Intel's On-the-Go Vision

Intel today took attendees at its Developer Forum in San Francisco on a tour of a future in which computing is ubiquitous and connected, even in the dashboard of a Range Rover.

Showing a dual-core concept system that simultaneously played an MP3 audio file while rendering video in real-time and a video of a live videoconference with a wireless user on an airliner in flight, Sean Maloney, vice president and general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group explained a world where collaboration is possible virtually all the time.

"Moore's Law has been called on more and more to address mobility rather than just requirements for performance," Maloney said. This is an important admission from the chip maker, because it indicates that distributing work is becoming more important than building greater stand-alone processing capability into PCs. As the dual-core systems Intel has been racing to bring to market in the wake of numerous announcements appear in PCs, tablets and automobiles, more cycles will be dedicated to communication capacity.

With a secure ad-hoc network, like the infrastructure for collaboration we're working on at Outhink, PCs will connect on-the-go to allow artists and teams to work together by passing files—and parts of files that can be worked on separately and reassembled with different versions embedded for review and selection by producers—between PCs that feature real-time graphics, audio and video rendering capabilities.

Check out the video of Outhink's appearance during an earlier Intel presentation at OracleWorld, when Intel CEO invited us on stage to explain how teams made up of partners in several cities can work together. With enhanced networking and SpinXpress installed, the video would download more quickly because SpinXpress uses secure P2P technology to move files.

Does this mean we'll be working all the time or that, as creative professionals, we'll be able to work more quickly to make more time for the lives we lead? We're betting on the latter.