Intel Shifts Focus To Entertainment

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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