Alexander Wolfe is editor-in-chief of InformationWeek.com, where he runs the daily editorial operations of the site. He also contributes technology reviews and how-to features, on Windows Vista, Linux, and multi-core processors. He posts daily to the site's comment-generating "Wolfe's Den" blog, which offers insights into Microsoft, Intel, and Google, delivered with wry humor. (See for yourself, here .)
In his two decades as a technology editor, he has written and edited for IEEE Spectrum, Byte.com, Electronics magazine, and TechWeb. Wolfe has also written extensively on embedded computing; he has served as editor-at-large for Embedded Systems Programming magazine and has prepared content for corporate clients.
During his nine years at EE Times, Alex's contributions included the creation of a regular section on embedded computing. He wrote the popular "Embedded Insights" column and broke the acclaimed 1994 story of the Pentium floating-point division bug. At Byte.com, he authored the monthly "Wolfe's Den" column providing insight into technology from Intel and Microsoft. Alex has appeared as an industry analyst on the television networks CNN, CNBC and Fox News Channel. He is also co-author of "From Chips to Systems: An Introduction to Microcomputers, 2nd Edition" (cover, right). His Op-Ed pieces have appeared in The New York Times and Newsday. Alex has won five Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) writing awards and an award from the Association of American Publishers.
Resume
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Video
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Blog
Go to the Wolfe's Den blog home page . (Wolfe's Den blog was a finalist in the 2008 Jesse H. Neal Awards.)
Clips
InformationWeek.com & TechWeb
Is The Smartphone Your Next Computer?
Inside The GPhone: What To Expect From Google's Android Alliance
Build The Ultimate Quad-Core Desktop With Intel's QX9770
HDTV Buyer's Guide 2008
7 Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed On The Desktop
Intel's Hottest Quad Core Ever: Build A QX6850 PC Without Busting Your Budget
Quad-Core Processor Buyer's Guide 2007
Ubuntu Linux's Achilles' Heel: It's Tough To Install On Laptops
What To Do When Windows Vista Crashes: Little-Known Recovery Strategies
Inside AMD's Phenom And Opteron Quad-Core Architectures
Inside Intel's Spring Analyst Meeting: 8 Things To Know About Its Quad-Core And Mobile Plans
Top 5 Windows Vista Tips To Personalize Your PC
5 Google Tips To Improve Your Search Experience
Windows Vista Ultimate, 1 Week Before Release: Report Card
First Look: Windows Vista RC2
Top 10 Windows Vista Hits & Misses
Quad-Core Processor Forecast
Dual-Core CPU Buyer's Guide
Build A Dual-Core PC Without Busting Your Budget
Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide
Five Things You Didn't Know About Apple's iPod
Five Things You Didn't Know About Dual-Core Processors
Five Ways To Keep Your Google Searches Private
(A Couple Of Channel Features)
The Great Grid Computing Partner Grab Jan. 18, 2005
AMD's 64-Bit Gambit Aug. 13, 2004
(Very) Deep Tech, from The Semiconductor Reporter
Industry doesn't yet recognize 'sea change' in technology due to power limits, says Intel process guru May 26, 2004
The power problem: Beyond multiple cores and SOI, IBM sees SRAM challenge ahead as geometries scale downward June 10, 2004
IEEE Spectrum HDTV--Ready for the long drive? June 03IBM Sets Its Sights on "Autonomic Computing" Jan 02Putting Pen to Screen On Tablet PCs , page1 , page 2 Oct 02An Open-Source Platform To Tackle Scientific Computing Jun 02
ACM Queue Magazine
Get Your Graphics On: OpenGL Advances with the Times Mar. 04
Samba Does Windows-to-Linux Dance July/Aug. 04
Longhorn Ties Platform Apps to Core Operating System Sept. 04
Intel Is Stealth Source of Heavy-Duty Software Tools Apr. 04
Java is Jumpin', This Time for Real Feb. 04
GNU Tools, Still Relevant? Dec./Jan. 03/04
Eclipse: A Platform Becomes an Open-Source Woodstock Nov. 03
Microsoft's Compact Framework Targets Smart Devices Oct. 03
Byte.com, Wolfe's Den columns
