Ajay V. Bhatt,
Intel Fellow, Intel Architecture Group
Chief Platform Architect, PC Client group.
Abstract: When Steve Jobs announced iPad2, it wasn’t billed as just another device for consuming media. Tablets are now the increasingly preferred vehicle for web browsing, media content and video watching. The position of the PC in the consumer’s devices hierarchy is changing but the raw power and utility of the PC, even if it is only a consequence of its form factor, will ensure it still plays an integral role in our device landscape going forward.
So where is this all going? The “PC” is alive and well, but it morphs to support computing experiences that are increasingly ubiquitous, casual, intimate and physical. The new Ultrabooks demonstrate PCs going in this direction. The PCs are joined by smartphones and tablets, as well as future devices like wearables and surfaces. The futures of mobile devices, desktops and laptops are converging. The products that will win have yet to be determined, but the underlying technological and social changes that will drive the PC forward are already here.
This talk reveals the technical underpinnings that define an Ultrabooks and suggests ways that new technologies might transform all PCs in the future. The form factor diversity enables computing in more contexts. Some of the architectural enhancements will enable optimal power, performance and responsiveness of the new systems. The enhanced communication architecture will enable great “always on, always connected, always fresh” experiences along with the new platform capabilities such as touch, sensors, context awareness and wireless charging.
Bio: Ajay Bhatt is an Intel Fellow and Chief Platform Architect for Intel’s PC Client group. Currently, Ajay Bhatt is playing a leading architectural efforts in transforming the PC by working with the key internal and external technology partners to develop future platform architectures and technologies. He also collaborates with key business and planning groups to position Intel at the forefront of the future client platform innovation by setting company-wide and industry impacting strategies.
Bhatt joined Intel in 1990. At Intel, Bhatt has been the chief architect and co-inventor of broadly adopted technologies such as USB, Accelerated Graphics Port, PCI Express, platform power management architecture and various personal computer enhancements. Ajay Bhatt is an industry-recognized technical expert in the area of Platform Architecture and I/O technologies. The technologies he has helped developed have had profound impact on the computer industry. Bhatt currently hold 32 patents in the area of Platform architecture and I/O technologies.
Bhatt earned his master’s degree from The City University of New York. He is invited worldwide to give technical talks at industry forums and leading universities. He received an Achievement in Excellence Award for his contribution in PCI Express specification development in 2002. His other recognitions include being named as one of “The 50 Most Influential Global Indians” and a recipient of a The Light of India Award 2012, for his contributions in advancement of science and technology.