Intel Developer Forum Conference Dates Announced

Semi-Annual Technology Showcase Expands into Russia in Fall

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2002--The worldwide Intel Developer Forum (IDF) conference, Intel Corporation's semi-annual showcase for hardware and software developers, expands to seven events this fall. Eastern Europe is the newest stop on an IDF tour that already includes the Far East, Asian subcontinent, Western Europe and the United States.

Despite a down-turned economy that has impacted the event industry, particularly in the staging and attending of technical conferences, IDF grew again in the first half of the year. More than 10,000 developers, engineers and other technical experts attended the six conferences on the IDF Spring 2002 circuit, an all-time record for a program that began modestly in 1997 as a gathering of 200 in San Francisco. Today, IDF conferences are held in major convention centers, including San Francisco's Moscone Center, where 4,200 attended in February, including a record 525 journalists and analysts from more than 40 countries. The U.S. conference, which kicks off the fall schedule in September, will be held for the fourth time at the San Jose Convention Center.

Being the center of Russia's burgeoning IT and telecommunications economy was among the appeal of Moscow to host the first IDF conference in Eastern Europe. Two other cities will play host to IDF for the first time: Mumbai, the commercial capital of India with a reputation as a growing technology; and Copenhagen, Denmark, one of Europe's key IT and competence clusters, especially in optical communications technology. Bangalore hosted the past two IDF conferences in India. Copenhagen is the third Western European city to host, following successful conferences in Amsterdam, Netherlands a year ago and Munich, Germany in May.

The IDF Fall 2002 schedule: Sept. 9-12, San Jose, Calif.; Oct. 2, Moscow; Oct. 8-10, Copenhagen, Denmark; Oct. 14-15, Taipei, Taiwan; Oct. 22-24, Tokyo; Oct. 29, Mumbai, India; Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Shenzhen, mainland China. Gold sponsors of the U.S. event to-date are IBM, Rambus Inc. and SuperMicro Inc.

The addition of a Russia conference will raise the number of IDF conferences in 2002 to 13. Whereas the conference count may go up or down depending on corporate or industry-driven factors, the fact that IDF has grown despite sour economic and post-Sept. 11 conditions is a strong indicator of Intel's commitment to the program.

"Intel believes the best way to grow out of a recession is to invest in technologies and products that excite the user in new and compelling ways," said Pat Gelsinger, Intel vice president and chief technology officer. "IDF is Intel's most visible and wide-reaching example of an effort to lead the industry in developing these technologies and products."

This global investment by Intel is on behalf of both itself and a technology industry hungry for vital and credible insight and a competitive advantage.

"Officially, the `I' in `IDF' stands for `Intel,' but in essence it could stand for `Industry,'" Gelsinger said. "Our goal is to include and involve industry participants in as many areas of the conference as possible. We're thrilled that non-Intel industry experts taught more than 30 percent of all sessions and labs at the spring event. Figure in the 180-plus companies and industry groups which exhibited their latest developments at the Technology Showcase, and the various conference sponsors, and it's clear that IDF really is an 'industry developer forum.'"

A major contributor to IDF's growth is its highly technical nature. Of the nearly 200 hours of lectures, sessions and labs staged in spring, the vast majority were rated "highly technical" or "technical." IDF Fall 2002 tracks are now in development and promise to include detailed information on a wide-range of technologies such as 802.11a/b, optical networking, PCI Express(1), InfiniBand(1), Gigabit Ethernet and Serial ATA. Attendees will also receive essential information on the latest on Intel® Pentium® 4- and Intel® Itanium(TM)-based platforms, the Intel® Internet Exchange Architecture, the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture and Intel's research and development labs.

By holding multiple global conferences twice a year, IDF is able to provide attendees with fresh information they need to maintain a clear understanding of the latest technology trends and the tools to implement them. An example of how IDF evolves in order to stay ahead of emerging industry issues is this year's focus on the merging of computing and communications, a theme that many developers are facing today as computers communicate and phones compute.

Based on the growth of IDF attendance in the first half of 2002, a period during which Chicago-based Center for Exhibition Industry Research reported a 5 to 10 percent decline, it is apparent that attendees and exhibitors alike have cottoned to Intel's strategic direction.

"A key to IDF's success is to not only branch into technology hubs and emerging markets, but extend the focus from PCs, hardware and servers to include wireless, networking communication, handheld clients and software," Gelsinger said.

About IDF

The Intel Developer Forum is the technology industry's premier event for hardware and software developers. Held worldwide throughout the year, IDF brings together key industry players to discuss cutting-edge technology and products for PCs, servers, communications equipment, and handheld clients. For more information on IDF and Intel technology, visit http://developer.intel.com.

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.