Intel invest US$12m in new research centre

Peter Dinham
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 08:39

IT Industry - Market

According to Rattner, the lab will conduct both basic and applied research in realistic, interactive computer graphics and natural user interfaces, and by the year's end, the institute will employ about a dozen researchers from Intel, Saarland University, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence.

Saarland’s Prime Minister, Peter Müller, says the State of Saarland is intensively fostering technology transfer among academic research facilities and the industry, and is “very proud of the world-class research conducted at the Saarland University, the Max Planck Society research institutes and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence.”

“We are equally proud that now we have been able to entice Intel to invest in Saarland. The Intel Visual Computing Institute has the potential to attract even more research in its area of expertise.”

Intel says its new centre will deliver more compelling visual computing applications through the development of new software designs and architectures, visual computing algorithms and parallel computing solutions.

Rattner says the institute will establish a feedback loop to Intel’s hardware design labs -- including in Barcelona, Spain and Braunschweig, Germany -- contributing to future visual computing hardware design, and current research contributions are expected to yield new software tools and hardware insights within just a few years.

“Intel has a rich history of innovation and creativity in Europe with research and development programs encompassing areas such as chip design, software development, mobile communications and services, atomic-level chip research, development of key Intel products and research on technologies that could help the ageing population to lead healthier, better lives.”