Some classrooms follow a fairly strict applied behavioral analysis methodology, which tends to put a strong emphasis on one-on-one instruction, using rewards and punishments to spur learning and measuring incremental progress.
Its boosters argue that one-on-one instruction helps children learn, and point to the striking number of home-schooled children who win debating contests and spelling bees.
This time, however, Intel wants to crack the graphics market by doing the one thing it does best: cranking out chips able to run the so-called x86 instruction set that powers the overwhelming majority of modern computers.
After several hours, including a lot of time with a Blackberry technician and after following the instruction he got from one of the higher-level engineers at RIMM, I had to give up.