Intel Suggests New Architecture for Next-Generation Internet

Intel Corporation described the significant changes that need to be made to the Internet's architecture to make it safer, more useful, reliable and accessible.

In a speech at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Pat Gelsinger said that by adding an overlay network of computational services to the Internet - made up of computing and storage resources -- the industry could bring greater intelligence into and across the network core. This would transform the Internet from a data transmission pipe into a vast platform for hosting a wide array of services available to the world's six billion inhabitants. Gelsinger referred to this approach as the ability to provide planetary-scale services.

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