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Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

Meet the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award Winners
Three high school students earned top honors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public, when they each received an Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award and a $50,000 college scholarship.
In addition to these Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award winners, more than 500 Intel ISEF participants received scholarships and prizes for their groundbreaking work. Intel awards included the 18 "Best of Category" winners, selected from the categories, who each received a $5,000 Intel scholarship and an Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology-based notebook

Sana Raoof
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Sana Raoof, a senior at Jericho High School in Jericho, New York, conducted research on a branch of topology called knot theory. The central question in knot theory involves how to prove that two knots are the same or different. The reason this is difficult is that a knot can be drawn in an infinite number of ways, yet it is still the same knot. Mathematicians use knot invariants to assign consistent values to knots; however, every invariant so far has generated false positive results, meaning that knot equivalents cannot be guaranteed. Until now, that is, since Raoof recently proved that a

preexisting invariant, the Alexander-Conway polynomial, can guarantee knot equivalents on all knots corresponding to lattice chord diagrams.
Because knot theory has applications in biochemistry, Raoof's research may shed new light on a problem plaguing scientists for decades: the protein folding problem, or how proteins from amino acids fold up three-dimensionally in nature. Since there is a direct relationship between the structure and function of organic molecules, Raoof's work could provide insight into the workings of the basic machinery of life.
Natalie Saranga Omattage
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In 2007, deadly contaminants penetrated the pet food supply in the United States, causing the deaths of hundreds of animals. Food additives contaminated with a toxic combination of melamine and cyanuric acid were found to be the cause. Though food imports are currently screened via chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods, the instruments, as well as the reagents, are expensive. Additionally, implementation of these methods requires highly trained personnel.

In her search for a better solution, Natalie Saranga Omattage, a student at The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science in Columbus, Mississippi, explored alternative methods of detecting melamine and cyanuric acid in food. Using peptides with a high affinity to these chemicals, Omattage developed an effective quartz crystal microbalance-based biosensor capable of detecting melamine and cyanuric acid at low concentrations and in just a matter of minutes. Further, the biosensor is portable, less expensive than current screening methods, and does not require highly trained personnel to operate.
Omattage's biosensor is not only applicable to screening for food contaminants, it may also be used to detect other harmful chemicals.
Yi-Han Su
With growing global interest in hydrogen, science and industry are looking for ways to produce it more efficiently. One of the ways to produce hydrogen involves using a catalytic process with a methanol-reforming reaction. In order to generate hydrogen more efficiently, a high-activity catalyst is desirable.
For her chemistry project, Yi-Han Su, a student at Taipei First Girls High School in Chinese Taipei, developed a process to improve the activity of a catalyst, resulting in an improved process for generating hydrogen.

Intel Corporation

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC; SEHK: 4335) is the world's largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation and based in Santa Clara, California, USA, Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network cards and ICs, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors, and other devices related to communications and computing. Founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing capability. Originally known primarily to engineers and technologists, Intel's successful "Intel Inside" advertising campaign of the 1990s made it and its Pentium processor household names.
Intel was an early developer of SRAM and DRAM memory chips, and this represented the majority of its business until the early 1980s. While Intel created the first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971, it was not until the success of the personal computer (PC) that this became their primary business. During the 1990s, Intel invested heavily in new microprocessor designs fostering the rapid growth of the PC industry. During this period Intel became the dominant supplier of microprocessors for PCs, and was known for aggressive and sometimes controversial tactics in defense of its market position, as well as a struggle with Microsoft for control over the direction of the PC industry.[3][4] The 2007 rankings of the world's 100 most powerful brands published by Millward Brown Optimor showed the company's brand value falling 10 places – from number 15 to number 25.[5]
In addition to its work in semiconductors, Intel has begun research in electrical transmission and generation.[6][7]
Contents[hide]Corporate history

Intel headquarters in Santa Clara
Intel was founded in 1968 by Gordon E. Moore (a chemist and physicist) and Robert Noyce (a physicist and co-inventor of the integrated circuit) when they left Fairchild Semiconductor. A number of other Fairchild employees also went on to participate in other Silicon Valley companies. Intel's third employee was Andy Grove,[8] a chemical engineer, who ran the company through much of the 1980s and the high-growth 1990s. Grove is now remembered as the company's key business and strategic leader. By the end of the 1990s, Intel was one of the largest and most successful businesses in the world.[citation needed]

[edit] Origin of the name
At its founding, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce wanted to name their new company Moore Noyce. The name, however, sounded remarkably similar to more noise — an ill-suited name for an electronics company, since noise is typically associated with bad interference. They then used the name NM Electronics for almost a year, before deciding to call their company INTegrated ELectronics or Intel for short[9]. However, Intel was already trademarked by a hotel chain, so they had to buy the rights for that name at the beginning.[10]

[edit] Company's evolution
Intel has grown through several distinct phases. At its founding, Intel was distinguished simply by its ability to make semiconductors, and its primary products were static random access memory (SRAM) chips. Intel's business grew during the 1970s as it expanded and improved its manufacturing processes and produced a wider range of products, still dominated by various memory devices.
While Intel created the first microprocessor (Intel 4004) in 1971 and one of the first microcomputers in 1972,[11][12] by the early 1980s its business was dominated by dynamic random access memory chips. However, increased competition from Japanese semiconductor manufacturers had, by 1983, dramatically reduced the profitability of this market, and the sudden success of the IBM personal computer convinced then-CEO Grove to shift the company's focus to microprocessors, and to change fundamental aspects of that business model. By the end of the 1980s this decision had proven successful, and Intel embarked on a 10-year period of unprecedented growth as the primary (and most profitable) hardware supplier to the PC industry.
After 2000, growth in demand for high-end microprocessors slowed and competitors garnered significant market share, initially in low-end and mid-range processors but ultimately across the product range, and Intel's dominant position was reduced. In the early 2000s then-CEO Craig Barrett attempted to diversify the company's business beyond semiconductors, but few of these activities were ultimately successful.
In 2005, CEO Paul Otellini reorganized the company to refocus its core processor and chipset business on platforms (enterprise, digital home, digital health, and mobility) which led to the hiring of over 20,000 new employees. In September 2006 due to falling profits, the company announced a restructuring that resulted in layoffs of 10,500 employees or about 10 percent of its workforce by July 2006. Its research lab located at Cambridge University was closed at the end of 2006.

[edit] Sale of XScale processor business
On June 27, 2006, the sale of Intel's XScale assets was announced. Intel agreed to sell the XScale processor business to Marvell Technology Group for an estimated $600 million in cash and the assumption of unspecified liabilities. The move is intended to permit Intel to focus its resources on its core x86 and server businesses.

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Intel in MacsIntel in Macs Universal Applications

Now every new Mac ships with an Intel processor. Experience delightful responsiveness from the smallest Mac mini to the most beefed-up Mac Pro. Use one of more than 7,000 universal applications that take full advantage of the Intel chip. Run programs from your PowerPC-based Mac in translation. Powered by Intel chips, your new Mac will do all those things that only Macs can do — and do so at an astonishing level of performance.

The new Mac core
Every Mac uses a chip based on Intel Core technology, the next generation in processor design from the world’s leading chip maker. The result of massive R&D effort involving thousands of engineers. An entire collection of revolutions shrunk into an unimaginably small space, consuming less energy, too. Two cores work together to share resources, and are designed to conserve power when their functions aren’t required. Whether in an ultra-sleek MacBook, or workstation class Mac Pro, Intel Core technology lets you get more power with less power.