Intel to Unveil Chips for Improving Video Quality on the Web
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Intel to Unveil Chips for Improving Video Quality on the Web
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Intel to Unveil Chips for Improving Video Quality on the Web
New York Times (11/12/07) P. C11; Markoff, John
Intel recently announced plans to launch a new family of microprocessors the company says will speed up and improve online, high-definition video on the Internet. Intel's Sean Maloney says the new chips' increased computing power would begin to transform the blurry, small clips online into high-resolution, full-screen programs that rival HDTV. The new series of processors, developed under the code name Penryn, will first be used in servers and high-end desktops that compress video. The chips will be the first manufactured using a new process that Intel says increases computing performance while reducing power consumption. The chips use a re-engineered transistor that is about half the size of its predecessor, allowing it to switch more quickly while requiring less power to switch, and preventing power loss. The new chips measure just 45 nanometers, and Intel says it will be able to put up to 820 million transistors on a single silicon die. The first products based on the new chips, marketed as the Intel Core 2 Extreme and Intel Core 2 Duo, will be available in the first quarter of 2008. For better video compression, Intel has added a set of 46 instructions, called SSE4, to the microprocessors. Steve Fischer, the lead designer of the new chips, says the instructions will create a new generation of servers that enhance the compression of digital video. "This is a step in the right direction," says analyst Richard Doherty, "and it's probably the best use for this 45-nanometer technology over the next couple of years."
Will high quality game be on the web? I'm not sure whether this is a good question or not, but here it is for video by Intel. Would Nvidia produced something similar? hmm...
Will high quality game be on the web? I'm not sure whether this is a good question or not, but here it is for video by Intel. Would Nvidia produced something similar? hmm...
Once one moves into a new market the others will always follow if there potential, i think they have got good potential going down this road, it is the future.
11-14-2007, 12:57 PM
hmm...
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