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Intel's Next Top Model?: Page 2 of 2

The Emerging Model Program assumes that the industry will arrive at a number of "healthy software ecosystems." There will likely be multiple "winners" due to the wide variety of end-user requirements. The program's job is to help Intel deliver the best possible hardware solutions underneath those future environments. When pushed, Mike talked about the progress of vPro and VT-d as evidence of Intel's adaptation to change. He was understandably a bit reserved when asked about any unannounced details from Intel's product road map.

Virtualization offers enhanced opportunities to configure, distribute, manage, and quantify billing/charge-back for desktops. Mike and I agree that no matter what rabbit hole we all end up in, the future will hold more flexibility in workstation and laptop solutions with purpose-built VM platforms and enhanced vendor support models for virtualized environments out of the box.