Intel Unveils New Platform Brand for Digital Entertainment in the Home

[Jeremy Charette]

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050824005385&newsLang=en

A new kind of personal computer (PC) will premiere in homes early next year when Intel Corporation introduces Intel(R) Viiv(TM) technology* designed to enrich consumers' enjoyment of digital entertainment. Working together with a variety of Intel-verified consumer electronics devices, online services and software -- including movies, music, photos and games -- Intel Viiv (rhymes with "five") technology, disclosed for the first time at the Intel Developer Forum today, will help usher in a new era of entertainment choices for consumers. PCs based on Intel Viiv technology will be easy to use with a remote control and will be powered by a suite of Intel technologies, including a dual-core processor, chipset, platform software and wired networking capabilities.



I guess if anyone is going to lead the charge to standardize the way digital media is handled and played back, Intel would be a good choice. I just hope that Microsoft and Intel talk to each other, and work together to make the hardware and software compliment each other. Hardware and software providers need to make content protection and sharing seamless or consumers just won't accept it.

[Jeremy Charette]

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050824005385&newsLang=en

A new kind of personal computer (PC) will premiere in homes early next year when Intel Corporation introduces Intel(R) Viiv(TM) technology* designed to enrich consumers' enjoyment of digital entertainment. Working together with a variety of Intel-verified consumer electronics devices, online services and software -- including movies, music, photos and games -- Intel Viiv (rhymes with "five") technology, disclosed for the first time at the Intel Developer Forum today, will help usher in a new era of entertainment choices for consumers. PCs based on Intel Viiv technology will be easy to use with a remote control and will be powered by a suite of Intel technologies, including a dual-core processor, chipset, platform software and wired networking capabilities.



I guess if anyone is going to lead the charge to standardize the way digital media is handled and played back, Intel would be a good choice. I just hope that Microsoft and Intel talk to each other, and work together to make the hardware and software compliment each other. Hardware and software providers need to make content protection and sharing seamless or consumers just won't accept it.

[sojourner753]

I wonder if this is the sister hardware DRM announcement to go with the MS Vista software DRM announcement.

Sure better experience for the users, but how else can you expect them to sell less control. :roll:

Just wondering though.