為了試著趕上甚至超過蘋果(Apple)的 Siri 和谷歌錢包，英特爾(Intel)稍早前在開發(fā)者論壇(IDF)上宣布和 Nuance 與萬事達(dá)卡(Mastercard)展開合作，將為超極本(Ultrabook)打造創(chuàng)新的用戶界面，并提供金額達(dá)100萬美元的獎(jiǎng)金。 上周，英特爾公布的本季銷售額約為10億美元，該數(shù)字低于預(yù)期，因此有分析師提問：英特爾是否希望超極本成為刺激營收的“英雄”？ “我們不會(huì)把腳離開油門，事實(shí)上，我們正在推動(dòng)超越超極本的多項(xiàng)創(chuàng)新應(yīng)用，”英特爾架構(gòu)部門總經(jīng)理Dadi Perlmutter說。

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英特爾展示了新處理器、新用戶界面和嶄新的外形，以幫助推動(dòng)超極本的發(fā)展。 超極本“將會(huì)是具備嶄新外形設(shè)計(jì)的“英雄”產(chǎn)品，”Permutter說。 在主題演講中，Perlmutter 展示了華碩(Asus)、仁寶(Compal)和索尼(Sony)等公司的超極本，這些超極本都采用可旋轉(zhuǎn)、滑蓋或可拆卸顯示器成為平板電腦的靈活設(shè)計(jì)。

英特爾員工展示Sony的Ultrabook。
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在發(fā)布一系列超極本的同時(shí)，英特爾也宣布將提供100萬美元的獎(jiǎng)金，給采用該公司全新感性運(yùn)算(perceptual computing)開發(fā)套件的最佳創(chuàng)新用戶界面設(shè)計(jì)。 英特爾正與 Nuance 合作，以最佳化在采用其 x86 處理器之超極本 上的 Dragon 語音辨識(shí)功能。該軟件的量產(chǎn)版本將在第一季出貨?！拔覀兒退麄冋跀y手開發(fā)的功能目前都還沒有披露過，”Perlmutter表示。 Perlmutter也展示了超極本采用近場(chǎng)通訊(NFC)和新英特爾安全性技術(shù)進(jìn)行的多重身份驗(yàn)證功能。在處理器方面，Perlmutter展示了英特爾下一代 核心CPU Haswell 。他表示，這種新的22nm k架構(gòu)將提供比當(dāng)前 Sandy Bridge 高出兩倍的繪圖性能，且耗電量可降低一半。 Perlmutter表示內(nèi)含Haswell 的個(gè)人計(jì)算機(jī)將于明年四月開始出貨。 編譯： Joy Teng 參考英文原文：Intel ultrabooks speak, tap and offer $1M prize，by Rick Merritt

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{pagination} Intel Ultrabooks speak, tap and offer $1M prize Rick Merritt SAN FRANCISCO--Trying to catch up and even surpass Apple’s Siri and Google’s Wallet, Intel Corp. showed efforts with Nuance and Mastercard--and offered a $1 million prize--for creating novel user interfaces for its Ultrabooks. The initiatives were announced at the Intel Developer Forum where much of the initial day focused on the ultrathin notebooks that have yet to gain big market success. Intel announced just last week that sales for its current quarter would be about $1 billion below expectations, triggering one analyst here to ask if its Ultrabooks will be the hero product Intel hoped. "We are not taking our foot of the gas--we are pushing harder and innovating more around the [Ultrabook] category," said Dadi Perlmutter, general manager of the Intel Architecture Group, in a Q&A following a keynote address. Intel showed new processors, novel user interfaces and new form factors to help drive Ultrabooks forward. The Ultrabook “will be a hero product with refreshed form factors,” Permutter said. In his keynote, Perlmutter showed Ultrabooks from AsusTek, Compal and Sony that could flip, slide or detach their displays to become tablets. An Intel employee demos a Sony Ultrabook that slides into a tablet. In an effort to pump up excitement for Ultrabooks, Intel also announced a $1 million prize for the best user interface innovations using the company’s new perceptual computing developers kit. For its own user interface efforts, Intel is working with Nuance to optimize its Dragon voice recognition on Ultrabooks using x86 processors. Production versions of the software will ship in the first quarter. "We are working with them on future capabilities we have not announced today," Perlmutter said. Separately, he demoed an Ultrabook using near-field communication (NFC) and new Intel security technology for multi-factor authentication. The system automated the process of an online purchase with a touch of a Mastercard PayPass card with NFC. As for processors, Perlmutter showed working versions of Intel's next-generation Core CPU, Haswell. The new 22-nm architetcure will deliver twice the graphics performance and use half the power of current Sandy Bridge chips, he said. Perlmutter said Haswell-based PCs will start shipping by April.