Intel bid to simplify use of PC

May 16, 2012 09:42 pm | Updated July 11, 2016 05:58 pm IST - HYDERABAD:

Darpan is a tool that enables new users to experience the Internet and its endless opportunities, Director, Sales, Intel South Asia, B. Suryanarayanan, said, addressing the media here on Thursday. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy

Darpan is a tool that enables new users to experience the Internet and its endless opportunities, Director, Sales, Intel South Asia, B. Suryanarayanan, said, addressing the media here on Thursday. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy

Intel has teamed up with its software partners to launch a customised language interface ‘Darpan' that helps simplify the use and access of personal computer.

The interface, freely downloadable from >http://darpan.me , enables the user to access content in five Indian languages — Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati and Tamil — apart from English. Darpan is a tool that enables new users to experience the Internet and its endless opportunities, Director, Sales, Intel South Asia, B. Suryanarayanan, said, addressing the media here on Thursday.

“At Intel, we believe that technology has the power to revamp businesses and transform lives,” he said and explained the outreach campaign in Andhra Pradesh to reach out to first time buyers, educating them and making them explore the wonders of personal computer and the Internet.

The third generation Intel core processor family, codenamed Ivy Bridge, is Intel's first microprocessor delivered on Intel's cutting edge 22nm process technology with 3D transistors. These had higher performance at lower power, he said and showed the latest Ultrabook, now available in the market, using the latest Intel processors. The Ultrabook devices have the capabilities of today's laptops with tablet-like features in a thin, light and elegant design.

Intel has so far conducted 40 computer and Internet melas, which is a platform for the IT eco-system to extend PC awareness.

and showcase the usage experience around the PC in small towns such as Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Chintalapudi, Guntur, Nellore and Tirupati, he said.

Intel, in association with the FAPCCI (Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry) has launched its SMB Xpress service to provide end-to-end solution to small and medium business enterprises, Mr. Suryanarayanan said.

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