Off to IDF 2009

Welp, I’m out the door once again to head to the west coast, we’re I’ll be attending the latest iteration of Intel’s Developer Forum. As always, you can expect regular updates throughout the show, not just of Intel’s own developments, but their partners as well (and there are plenty).

If you recall our Taiwan trip from a few months ago, I kept a regular “diary” of sorts in our forums which let you experience Computex along with us… not just with information from the show, but other fun stuff outside the show as well. In all honesty, IDF and San Francisco isn’t near as interesting as Taiwan (at least, in my opinion), but I plan to continue the tradition and give an inside peek of what goes on when we attend IDF (minus the shower scenes).

So what’s to look forward to this year? Well, there won’t be as much desktop talk this year, primarily due to the fact that Lynnfield was released just weeks ago. I don’t expect there to be a total lack from that front though… Gulftown isn’t too far off, after all. This year, there is going to be a lot of focus on mobile, small desktop and other related devices, including technical information on Intel’s 32nm SoC and the Jasper Forrest embedded chip, a follow-up on Moore’s Law and it’s direction, Clarksfield (notebook Nehalem) and a lot more technology hovering around TV and entertainment. Oh, and there will be no Larrabee developments, at least we’re told.

Aside from all the really technical information, Intel’s bringing in alternative rock band Maroon 5 to play to a large crowd of geeks. I’m really interested to see some of the company’s engineers rock out. Another tradition is going to dinner with Intel’s coolest press rep, Dan Snyder, and a small group of US (and lone Canadian (me)) journalists. These dinners are always a lot of fun, especially given that Dan really knows how to pick the best wine (last year, we even enjoyed a bottle that was under embargo until just then. No joke).

As always, stay tuned, and post your thoughts/comments/questions in the related thread!