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Not getting political...

By Amanda Marvel (Intel) (21 posts) on October 9, 2008 at 4:12 pm

Now, it would probably be in poor taste (and probably violate Intel rules) to use this post as a forum to push my personal political beliefs, so I will clench my teeth and attempt to refrain. It's not new news that the US is in an economic crisis and something needs to be done soon. Very soon. Being that a lot of my mindshare focuses on small and medium businesses and their health, stealth and wealth, I really do think that they can rally, with the people's and government's support, and be a driving force to pull us out of this economic mess.  One of the top issues facing us today is Energy - our increasing consumption of it and lack of viable/sustainable/wallet-friendly choices. My take on it is that we call upon our top scientists and utilize the unbelievable supercomputing power available at our National Laboratories to generate new techniques, technologies and solutions in conjunction with incentivizing the ideas and genious of many of those in the private sector. Entrepreneurship is a beautiful thing, and there are a lot of brilliant people out there. Given the right government support they can indeed be a driving force and turn new forms of energy in to an economic success.

So how does this relate to Intel?  The answer is: computing power. The energy problems that need to be solved are highly complex, with many variables, and involve math and engineering that are well beyond many people's comprehension. Without solid, speedy, powerful and reliable computing, I doubt we can get good answers quickly enough to pull us out of the hole. So you better believe that we'll continue to do our part by innovating solid and cutting edge technology to feed all you brilliant people out there. Together we can rally, and I thank you in advance for doing your part.

Categories: Academic
Tags: energy, Government, Supercomputing

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Comments (4)

October 9, 2008 8:33 PM PDT Bob Lozano

The irony, of course, is that by declaring that you were "not doing" something, in fact you did precisely the opposite. To be more precise, the entire first paragraph was in essence a 100% political statement. As both a customer of Intel and perhaps a partner (at least indirectly) on occasion, I do not appreciate this. Perhaps on twitter it might be different - but this is an official Intel corporate blog. A truly politically-neutral version of that first paragraph would have been more like: "Everyone agrees that it would be great to have some new sources of energy, preferably renewable, lower carbon footprint, etc. It would be a great thing to see more cooperation between the national labs (with their awesome computing resources) and entrepreneurs to make progress on these interesting, and valuable areas". Btw, before you dismiss my comment out of hand, realize that 1) I am a former employee (albeit years ago) of a national lab (Sandia), 2) I am an incurable entrepreneur, and 3) I blog (with both a corporate and personal blog, quite different content on each). Thanks for listening. Bob

October 9, 2008 9:18 PM PDT Che Kristo

To the above poster. Unless your are actually moronic enough to believe that the world is not in the middle of an economic crisis the statement is not politically slanted any more than the one you have made. And if you truly believe that - get your head out of the sand. Almost anything we say, when we express an opinion, can be construed as political. It is sensitivity such as yours that creates the 'marketing filter' that exists between these fantastic organisations and their customers/communities. I don't care if you are an ex-intel employee or not, I wouldn't want to read either of your blogs. Your opinion stinks. If you have a valid argument against what she has stated go ahead and post it but don't call for the poster to become some emotionless mouthpiece for the Intel Marketing dept. - if that is what we wanted to read we would read the press releases...

October 9, 2008 11:48 PM PDT RocketRon

Now, now people. There is no need to be mean. It seems to me that any time the topic of Energy, with a capital "E", is raised, the discussion quickly becomes political. And what is the fun of blogging if we have to be politically neutral? Ms. Marvel took the position that a government investment in the national labs to accelerate energy research would have a net positive effect on the national economy. Assuming that the labs would, in turn, invest in computers might be good for Intel. From their vantage point, everybody wins. The purpose of publishing a blog on this corporate site is to convince you to use their technology. To Bob L., I don't think your politically-neutral alternative paragraph is really all that neutral. It's just your notion of what "everyone agrees". I disagree with that position, right off the bat. And to Che K., calling Bob moronic with a stinking opinion is hurtful...and unnecessary. The point of the post is that Intel wants you and the U.S. government to think of them when it comes to buying your next computer. And wouldn't it be nice if some of the nearly one-trillion dollars spent so far on war were invested instead on pressing domestic issues like clean energy? And don't even get me started about health care. Wait... wait... okay, there...I've put on my asbestos suit. Flame at will!

October 27, 2008 4:58 PM PDT Raghava Darisi (Intel) Total Points: 340 Registered User

very good post

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