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Intel Press Room
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Recent Intel press releases.
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Chip Shot: Your Future Home Phone Ideas
 Today, phones are getting smarter and apps are exploding in growth. There are even plans for 3-D holographic screen interfaces. But what might the future home phone look like do for us? What kind of software or apps do you think it should have? Submit ideas here: facebook.com/IntelIdeas. The winner will be invited to Intel’s AZ campus to serve as an honorary VP of R&D, receive a new notebook and development software, and have the opportunity to develop their idea with Intel engineers.
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Chip Shot: Technology, Stress and a Pacifier?
 Has technology become akin to a baby’s pacifier in relieving stress? Intel anthropologist Ken Anderson explores this connection and shares his research in the latest of a series of articles on the Intel Inside Scoop about the relationships between technology and stress. Follow and join the discussion on scoop.intel.com.
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Chip Shot: Intel Releases Parallel Studio 2011 Software
 Today, Intel introduced Intel® Parallel Studio 2011, an updated development tool suite that makes it easier for software developers to improve the performance and reliability of serial and parallel applications by leveraging the advantages of the latest multicore processors. This release adds Intel® Parallel Building Blocks, a new set of parallel models that offer new ways to exploit parallelism. Intel® Parallel Advisor, a powerful threading assistant, helps developers transition from code from serial to parallel and numerous other enhancements including full support for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 development environment.
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Intel to Acquire Infineon's Wireless Solutions Business
 NEWS HIGHLIGHTS - Intel to purchase Infineon's Wireless Solutions Business, called WLS, in a cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011.
- WLS sale enables Infineon to expand leading position in markets for automotive, industry and security technologies.
- WLS will operate as a standalone business. Intel is committed to serving WLS' existing customers, including support for ARM-based platforms.
- The acquisition expands Intel's current Wi-Fi and 4G WiMAX offerings to include Infineon's 3G capabilities and supports Intel's plans to accelerate LTE. The acquired technology will be used in Intel® Core processor-based laptops, and myriad of Intel® Atom™ processor-based devices, including smartphones, netbooks, tablets and embedded computers.
- The deal aligns with Internet connectivity pillar of Intel's computing strategy.
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One Intel Employee’s Deep Dive
 Did you know that Intel funds projects by employees which focus on bettering the environment? Ken Brown, Intel manufacturing employee -- and scuba diver – was the recipient of a grant from Intel’s Sustainability in Action Program. Ken is contributing to a photography effort called Portrait of a Coral Reef. And Intel technology, a cluster of multi-core based systems,-will do sophisticated image crunching for researchers at the University of California at San Diego who are studying changes in the fragile reef due to climate change, pollution, and invasive species.
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