Posts Tagged ‘intel’

Intel: Sponsors of Tomorrow

This morning there was a new banner over the entrance of JF3. It’s part of the ad campaign started last week with the Intel Rock Star video.
I don’t know what this campaign does for the rest of you, but it makes me proud to work at Intel. :-)

Intel Rock Star

Friends and family ask what it’s like working at Intel. It’s a lot like this… ;-)
Update: Mike Rogoway’s (of The Oregonian) take on Intel’s ad.
Update 2: Ha! Google likes me! This post shows up in the number two slot on a Google search for “intel rockstar.” I wonder how long that will last…

Intel Jones Farm Walking Routes

I mapped a few simple walking routes in and around the Intel Jones Farm campus. Imagine my surprise to find that they have nice distances of 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 miles.
Now I have more exercise options. ;-)

Tour de Intel Oregon Site

I wanted to do a longer bike ride today (I failed last week) so I mapped this one out before I left. According to Google, this ride is a hair over 26 miles.
View Larger Map at Google Maps
This ride took me by Intel’s Oregon campuses. Intel’s Oregon site is its largest because it includes all [...]

Happy Birthday, Intel

Intel turns 40 today. Engadget honors the event with a “new” Intel logo.
Happy birthday, Intel!
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Disclosure: I am employed by Intel (at least I was before this post…).

Intel’s New Cubes

Intel is experimenting with brighter, lower, smaller “cubicles” and workspaces. The new layout is intended to improve collaboration and avoid the “rat maze” look of typical cubes. It will be interesting to see whether it works or instead, increases distractions.
I’m staying in the old-style cubes, but attended the open house today with Josh Bancroft, [...]

Quote of the Day — Winston Churchill

You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give. —Winston Churchill.
Found on my desk in the fortune cookie accompanying the Intel Community Giving Campaign brochure.

Quote of the Day — Paul Otellini

We see an advantage to having all the cores on our die work. —Paul Otellini
(Source.)

Quote of the Day — Shekhar Borkar

If the software doesn’t keep up, the chip becomes a paperweight. —Shekhar Borkar, Intel Fellow, director of microprocessor research

Intel blogging

Blogging is becoming a way of life at Intel but most of it takes place behind the firewall where Intel’s watchers and customers cannot see it. Here are a few notable exceptions:

IT@Intel Blog — Official Intel blogging
Intel Perspective — Anonymous Intel blogging
TinyScreenfuls.com — And now… unofficial Intel blogging by Josh Bancroft

If the purpose of blogging [...]