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Intel® Technology Journal | Volume 16, Issue 1, 2012 Publisher Managing Editor Content Architect Richard Bowles Stuart Douglas Lori Matassa Program Manager Technical Editor Technical Illustrators Stuart Douglas David Clark MPS Limited, a Macmillan Company Technical and Strategic Reviewers Bill Rollender, Jim St.Leger, Gerald Rogers, Shrikant Shah, James Coleman Shahram Mehraban, Umberto Santoni, John Morgan, Roland Klinger, Dirk Blevins, Jack Johnson, Eric Heaton, Thorsten Moeller, Kittur Ganesh, Lynn.A.Comp, Mylinh Gillen, Doug Nintze, Peggy Irelan, Jason Roberts, Bill Colson, Celeste Fralick, Peter Barry, Vishwa Hassan, Rajnish Maini, Mary Murphy- Hoye, Youfeng Wu, Christopher Weaver, Asit Mallick, Rob Mueller, Dave Barrett, Peter Lachner and Jaemon Franco. Intel® Technology Journal | 1 Intel® Technology Journal | Volume 16, Issue 1, 2012 Intel Technology Journal Copyright © 2011-2012 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. 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