On Monday, Intel is planning to announce its newest foray into the home computing market, blending performance, wireless capability and multimedia audio, video and image features into a set of chips that will be at the core of the next-generation personal computer. The new three-chip suite has been codenamed “Grantsdale”.
Mercury News: Among Grantsdale’s features are the ability to play high-quality audio or surround sound on a PC, feed audio to a consumer stereo system or TV and play back video in broad wide-screen or high-definition TV formats. The chipsets also will include technology to let consumers set up a wireless network at home.
“There is a strong catalytic value to Intel stepping up and saying, ‘We are going to create these integrated systems with stuff built in,’ ” said Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks. “The PC as the smart hub in the home has basically happened.”
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