Will HP Efforts Yield Custom Chips? August, 2000MEMS The Word (From Intel) May, 2001The Fun We Had -- Soldering April, 2000Java Is Not A Done Deal July, 2000Will Transmeta Make It With Crusoe? Feb., 2000 Problem-Solving, Unsung Heroes, And Prediction Jan., 2000
Intel Looks To I/O Future Feb., 2001
Merced Beyond The Millennium Nov., 1999
Transmeta: Embedded Powerhouse Or Pentium Killer? Dec., 1999
Who Decides When Merced Is Fully Cooked? July, 1999
More Byte columns TK
Embedded Systems Programming magazine
Alliances drive embedded Linux toward prime time June, 2000The Software Side of Crusoe April, 2000Embedded ICs: Expanding the Possibilities Nov., 2002VLIW Architecture Emerges as Embedded Alternative Feb., 2001HP and STMicroelectronics Launch "Lx": A new VLIW architecture promises to shake up the system-on-chip design world Oct., 2000Real-time Java Wars Yield Uneasy Truce May, 2000
WindowsForDevices (I was the launch editor in 2002/03) Analysis: What's ahead for the Tablet PC? 11/09/02Intel double-duties Smartphone development kits 2/19/03Microsoft buys Windows ads on Linux web site 11/25/02FCC opening up smart-device spectrum space 12/23/02HP farms out manufacture of iPAQ Pocket PC 2/26/03Microsoft uncharacteristically quiet on big Smartphone news 2/17/03"Reverse GPS" repositioned as infotainment enabler 12/12/02Wolfe's Den: Will .NET CF support Smartphone? 2/20/03Bug report & fix: Large files may slow down CE.NET 11/04/02Bill Gates says Tablet PCs are the future of computing 11/07/02Microsoft teases "smart personal objects" initiative 11/18/02Where does digital-media fit in at Microsoft? [Analysis] 10/13/02Wolfe's Den: Shared source, shared trust [Opinion] 11/7/02Weekly newsletter, Jan. 13, 2003 Weekly newsletter, Jan. 21, 2003 Weekly newsletter, Feb. 04, 2003 Weekly newsletter, Feb. 21, 2003 Weekly newsletter, Mar 06, 2003
Electronic Engineering Times Tech news & features Intel Settlement May Affect 64-Bit Platforms Analysis: Intel shows CPU strategies to dominate Internet computing Two patents shed further light on Merced Intel Reveals How Merced Will Retain X86 Compatibility Intel upgrades firmware for IA-64 architecture Intel protects software with IA-64 patents Intel tips plans for two additional IA-64 CPUs Intel Confirms Latest Pentium Glitch HP Releases Trimaran Compiler For IA-64 Microsoft Challenges Sun's Jini Technology Microsoft Girds Win CE For Embedded Battle Microsoft to offer first peek at real-time WinCE DVD-equipped PC on the way Time-bomb ticks in no-name Pentium motherboards Sun's Jini competes for post-PC paydirt Transmeta's Ditzel looks to VLIW's future at Micro-31 Java cited as weak brew for tech applications Wind River puts post-PC embedded apps in its sights U.S. eyes 30-Tflops computer by 2001 AMD working quietly on copper interconnects Intel Moving to Block IA-64 Cloning ISI moves embedded Java to real-time markets Intel preps plan to bust bugs in Pentium MPUs Merced grips Intel in verification vise IBM Plans VLIW Chip That Runs Java Java Virtual Machine at heart of picoJava chip New design twists await Xeon systems builders Sun Vows To Perk Up Java-Chip Program Two Start-ups Seed Java Silicon HP, Sun Split Over Real-Time Java Spec New Web Site Tracks Computer Viruses Intel Hit With $833 Million Patent Lawsuit Multiprocessing Bugs Aren't New To Pentium II
EETimes: "Wolfe's Den" columns McNealy comes to TV WinCE sparks RTOS chatter Sun sees the light on Java Java silicon gets real Make time for Micro-31 Sic transit Comdex? Real-time Java disputes MIPS makes embedded run Intel spreads CPU tentacles The challenge of Java chips Unix clipping NT's wings? Flying on Ada and a prayer Merced tipoff in HP compiler Cracking Katmai What makes Merced tick? 'Hard' CE faces hard sell
Embedded Watch
Microsoft patents "interactive entertainment" 5/31/03
World-beater 3D graphics IC due at HotChips 6/18/03
Ill wind blows for Wind River 8/6/03
More
Encyclopedia Britannica Yearbook of science and the future 2000 TK 1999 TK
Water's Magazine
Battle of the superservers Dec., 2001
Quoted as analyst in the press Salon TK Ziff-Davis TK USA Today TK San Jose Mercury News TKAlso available in hard copy are older (pre-Web) clips from Electronics magazine, Computers in Physics , Mechanical Engineering magazine, Datamation , and Supercomputing Review .