SAN FRANCISCO -- A conference dominated by chips, servers, and wireless radios really owes it all to just a good teacher. And if not that, than someone doing a small, good thing.
In a keynote address opening the Intel Developer Forum here, Intel chairman Craig Barrett announced four $100,000 prizes that will be awarded next year. An inventor can visit IntelChallenge.com and submit his idea in four areas: healthcare, economic development, education, and the environment. The money will be used to implement the idea, not as a reward.
At a recent conference on IT in Kuala Lumpur, Barrett said he came back to his hotel one night to see this message left next to a candy on his pillow: “A small deed done is better than a great deed planned." “We have the opportunity to a number of great small deeds," Barrett said.
As he has moved into the chairman's role, Barrett has increasingly taken a “softer" role, leaving the nitty-gritty details of chip introductions to his senior vice presidents. Barrett himself has focused more on the impact of technology, and he continued to do so on Tuesday in his keynote.
In a keynote address opening the Intel Developer Forum here, Intel chairman Craig Barrett announced four $100,000 prizes that will be awarded next year. An inventor can visit IntelChallenge.com and submit his idea in four areas: healthcare, economic development, education, and the environment. The money will be used to implement the idea, not as a reward.
At a recent conference on IT in Kuala Lumpur, Barrett said he came back to his hotel one night to see this message left next to a candy on his pillow: “A small deed done is better than a great deed planned." “We have the opportunity to a number of great small deeds," Barrett said.
As he has moved into the chairman's role, Barrett has increasingly taken a “softer" role, leaving the nitty-gritty details of chip introductions to his senior vice presidents. Barrett himself has focused more on the impact of technology, and he continued to do so on Tuesday in his keynote.
