC experience to be ultra thin, ultra secure, and ultra responsive. Intel expects Ultrabook™ to be a device of choice for consumers to work, play, and interact. In this track, you will hear about Intel's vision for the Ultrabook™ category, what defines an Ultrabook™, design considerations, and what you can do to participate in the Ultrabook™ category as an ecosystem partner, manufacturer, or developer.

The world is increasingly more connected. Intel offers a full range of wireless technologies (2G/3G/LTE/WiFi/BT/GPS) to drive this trend. This track provides attendees with an understanding of the challenges of integrating multiple radios into low power, small form factor devices, and the technologies to enable multi-radio devices with optimized performance.  The track also  offers insights into key architecture and design considerations of Intel's next generation wireless connected platform.

Innovation is an engine for growth and often called a team sport. Open innovation requires collaboration. Join us to hear about current and emerging technologies, collaborations and see the future.

This track includes the special sessions at IDF including Technology Insights, Industry Insights and other special sessions.

Health reform and global economic stimulus have created unprecedented opportunities for countries to transform their healthcare systems by deploying information technology for the wellness of their citizens. Whether you support or provide services to a small practice, a regional hospital system, or a nationwide provider, this track can help point you to resources to help you reduce costs, create efficiencies and connect people with information to improve healthcare. Come learn about the latest security, cloud and mobile technologies that can help accelerate healthcare IT adoption, improve access to quality care, and effectively address some of the more thorny challenges presented by healthcare today.

This track covers data center storage challenges and how Intel® storage technologies enable breakthrough, energy-efficient performance, data protection, and scalability for public and private cloud storage solutions. You'll hear about the key cloud storage usage models and reference rack solutions for the usage models. Also included is Intel's converged storage server technology, including updates on small business/home storage systems and the Intel® Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library (Intel® ISA-L).

Never before have computers faced such great threats. Not only is the number of threats increasing, but innovative adversaries are diversifying their means and tools for exploiting vulnerabilities. At the same time, businesses, nations, and individuals have never been more dependent on computing power and connectivity. At the intersection of these great forces, we need new ways for hardware and software to protect our global digital infrastructure. This track will review ways that today's commonly available technology can improve computing security, and suggest some opportunities for new solutions in the future.

Get the latest technical information on the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) industry standard specification updates and future direction. Learn how UEFI standards apply to new Intel® technologies and how Industry leaders are building on the Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for UEFI open foundation and developing innovative firmware solutions beyond BIOS.

Over 2.5 Billion users will connect to the Internet in the next 5 years with over 10 Billion devices. This usage will require 8 times the amount of storage capacity, 16 times the network capacity and over 20 times the compute capacity by 2015. A new infrastructure must emerge to power this growth and enable the most efficient use of resources; this is Cloud Computing. Cloud is an evolution of computing that delivers services via the internet to consumers and enterprises. A highly scalable and efficient network connection is needed to provide the technical attributes as well as the extreme resource utilization and efficiency Cloud Computing promises. This track explores the evolution of next generation datacenters and its impact on Networking. Various sessions in the track discuss technologies such as 10GbE, I/O Virtualization, iSCSI, and Open FCoE that will be critical for a successful network evolution.

This track will showcase Intel's continued commitment to Visual Computing across the Compute Continuum.  We will look at Intel's newest processor graphics architecture across workstation, client, and embedded platforms.  The track will also highlight the software and drivers that support the hardware and show the compatibility with various ISV partner applications.  The focus will be on providing the best end user experience.  Topics include system design, platform performance, low power solutions, and various demos of these capabilities on Intel's most current and future platforms.