Research Areas

• BioComputing
  The construction and use of computers which function like living organisms or contain biological components, so-called biocomputers. In this meaning it is closely related to DNA computing. Biocomputing can also be defined as the use of computers in biological research and in this case it is referred to as bioinformatics.
  
  
• Circuits
  The development of the fundamental architectural building blocks of a processor to process data as well a analog signals. This includes logic, I/O, clocking, and memory as well as techniques to make such circuits more energy-efficient, flexible and reliable.
  
  
• Cloud Computing
  A computing paradigm where services and data reside in shared resources in scalable data centers, and those services and data are accessible by any connected device over the Internet.
  
  
• Communications
  More and more, the quality of our experiences with technology depends on connectivity – exchanging information quickly and reliably. Intel Labs are developing fundamental technologies to move data in the future both between devices and networks as well as among all the components found inside your devices. Learn what Intel is doing to send more bits over wires, across optical fibers, and through the air.
  
  
• Computation
  Since the invention of the microprocessor and the coining of Moore’s law, Intel has been developing better and better brains to power our technology. Intel Labs is working across the spectrum of computation, from handheld devices to supercomputers and the vast clouds of servers that make up the Internet. Learn how Intel researchers are making computing hardware faster, smarter, and more energy-conscious.
  
  
• Context Aware Computing
  Context-awareness can make computing devices more responsive to individual needs and help to intelligently personalize apps and services. Using self-learning mechanisms, sensor inputs, and data analytics, Intel research teams are engaged in a number of projects that promise to take machine learning beyond the lab to practical, real-world applications.
  
  
• Cultural Anthropology
  Explore fundamental paradigms and phenomena of everyday life to help Intel think critically about how people, practices, and institutions matter to technological innovation and to conceive of provocative experiences in the future. We use social science methods, qualitative and quantitative, to generate insights, models and demonstrations that help reframe 'what matters' to internal and external partners.
  
  
• Energy
  Improving the power profile of Intel components, taking a systems approach to designing power efficient platforms, and collaborating with industry partners and customers to develop broader energy–efficient system solutions.
  
  
• Environment
  Technology will play a major role in addressing the environmental concerns facing us today. Intel researchers are developing new ways of applying Intel technology in areas such as energy management, water conservation and agriculture. By raising awareness of the impact of individual actions, and providing a means to effect change, Intel hopes to empower the individual in sustainability just as we did in computing.
  
  
• Internet
  In only a few short decades, the Internet has refined how we communicate, socialize, do business and entertain ourselves. Intel Labs is working to reinvent the web for the next decade, creating online experiences that are more visual, interactive, and secure. From cloud computing to 3D Internet to augmented reality our researchers are pushing the boundaries of the connected digital universe.
  
  
• Microarchitecture
  Research in microarchitecture to improve the performance and capability of future processors. This include increasing integration through the incorporation of many cores and system-on-a-chip, and improving energy-efficiency, reconfigurability, resilience, memory and I/O.
  
  
• Mobility
  Through powerful, small form factor mobile devices that have new ways of interacting with the environment around them, offer new ways for users to interact with the device and provide new ways of experiencing internet based data and services, our daily personal entertainment, interactions with others and the environment around us will soon be greatly enhanced.
  
  
• Networking
  We engage in fundamental and applied research in all types of networks including data, optical, wireless, and sensor networks. Current research encompasses a broad spectrum of activities, including protocols, control, signaling, management and networking platforms. Significant emphasis is placed on building prototypes and experimenting with leading-edge products.
  
  
• New User Experiences
  Creating experiences that people will love begins with comprehending the experiences that people have with technology today, envisioning and designing new experiences and developing the technology to make those experiences a reality.
  
  
• Parallel Computing
  Researching the development techniques to run software using multiple computers, computers made up of multiple processors, and/or multi-core processors. This includes parallel computing hardware as well as system software, applications and parallel programming models.
  
  
• Personal Energy Systems
  Working to reduce personal energy consumption by empowering the individual with the tools and information needed to make intelligent energy choices and by developing infrastructure components to help disparate systems integrate to achieve greater improvements.
  
  
• Personal Healthcare
  People-centered innovation starts with people-centered research. Our social scientists travel the world, conducting ethnographic research from hospitals to homes to help us understand people's lives and identify unmet needs that technology might address. The research is focused on improving care in clinical environments, advancing personal health technologies for the home, identifying new care models and work practices, and promoting standards and policies that enable innovation and interoperability across the healthcare ecosystem.
  
  
• Photonics
  The technology of moving data with light rather than electrical signals. This includes the exploration of using silicon processing to build low-cost optical devices and exploring optical I/O in and around PCs and servers.
  
  
• Robotics
  The Personal Robotics project at Intel aims to develop algortihms that enable robots to function in uncertain human environments. The project brings together the state of the art in perception, navigation and manipulation in one integrated platform. Application domains for our technology include home automation, telepresence and eldercare. The Personal Robotics project is pursuing research in all of these areas.
  
  
• Security/Privacy
  As the world becomes digital and more of our business and recreation happens online, keeping your information and identity safe becomes more important each day. Equally important is the need to feel confident that the sites that you do business with are legitimate and that your connection to them has not been compromised. Intel Labs is working on a variety of innovations to make it more difficult for hackers to access your information, for malware to corrupt your applications, or for viruses to infest your system. Through circuits, software and standards work, our researcher aim to make the future one where we can worry less about these things and more about the business or entertainment at hand.
  
  
• Sensing and Perception
  The ability to perceive user context (e.g., their location, activity and social interaction) is an essential ingredient of future mobile devices. Such devices could remind you to take medications before a meal, step you through jump-starting your car or alert you that you're speaking to your son's coach. However, understanding detailed context accurately over most of a user's day is beyond current systems. The Everyday Sensing and Perception (ESP) system integrates a novel wearable sensor-augmented video camera with state-of the art perception algorithms into one of the first systems that can parse much of daily life at a useful level.
  
  
• Sustainability
  Data collection, analysis, modeling, and 3-D simulation are just a few of the ways Intel technology is being used to help people solve challenging environmental problems.
  
  
• Tera-Scale
  The Intel® Tera-scale Computing Research Program is a worldwide effort to advance computing technology for the next decade. future applications more compelling and immersive.
  
  
• Transportation
  The next wave of transportation innovation is going to come from IT. Intel Labs is exploring new innovations in vehicle communication system design, mobile device-to-vehicle system synergy, connected vehicle applications and services, new driver-safe human machine interface technologies and vehicular visual computing. The objective is to create the building blocks for next-generation Intel® Atom™ based on-vehicle platforms and to create and adapt traditional computing & communication technologies to better address very specific automotive application challenges.
  
  
• User Experience
  Developing future technology breakthroughs begins with understanding what people love, creating fascinating experiences and developing the technologies that will bring those experiences to life. Intel researchers and ethnographers are studying people in their everyday routines to develop computing experiences that simplify, enhance and enrich our daily lives.
  
  
• User Interface
  The design of computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, software applications, and websites with the focus on the user's experience and interaction. The goal of user interface design is to make the user's interaction as simple and efficient as possible, in terms of accomplishing user goals—what is often called user-centered design.
  
  
• Visual Computing
  The use of computers to create rich visual experiences, primarily in 3-D. This includes the rendering techniques used to display high-res, high-fidelity imagery, modeling and simulations techniques for realistic animation, and the interplay between these capabilities the underlying hardware and software on which they will run.
  
  
• Wireless
  Research into improving the transmission of signals through the air. This includes radio circuitry to transmit and receive signals at high speeds, techniques to mitigate interference, wireless security and the development of new standards to support the needs of future wireless links.