Intel Eyes 'Human-like' Computer

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Intel Eyes 'Human-like' Computer

Speaking at the 10th anniversary celebration of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) during his visit to Seoul, the chairman of the world¡¯s largest chip maker forecast the pace of technology will not slow down in the next decade, and that investing in education and research will be the keys to such growth.

``Investing in education and research and development and protecting intellectual property rights internationally will be essential during the next decade,¡¯¡¯ said Barrett. He said that South Korea is making a good start in the global competition, as the quality of its college students majoring in science and engineering is very good.

Barrett also stressed the importance of communication in a knowledge-based economy.

``Collaboration will play a vital role in unleashing the potential of ideas, from research partnerships between public and private sector organizations to regional economic cooperation between governments," he said.

He added that South Korea's higher penetration rate of broadband connections will enable the country to take advantage of the new opportunities in the next decade.

``Wireless broadband connectivity will be the backbone for many of tomorrow¡¯s most exciting technologies and services," he said. ``Korea is already a world leader in broadband and wireless connectivity."

Intel recently agreed with South Korea's Ministry of Education on calls for training more than 400,000 teachers in Korea over the next five years

Talking about his view on the next decade, Barrett said that the future growth will largely depend on new technologies, and Intel is working to make more human-like computers as a part of such efforts.

``Electronics are getting smarter, safer and more capable of adapting to the way people use them," he said. ``Intel's researchers are working to build self-aware computing platform technologies, which enables machines to manage multiple tasks and sources of input, including video to see, audio to hear and sensors to feel."

``Technological innovations, such as nano-scale technologies and petaflop supercomputing, will spawn new fields of science and engineering and deeper exploration of our universe," he said. ``IT will fuel breakthroughs in life sciences and biotechnology, leading to new medicines and cures and advances in age mitigation and reversal, prosthetics and bionic implants and gene therapy."

Barrett joined Intel Corporation in 1974, and became the company's chief executive officer in 1998 and chairman of the Board in last May.

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Edited November 1, 2005 by whoa182